J Brown (they/she)

@jfbrown.bsky.social

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Director/Co-Founder, Alliance for Research with Chicagoland Communities queer/non-binary. we can all be free. love Chicago

Announcing our featured panel at next week's March 18 ARCC Community Research Learning Exchange: “Community Violence Intervention: Building Data & Relationships to Address Trauma and Promote Healing.” Panelists include the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago & @cornersresearch.bsky.social
I'm honored to be on the host committee this year for @crossroadsfund.bsky.social spring fundraiser, Seeds of Change! Join me to raise money for Chicago social justice movements! Fri, March 13, 2026: Malcolm X College: 5:30 pm.🌱 🎟️Buy Tickets/Sponsorship today: crossroadsfund.org/seedsofchange
💲 FUNDING 💲 for Community Research! from Alliance for Research with Chicagoland Communities Community Capacity Building, Partnership Development, Research Pilot Learn more http://bit.ly/ARCCgrants! Info sessions: Feb 27 virtual, Mar 18 in-person Due Apr 23
Join us at the ARCC Community Research Learning Exchange next month on March 18 in Pilsen- RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gPGM5rsK
⭐Community Leadership for Community-Driven Research⭐ The Alliance for Research with Chicagoland Communities is proud to announce the inaugural cohort of Chicagoland Community Research Fellows- a transformative program investing in community leadership for community-driven research & health justice.
Grateful for the leadership of the Alliance for Research with Chicagoland Communities (ARCC) Steering Committee! Since our founding in 2008 through to today, ARCC us driven & inspired by this group! Photos from our May mtg hosted by member, Inner-City Muslim Action Network
Support community leadership! Alliance for Research with Chicagoland Communities invites community leaders to apply to the Community Research Fellowship's inaugural cohort: 18-mo prgm to advance community research in their orgs, communities, & across research landscape https://bit.ly/ARCCfellows Due May 9
“We are at a moment right now where people are asking themselves why can’t the Democratic Party defend this assault on democracy . . . and I would submit to you that if you can’t draw the line at genocide, you probably can't draw the line at democracy.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates
Let's gather & organize for health justice! ARCC Community Research Learning Exchange: 3/20 👀 topics/presenters below & at bit.ly/Mar20arcc Connect w/ARCC grantees & '25 Award Winner: PrEP4Teens Learn more abt Community Organizing w/ SWOrganizing Project Palenque LSNA @christiandiaz.bsky.social
#ScienceNotSilence #StandUpForScience2025 Chicago @standupforscience.bsky.social
Nominate Community Changemaker or Org for @publicnarrative.bsky.social inaugural Dr. Timuel D. Black, Jr. Award for Civic Engagement. Celebrates legacy of Dr. Black, historian, educator, & author who advocated for civil rights, social justice, & community empowerment. Due Mar 21 bit.ly/drtimblk
⭐Health Justice & Critical Science in a Time of Oligarchy & Opportunistic Science Denialism: an Ecosocial Analysis⭐ April 10 @uicpublichealth.bsky.social with Social Epidemiologist Nancy Krieger https://irrpp.uic.edu/events/health-justice/
Next Wed 3/12: Building a Collective Vision of Liberation: @prisonculture.bsky.social, Beth Richie, Avalon Betts-Gaston in convo about abolition, dismantling prison industrial complex, and what time it is on the clock of the world. https://irrpp.uic.edu/events/building-a-collective-vision-of-liberation/ @interruptcrim.bsky.social
Congrats to Camesha L. Jones - Brandon, LCSW, Sista Afya Community Care NFP on ARCC Community Research Capacity-Building Grant: Bridging the Gap: A Heal TogetHER Initiative Using Focus Groups to Promote Mental Wellness Among Black Women in Chicago! https://communitycare.sistaafya.com/
Congrats to Emily Jade Aguilar, Chicago Queer Latine Collaborative (CQLC) NFP on ARCC Community Research Capacity-Building Grant: CQLC for Latine Transformative Research! https://www.cqlab.info/
⭐Investing in community leadership & partnerships⭐ Congrats to 8 grantees of Alliance for Research with Chicagoland Communities (ARCC) 2025 Cycle 1 Seed Grants to support community-driven research for health equity! Scroll down to Round 18: bit.ly/ARCCgrants Cycle 2 deadline: Apr 22 Grantees in 🧵
Alliance for Research with Chicagoland Communities Community Research Learning Exchange: Mar 20 bit.ly/Mar20arcc Panel with ARCC 2025 Award Winner: PrEP4Teens (bit.ly/ARCCaward) & breakouts focused on community organizing strategies for these times & ARCC seed grants (due 4/22. bit.ly/ARCCgrants)
2025 AMPT Connect: Mar 13 Hear from community leaders on how their orgs are choosing to center humanity, lean into joy, & continue moving forward Register now to join us at bit.ly/AMPTConnect
Fight Back for Trans Liberation- Sat Mar 22 Noon, Broadway Methodist 3338 N Broadway in Chicago
Chicago Stand up for Science- March 7 Federal Plaza- 12-4 pm https://standupforscience2025.org/ #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence #standupforscience2025
PrEP4Teens mural- ARCC announces PrEP4Teens as 2025 11th Annual Dr. Bishop Community Research Partnership Award Winner! Congratulations to TaskForce Prevention & Community Services (Chris Balthazar), @jimberlyp.bsky.social Consulting, & @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social (@karmacap.bsky.social)! Learn more https://lnkd.in/gMv9b5hq
#FUNDING: Alliance for Research with Chicagoland Communities 2025 #CommunityResearch Seed Grants Virtual Applicant Office Hours: bit.ly/410yGrl 👉 Community Research Capacity-Building $3K, 6 mos 👉 Partnership Development $8K, 12 mos 👉 Research Pilot $30K, 24 mos Deadline: 4/22/25 bit.ly/ARCCgrants
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