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Collaboratory for Health Justice statement: access to abortion as health justice

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

The Collaboratory for Health Justice, in collaboration with SPH faculty Alisa Velonis, release the following statement on access to abortion as a necessity for health justice.

People in Dallas protest the murder of George Floyd at a mass rally.

Air is life: Black Lives Matter and environmental justice

Monday, June 13, 2022

With more than two years passed from the murder of George Floyd, SPH's Maggie Acosta reflects on the intersections of Black Lives Matter and environmental justice.

Industries lining the Calumet River in Southeast Chicago.

RMG/Southside Recycling Permit: Letter to the Chicago Department of Public Health

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

With southeast side Chicago communities already facing an excessive burden of pollution, SPH calls on the City of Chicago to halt the permit for a scrap metal recycling facility.

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About the Collaboratory Heading link

The UIC School of Public Health Collaboratory  for  Health  Justice is dedicated to enhancing reciprocal engagement between the community and UIC faculty, students, and staff. Our emphasis is on connecting people to each other and to resources that will ultimately improve their public health research, teaching, and practice. We strive to advance health justice—that all people would have the power and resources to have agency over their health, which requires addressing systems of oppression such as classism, racism, sexism and xenophobia.

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Our mission is to support academic-community partnerships by facilitating the meaningful participation of broad stakeholders; fostering representation & presence in academic settings; and providing training and technical assistance for integrating community engagement across research, teaching and practice.

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Our vision is health justice attained through active participation of broad stakeholders in the UIC School of Public Health through research, teaching and practice.