CommunityHealth

Revolutionary leaders learn with, from, and through communities served, prioritizing continuous and reflexive growth. Congratulations to our Chief Executive Officer, Steph Willding, MPA, for being selected into Leadership Greater Chicago’s 40th Class of the Signature Fellows Program with a network of cross-sector civic leaders and changemakers immersed in major socioeconomic issues facing the community and build connections that facilitate solutions. Using the city as a classroom, participants learn through interactions with private, public and nonprofit decision makers, and work as a group to develop critical thinking, analytical, governance and leadership skills. CommunityHealth is devoted to meeting our communities where they are at through leadership committed to sustainable, inclusive, and progressive change.

🎉 We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Class of the LGC Signature Fellows Program, marking the 40th class selected for the region’s premier civic leadership development program. These 45 accomplished and diverse leaders represent a distinguished cross-section of professionals from the corporate, nonprofit, philanthropic, government and education sectors. With the city as a classroom, they will be immersed in major socioeconomic issues facing the Greater Chicago Region through full-day seminars, neighborhood site visits, conversations with subject matter experts and cultural events. We look forward to their contributions to elevating impact across every sector and in every corner of our region. 📰 https://bit.ly/2Xsw6ad 🔷 Presenting the LGC Class of 2025 🔷 Mayra Alarcon - Skills for Chicagoland's Future; Jake Barnett - Wespath Benefits and Investments; Karim Basaria - Sidley Austin LLP; Jay Bhatt, D.O., MPH, MPA, FACP - Deloitte; Libia Bianibi - Building Equity & Alignment for Environmental Justice; Alex Black - Resource Innovations; Kemena Brooks - The Community Builders; Patrick Carey - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies; Dr. Jessica Chavez - Griffin Museum of Science and Industry; William Collins - Surge Institute; Raven DeVaughn - Illinois Department of Central Management Services; Nila D. - Chicago Commons; NeAngela Dixon - John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Caroline Donlin - BMO Commercial Bank ; Scott Frauenheim - Distinctive Schools & LEAP Innovations; Nicholas Freeman - Innovare; Lina Fritz - OneGoal; S. Mayumi “Umi” Grigsby, Esq. - City of Chicago; Bonita Harrison - Sunshine Management; Nia Heard Garris, MD, MBA, MSc, FAAP - Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University; Nathalina Hudson - Office of the Attorney General, State of Illinois; Marla Izbicky, CIPP/US -Thompson Hine LLP; Carolyn Jaw - Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago; Valencia Koker - City Year Chicago; Rebecca Lindsay-Ryan - Big Shoulders Fund; Charles Mayfield - Chicago Public Schools; Nicole McCarthy - World Business Chicago; Domonique F. McCord, LCSW, EMDR - Metropolitan Family Services; Tovah McCord - Southern Company Gas; Brooke McKean - REACH Pathways; Andrew Merrick - Jenner & Block LLP; Juan F. Ortiz - Northern Trust; Eddie Phillips Jr., Ed.D. - National Louis University; Catherine Rabenstine - American Red Cross of Illinois; Joel Rodarte - Wintrust Bank N.A.; Rev. Brian Sauder - Faith in Place; Merili (Mariangela) Seale - Cleveland Avenue; Nirali Shah - Obama Foundation; Melanie Sillas - Chicago State Foundation; Aisha Taylor - Boston Consulting Group; Laron Taylor -Health Care Service Corporation; Meagan P. Tenety - Ariel Investments; Ricardo A. Trujillo - Nicor Gas; Stephanie Vasconcellos - Mayer Brown LLP; Stephanie D. Willding - CommunityHealth #LeadGreat #LGCChicago

TOMORROW (7/24) 12:00 pm central join me for the AASM Foundation Grand Rounds where I'll be sharing my experiences and lessons learned while founding and running a free sleep clinic with CommunityHealth Chicago. Started as a response to the racial disparities encountered during the pandemic, the free sleep clinic (www.chi-pap.org), which redistributes donated sleep equipment and supplies to low-resource patients across the Chicagoland area, has been a proof-of-concept that equity-targeted initiatives can succeed and make real change in patients' lives. ow.ly/EJSH50SzWo5

CommunityHealth turns every $1 donated into $7 worth of medications and services... and ALL INsiders provide essential health care for up to 20 patients for an entre year! Help us build a healthier Chicago at https://lnkd.in/gA9qQnnK 🤝

Join the Associate Board here at CommunityHealth on Wednesday, August 28th, for a summer evening of the White Sox versus the Texas Rangers! $15 from every ticket sale will be donated to quality health care for all. Register at https://lnkd.in/eCM2b9xy ⚾

CommunityHealth shines the Volunteer Spotlight on Dulce Brousset during July ⭐ Dulce started volunteering with CommunityHealth in 2020 when the clinic first started remote interpreting. As a long-time, cherished volunteer, Dulce not only trains new interpreters and volunteers at CommunityHealth and another organization, but she is frequently requested by physicians to support translation during appointments. She even led a presentation during the Interpreter Engagement Club on how to become a professional interpreter. For her culturally competent and compassionate care, Dulce was awarded 2023 Clinic Volunteer of the Year for Spanish Interpreting for the 2023 Volunteer of the Year Awards. Learn more about Dulce on our blog at https://lnkd.in/gKgEmADV 📰

CommunityHealth is more than a free clinic thanks to our health education team in its community outreach at likeminded organizations, weekly wellness workshops, new patient registrations with a language access guarantee... and our Patient Advisory Council 🗯️ The Patient Advisory Council is a safe, empowering space for patients to contribute to CommunityHealth's strategic growth, ensure culturally competent care, and build community with one another. The Patient Advisory Council meets quarterly in Spanish to discuss quality of care metrics, best practices for patient recruitment, and the ongoing changes in Social Determinants of Health (SDOH). "“We can say what we feel, think, and want for the community.” - Maria Cecilia Magna, patient at CommunityHealth and member of the Patient Advisory Council Learn more about the Patient Advisory Council, their goals, and their achievements at https://lnkd.in/gBpMgdp6 🏥

CommunityHealth is excited to open its third microsite, community-based clinic and its fourth location by the end of 2024. We are meeting our patients where they are at, in their own neighborhoods, and in their native languages. This year's All In™ Celebration will highlight this innovative care model with the theme of "Health Care Closer to Home" on Thursday, September 19th, at The Carter from 5:30-9pm. The event will also present a public service award to Senator Tammy Duckworth for her support of free and charitable clinics. You are invited to help us lead the fight for access by sponsoring the event, providing essential and comprehensive health care for as many as 60 patients for an entire year. To learn more about how you can help make quality health care for all a reality, visit https://lnkd.in/ggDhYBuM or email ometsa@communityhealth.org 🌐 All In™ is made by possible by THE JOSEPH AND BESSIE FEINBERG FOUNDATION, Northwestern Medicine, Ascension, Midwestern University, Walgreens, Meridian Health Plan of Illinois , Altair Advisers, Advocate Aurora Health, Prestige Health, and Third Horizon Strategies.

Did you know that CommunityHealth turns every $1 donated into $7 worth of medications and services? Become an ALL INsider and sponsor the essential health care of up to 20 patients for an entire year. Help us build a healthier Chicago at https://lnkd.in/gA9qQnnK 🤝

ALL INsiders are leading the fight for access by sponsoring the essential health care for as many as 20 patients for an entire year. CommunityHealth turns every $1 donated into $7 worth of services and medications. As the largest volunteer-based free clinic, serving the uninsured, underserved, and undocumented, our ALL INsiders are essential toward building a system where everyone has access to the right health care, at the right time, in the right place. Thank you to Janet Conneely, Keith Graff, Mary Harington, John Koenigsnkecht, Dr. Babs Waldman, Steph Willding, MPA, and Sally Benjamin Young for making quality health care for all a reality. Join the conversation as an ALL INsider at https://lnkd.in/gA9qQnnK 🌐