The Transgender and Gender Diverse Wellness and Equity Program expands comprehensive, lifesaving, and medically necessary gender affirming care for transgender, gender diverse, and LGBTQ+ people throughout the state of Illinois.Following are the participating sites and a short description of their
Honoring Nex Benedict
Nex Benedict was a kind and caring 16-year-old non-binary student and a member of the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma. Nex enjoyed gaming and had a strong relationship with their cat, Zeus. Tragically, three classmates dimmed Nex’s light on February 7,
Illinois Safe Schools Alliance VISTA Applications are OPEN!
Our Illinois Safe Schools Alliance program seeks five AmeriCorps VISTA members to support our statewide work and contribute to the Safe Schools Consortia pilot. The Safe Schools Consortia pilot, a cohort-based learning program for high-level school system decision-makers, aims to
Seeking AmeriCorps VISTA members for Illinois Safe Schools Alliance
The Illinois Safe Schools Alliance program seeks AmeriCorps VISTA members to support our Safe Schools Consortia pilot in Northern Illinois.This cohort-based learning program for high-level decision-makers in school systems aims to create champions of the Alliance’s primary programmatic areas to
Routine HIV Screening: Become a Model Site
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How Illinois Safe Schools Alliance came to live at PHIMC, as profiled in the Windy City Times
Windy City Times Managing Editor Matt Simonette sat down with Karen Reitan, Mary Morten, and Nat Duran this fall to talk about how Illinois Safe Schools Alliance (the Alliance) came to live at Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago (PHIMC).
Four years of youth-led advocacy results in unrestricted access to locker rooms for trans students
Grecia Magdaleno, Policy and Advocacy Manager for PHIMC’s Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, speaks to ABC-7 about the years of youth advocacy that resulted in District 211 allowing transgender students access to the locker rooms that align with their gender identity,
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PHIMC Newsletter – Fall 2019
LaShyra Nolen, National Health Corps Chicago Alumna speaks with NPR about lack of diversity in medical training
LaShyra Nolen, National Health Corps Chicago Alumna (2018-2019) and first-year student at Harvard Medical School spoke to NPR’s Morning Edition on November 4, 2019, in a segment called “Diagnostic Gaps: Skin Comes In Many Shades And So Do Rashes.” “…
