Communities United, in partnership with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, the sole Chicago-based finalist of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Racial Equity 2030 Challenge, won a $10M grant from the foundation, which was an open call for bold solutions to help build and scale actionable ideas for transformative change in systems and institutions that uphold racial inequities.
In collaboration with Lurie Children’s Hospital, young researchers with the racial justice organization Communities United conducted a study focused on the mental health and well-being of Black and Brown young men in Chicago.
New research from Lurie Children's Hospital and a Chicago grassroots organization focuses on a study led by young Black and brown men on bettering mental health.