by Paige Castro-Reyes | May 29, 2019 | Community-Academic Partnerships
I still recall my interview to join the board of Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH). I was encouraged to apply to the board by one of my most influential mentors in community engagement, Dr. Cynthia “Cee” Barnes-Boyd, who was an outgoing board...
by Paige Castro-Reyes | May 6, 2019 | Community-Academic Partnerships
Last year, the Founding Editor of CES4Health.Info, Dr. Cathy Jordan, decided to step down to pursue new opportunities in her area of research and scholarship. We are extremely appreciative to Cathy for her contribution and commitment to CES4Health. As we move...
by Paige Castro-Reyes | Mar 1, 2019 | Community-Academic Partnerships
More than 100 years since the historic Flexner report highlighting the systemic challenges of American medical schools, we continue to face challenges in the process and climate of medical education. A recent revelation of an American medical college yearbook...
by Paige Castro-Reyes | Feb 6, 2019 | Community-Academic Partnerships
I cut my teeth on community work when, as a newly minted garden variety college history major, I elected to become a VISTA volunteer. I was sent to work in northeast Tennessee’s Hancock County. This was in 1969 when, while the nation was in upheaval, we still had...
by CCPH | Jan 9, 2019 | Community-Academic Partnerships
I was aware of environmental injustice, the differential burden of environmental hazards and locally unwanted land uses (LULUs) on communities of color, low-income populations, indigenous peoples, and marginalized groups, such as petrochemical facilities, refineries,...
