Public Equity

We’re happy to announce that we’ve expanded our Healthy Habits program to school-age children at the Children’s Learning and Play Daycare in Englewood ✨

Earlier this year we launched the Healthy Habits Program to engage the Englewood community in developing healthy physical and mental health habits. This program aims to educate and provide workshops focusing on tackling trauma, heart health, nutrition, disease prevention, and maintaining healthy relationships.

Thank you for visitng our office 🖤

Moments from our Mental Health Forum last week ✨ Thank you to everyone who came, our amazing speakers - Tony Woods, , Dr. Marvin Lindsey, , , Noah White, Kory Rutledge, , Jalon Arthur, Sam Castro, Steve Perkins, Sharonda Giles, and Asha Johnson. Thank you to for hosting us!

Pathways to Building & Sustaining Healthy Communities through CVI 🤝
Join us on Saturday, May 25 for our Mental Health Forum at Daley College! We’ve got a stacked list of participants. There will be on-site life coaching, wellness practitioners, panel discussions, & more. See you there!

Episode 165 is available NOW on all streaming platforms 🎙️

Public Equity is an incredible Chicago nonprofit that aims to improve the quality of life and access to resources for the most vulnerable communities. You won't want to miss this one.

🔗 Watch the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4A15MVRvDjyT0tL14u070H?si=9628d3a049f74ade

Want to learn more or get involved with Public Equity?
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Executive Director, Tony Woods sits down with podcast to talk about Public Equity and the important work being done. Tune in tomorrow!

Our very own Founder & ED, Tony Woods spoke on the Matt McGill show on WVON 1690AM - The Talk of Chicago. If you're new here, here's a little bit about who we are and the work we do 🤝🏽

Moments from our Day Of Reconciliation, in honor of MLK. Two recently mediated groups joined forces to serve the elders of the Englewood community. Alderman Stephanie D. Coleman - 16th Ward's office joined to talk about the importance of voting and registered people to vote.

Chicago Votes

Grateful. We spent our Thanksgiving week serving food to the residents of New Pisagah Haven Homes and families of Primo Center. We're blessed to be able to provide delicious Thanksgiving plates to our community.

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Join us for our upcoming Wellness and Workforce Event on Friday, June 30th, from 11 am to 3 pm. Kick off your safe summer with , David Moore DBA 17th Ward Aldermanic Office, UI Health (Mile Square), and the Employment Opportunities Network!

Come out and experience everything from health screenings and food samples to career coaching, and we'll even have fun family activities for all ages!

Invite your friends and family for a day of community connection, wellness, and workforce development! 💪

Today’s agenda will become tomorrow’s .

Mental Health + Violence Prevention = Community Safety

It’s a great day for community planning with mental health leaders and violence prevention advocates! Panel discussions begin at 11:30 am. Special thanks to Northeastern Illinois University-Carruthers Center For Inner City Studies for providing the space!

You are invited to our Community Planning Forum on Saturday, May 13th, to learn from panelists as we grapple with the question, “How can violence prevention continue to evolve to respond to current societal changes?”

See you there!

We join the Chicago Department of Public Health's efforts to amplify that May is Mental Health Awareness Month!

It's important to highlight how we can all make a difference by supporting each other on our self-care journeys and building safe communities.

We are here to remind you to check in with yourself, reach out to someone in need, and practice self-compassion.

Street Intervention/Outreach refers to actively working in “the streets” to engage individuals at immediate or high risk of being gun violence victims or perpetrators. Our Outreach staff are known as “trusted messengers” in the community. Our relationships with the community allow Outreach teams to mediate existing and potentially violent incidents.

Outreach Activities:

- Building trusting relationships with high-risk individuals

- Mediating existing and potential conflicts to prevent incidents of violence

- Proactively engaging individuals/groups to prevent the onset of violent conflict

- Civic Engagement

- Community Organizing

Get in touch with us to join our efforts at www.equityiskey.org/contact-us/

We're moderating a Community Planning Forum next Saturday, May 13th, with violence prevention and mental health leaders to discuss how agencies can forge stronger collaborations and work towards building healthy and sustainable communities. Please join us!

As the country grapples with a surge in violent crime, opportunities for innovations in violence prevention can and need to emerge.

Ask yourself, how can I help? Then, please share your thoughts in the comment section. We can all be a part of the solution.

Visit www.equityiskey.org to learn more about what we are doing to help.

Our mission is to improve the quality of life and access to resources for the most vulnerable communities. Learn more about how we're working to ensure black and brown people have a fair share in public health, public safety, and public equity at equityiskey.com.

On Saturday, May 13th join us for a Community Planning Forum!

Violence prevention and mental health experts will present at this event including Executive Director Tony Woods, Association of Black Psychologists National President Dr. Sharon Bethea, GRO Community Founder Aaron Mallory, and Blue Door Neighborhood Center Mental Health Advocate Dr. Obari Cartman.

The goal is to develop action-ready solutions to decrease violence and mental health issues impacting our black and brown communities.

We hope to see you there!

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Community violence is a serious issue in , and it is well known that Black and Brown communities on the South and West sides of the city are disproportionately impacted.

Over the past three years, has contributed to the reduction of homicides and shootings in the East and West Englewood neighborhoods through street outreach, case management, and victim advocacy.

Follow our awareness campaign and learn more at equityisskey.com.

Public Equity updated their website address.

Public Equity updated their business hours.

Now it's easier to send Public Equity a message.

Happy Monday!