Contents
- 1 Pilot Awardee Saria Lofton’s Food Is Medicine project featured on NBC Chicago
- 2 Humans of Chicago: Ed Clemons
- 3 CSAC Member Highlight: Steve M. Epting
- 4 C3EN Team Member Highlight: Michael Quinn
- 5 Latinx Town Hall at Healthy Hood Chicago August 1
- 6 C3EN Is Collecting Donations for Erie Neighborhood House
- 7 C3EN Minigrant Awardee: Daniel Schober
- 8 C3EN Pilot Awardee Saria Lofton in the Sun-Times
- 9 Humans of Chicago: Aaliyah Christina
- 10 CSAC Member Highlight: Danielle Lazar
- 11 C3EN Pilot Awardee: Victoria Lee
- 12 C3EN Team Member Highlight: Megan Huisingh-Scheetz
Pilot Awardee Saria Lofton’s Food Is Medicine project featured on NBC Chicago
On August 30, NBC Chicago featured Pilot Awardee Saria Lofton’s Food Is Medicine project — watch here
Humans of Chicago: Ed Clemons
If the issue is money, then let’s figure out a way the city can split the cost with the people, or how both sides can benefit. If the city doesn’t have the money, then teach the people how to fix it so they can fix it themselves. Give them the tools. Then the city can save money, and it creates jobs.
CSAC Member Highlight: Steve M. Epting
I used to go to the doctor afraid of what I was going to hear–now I go waiting for the results and wanting to hear what they see. That impact for me has impacted my church—for them to see my journey and take on their own. Today I want people to know why they want to be healthy. Everyone has their own why.
C3EN Team Member Highlight: Michael Quinn
Having grown up on the south side of Chicago, I was well aware of economic disparities. However, I only became acutely aware of health disparities as a case manager in an acute care state hospital, the now-closed Tinley Park Mental Health Center.
Latinx Town Hall at Healthy Hood Chicago August 1
On August 1 from 6 to 7:30PM, C3EN will cohost a LatinX Town Hall with Esperanza Health Centers at Healthy Hood Chicago, 2242 S. Damen Ave -- REGISTER HERE
C3EN Is Collecting Donations for Erie Neighborhood House
C3EN is collecting donations for Erie Neighborhood House, which supports immigrant and low-income families in Chicago. Please drop donations off at our Rush office at 1645 W. Jackson Blvd!
C3EN Minigrant Awardee: Daniel Schober
I see community health workers as a vital link between the health system and local communities. This C3EN minigrant has given me the opportunity to explore these factors more deeply and consider how CHW’s can promote use of government benefits and educate local people about how to use these benefits to best support their health.
C3EN Pilot Awardee Saria Lofton in the Sun-Times
C3EN Pilot Awardee Saria Lofton and public health consultant Barbara (Lucy) Peterson advocate for the expansion of food-is-medicine programs through Medicaid in “Food-is-medicine programs can improve health, reduce food insecurity,” in the Chicago Sun-Times on June 23, 2023.
Humans of Chicago: Aaliyah Christina
I would love for the police budget to disintegrate. I would love for people to be fed every day. I would love for housing to be secure and affordable for everyone. Luxuries should be luxuries, and necessities should be available no matter what. I would love to get healthcare for myself and everybody who needs it.
CSAC Member Highlight: Danielle Lazar
In a city like Chicago, we have some of the best institutions and community organizations in the country doing incredible work. The CSAC provides an opportunity to bring that together to solve problems.
C3EN Pilot Awardee: Victoria Lee
“No one is going to die from sinus disease. It’s just annoying: they can’t smell, they can’t taste, they can’t breathe. Treatment is really about working with patients to improve their quality of life.”
C3EN Team Member Highlight: Megan Huisingh-Scheetz
I think it is truly our responsibility to maximize the use of the tools we have been fortunate to receive to make the world a better place and especially to elevate those who did not get the same tools that we did.