Health Justice Speakers Bureau
The Health Justice Speakers Bureau (HJSB) is a cohort of community and practice leaders who speak in UIC School of Public Health (SPH) courses, recognizing that learning from various kinds of expertise prepares students to better engage with community-based efforts in our shared work towards a healthy, just society. Learn more about HJSB below, and direct all future inquiries regarding HJSB to the Community-Engaged Teaching & Learning (CEnTL) Initiative Project Coordinator, Emily Etzkorn, at eee2@uic.edu.
Join the Health Justice Speakers Bureau
Interested in becoming a speaker? The Health Justice Speakers Bureau is open to any community or health equity leader who has lived/living experience resisting systems of oppression and is interested in serving as a guest speaker in a UIC School of Public Health course.
SPH Instructors: How to Request a Speaker
View Available Speakers
Learn more about each of the community and practice leaders who are a part of SPH’s Health Justice Speakers Bureau, and view their speaking topics here.
Request a Speaker
Fill out the form linked below to request a speaker to join your public health course at SPH. Email eee2@uic.edu with questions.
Who are we looking for to be members of the speakers bureau?
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Grassroots efforts
Are you engaged in grassroots efforts to improve social justice, health justice or public health?
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Lived experiences
Do you want to share your lived experience and community expertise with public health students to help them understand health justice on the ground?
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Collaborate with students
Do you want to collaborate with students in a problem-solving session related to your work?
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Building knowledge
Is there knowledge you and student s can build together that would enhance your community-engaged work?
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Community perspectives
Do you want to share a community-based perspective on reciprocal partnerships with future public health practitioners and researchers?
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Sharing data
Do you have experience sharing public health data in ways that community members can easily understand?
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Community organizing
Are you a community organizer engaged in efforts or campaigns related to health justice (examples : environmental justice, food sovereignty, community mental health access , disability justice, prison abolition, education equity, “treatment not trauma” and related campaigns , restorative justice, housing justice, gender equity, LGBTQ rights, reparations, etc.)?
Download and share this flyer for interested speakers
Frequently asked questions
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The Collaboratory will share the Health Justice Speakers Bureau website with course instructors. They will invite speakers who are a strong match for their course topic. We estimate you will be asked to speak three or fewer times. Each event will last 30 to 90 minutes depending on the course or event.
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The Collaboratory will e-introduce you to the instructor who has requested you to speak in their class. You and the instructor will communicate to establish when you are requested to speak, how long you are asked to speak, and any specifics on topics and presentation format . The Collaboratory will also offer guidance and training on preparing to speak in a higher education course that you may opt into, and offer guidance on what information may be helpful to get from the instructor to prepare your self.
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If you can accept funds from the UIC School of Public Health (according to your organization’s protocols, if applicable), Health Justice Speakers Bureau members will receive an honorarium of $50 per hour.
If you cannot accept honoraria from the UIC School of Public Health because of your organization’s protocols (for instance, if you work for the University of Illinois system or the State of Illinois), we will be unable to provide you an honorarium in appreciation of your engagement. You are still welcome to the other benefits listed below.
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- Opportunity to share your unique, valuable knowledge and experience with future public health researchers and practitioners
- Greater visibility of your experience and expertise
- Invitations to participate in other School of Public Health activities
- Vendor status, for eligible participant. Vendor status makes it easier for the university to work with you again in the future.
- Honoraria for engaging with UIC School of Public Health courses through the Health Justice Speaker s Bureau
- Training in preparation for speaking in a higher education classroom