WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER
ResOURCES & outreach
WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER.
EAT understands and values the importance of community. For these reasons, we have partnered with or belong to coalitions with the following organizations:
Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
The Field Foundation of Illinois
Just Chicago
Equity and Transformation along with the support from other community groups and individuals have designed this “Life Kit” as a way to offer what we can to help anyone who may be struggling right now and provide them with useful information and resources to stay healthy.
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mutual aid
Research reports
This report presents the key findings of an equity analysis on the cannabis industry in Illinois. The study was conducted by Equity and Transformation, Law for Black Lives, John Marshall Law School, and Northwestern Law School.
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For additional reports on urban transformation, please see https://cuppa.uic.edu/academics/upp/
Policy Analysis
The Greater Lawndale Healthy Work (GLHW) Project, part of the University of Illinois Chicago Center for Healthy Work, is a community-based participatory research project that works in partnership with North Lawndale and Little Village (together forming the Greater Lawndale area) and the UIC School of Public Health. The GLHW Project was formed to better understand how work impacts community health and to identify community solutions to promote worker health.
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OP-EDs
Other media
Interviews
Awards
press and interviews
Since its founding, EAT has attracted media attention from major media outlets such as NPR, ABC News, Chicago Sun Times, and Crain’s. Our founder, Richard Wallace, has also received prestigious awards and fellowships from organizations such as Voqal, Open Society Foundations, and Roosevelt University.