Organizing for social change: A qualitative examination of local systems change efforts through network configuration

This poster was presented to the Society for the Analysis of African American Public Health Issues annual conference on November 1, 2025 in Washington, D.C. The research investigated the preliminary results of networks emerging between institutions and actors engaged in racial justice work in Cook County, Illinois, based on 29 in-depth interviews with racial justice organizers and advocates. All interviewees had been participants in the last 5 years of a racial equity fellowship program run by Chicago United for Equity, a racial justice nonprofit in Chicago, IL.