Facing Reality Without Losing Hope

Facing Reality Without Losing Hope

It’s no secret that the world seems pretty bleak right now. Despite the strides we’ve made nationally in vaccination distribution, COVID-19 is still ravaging the world. The rate of new cases globally is more around 36 times higher than it was back in March...
Fast Facts: National Hispanic Heritage Month

Fast Facts: National Hispanic Heritage Month

September 15th was the start of National Hispanic Heritage Month! With over 200 volunteers fluent in Spanish, and 60% of our patients identifying as Hispanic, CommunityHealth is proud to be so strongly connected to Hispanic/Latinx communities across Chicago. If...
Welcome back, interpreters!

Welcome back, interpreters!

After 18 long months of empty seats. . .   . . .we’ve got onsite interpreters again! In March of 2020, CommunityHealth transitioned to a fully remote interpreting program to maintain the safety of our volunteers and patients amidst the pandemic. We’re...
Our System is Broken: a health care comparison by Alice Woo

Our System is Broken: a health care comparison by Alice Woo

Greetings, CommunityHealth readers! My name is Alice Woo. I’m a recent graduate of Vassar College, and in July I joined the CommunityHealth team as the new Development and Communications Coordinator. Part of my job is writing for the CommunityHealth blog about...