On June 5, 2024 from 9:30 AM to noon, C3EN hosted a Community-Based Organization Research Convening on the subject of mental health in partnership with the University of Chicago Institute for Translational Medicine (ITM), the Chicago Consortium for Community Engagement (C3), Northwestern University Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS), and the UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Over 95% of the kids that we work with were trafficked at age 13 or younger. Almost 99% of our kids have histories of sexual abuse prior to being trafficked. No child should have to endure the first incident, but absolutely not the subsequent revictimization that occurs.
“Working in partnership with people directly experiencing lack of health care, I saw the injustice of people not being able to access health care and what a great contributor it was to homelessness.”
When I started my career, community-based participatory research was new, and my mentors were concerned that my research approach with community partners would not work. But it did! Together with my community partners, we generated useful research results that influenced programs, policies, and lives.
On September 20, 2023, C3EN held its second annual meeting at the UIC medical district Marriott Hotel, convening over 70 community partners and researchers over a half day of presentations, breakout groups, and a poster session.