HBCU Panel and Listening Session Series Historically Black Colleges and Universities have served the educational, cultural, social and public health needs of the Black community for over 100 years. The COVID-19 pandemic offers HBCUs a myriad of opportunities to identify and respond to the demands of Black people as trusted institutions for critical information and [...]
On December 15, 2020, the North Carolina Increasing Trustworthiness through Engaged Action and Mobilization (I-TEAM Project) hosted a webinar titled "Unwrapping the Truth About COVID-19: Conversations to Have with Your Family and Friends Over the Holidays". The recording is now available! The NC I-TEAM is one of 11 state teams in the Community Engagement Research Alliance Against [...]
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health joins Duke Clinical Research Institute, UNC Center for Health Equity Research, and Partners in Receiving NIH Grant to Expand COVID-19 Testing This nationwide program aims to build innovative and sustainable solutions to expand test access and uptake in underserved and vulnerable communities. The Community-Campus Partnerships for Health lead is Al Richmond, [...]
#NonStatement Last week, CCPH Staff members, Al Richmond and Paige Castro-Reyes, had an honest conversation with long-time CCPH partner and Board of Directors member, Dr. Rosemarie Hunter. This came after CCPH released a "non-statement" (pictured above) on the racial justice uprisings happening across the US and the globe. We invite you to watch [...]
The importance of partnerships in crisis is front and center as we confront the global COVID-19 pandemic. Community-Campus Partnerships for Health and the UNC Center for Health Equity Research at the University for North Carolina at Chapel Hill have partnered to launch the webinar series, Communities in Partnership: Ensuring Equity in the Time of COVID-19. Join us each [...]
Statement on Cancellation of the CCPH 2020 Conference The concerns about the impact of COVID-19 have left us all managing in what has become a ‘world turned upside-down’. Everything is changing at an uber-rapid pace. Communities are struggling to support the most vulnerable, while many academic institutions have closed and are shifting classes to on-line [...]
From the "At The Forefront" webpage: On this episode of ‘At the Forefront’ I talk with Al Richmond and Tricia Piechowski about the 2020 Community-Campus Partnerships for Health International Conference on Health Equity and Economic Development to be held in Flint, Michigan on August 18-21, 2020 Listen here: https://at-the-forefront-with-drdeb.simplecast.com/episodes/at-the-forefront-championing-health-equity-through-community-and-economic-development-featuring-al-richmond-and-tricia-piechowski
Briefly, tell us about your professional work – including the communities you work with, experiences in higher education or a community-based organization. My professional work involving community-campus partnerships has been ongoing for decades. I have been a University administrator, educator, researcher, and advanced practice nurse who works toward improving care for older patients with chronic [...]
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) in partnership with Michigan State University (MSU) is excited to announce our 2020 International Conference. On August 19-21, 2020, you are invited to attend the 2020 International Conference: Advancing Health Equity through Community and Economic Development. This conference will be hosted by our partner the MSU College of Human Medicine’s Division of Public Health in Flint, Michigan. The conference [...]
In my role as a Professor of Psychology at the University of Cincinnati, I work with communities to broaden participation in research and fight for health equity. I am passionate about contributing to CCPH because I found a much-needed professional home in the CCPH network. I was fortunate to receive high-quality training as a clinical [...]
