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11/29/2022

It's a critical time for young people's reproductive rights.

This , help us get our s*xual health games and tools into the hands of young people, so they can emerge into adulthood with agency over their bodies and futures.

Our suite of products includes Hearsay, a card game in which students practice s*xual health decision-making through the lens of a first year at university. This storytelling card game educates players about various forms of and while also de-stigmatizing and normalizing their use among young people.

Find out more about our products and how to support:

This year has been challenging for young people and their reproductive rights. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has left many young people concerned about their ability to make informed decisions about their bodies and futures.    This Giving Tuesday, we ask our community ...

11/02/2022

Learn more about Hello Options, our all-in-one counseling tool that'll be showcased at this year's American Public Health Association Annual Meeting.

Visit us at Convention Center (Booth 142) if you'll be in attendance.

For more info about the tool, visit https://ci3.uchicago.edu/hello-options-2/

09/20/2022

UChicago Ci3's Youth Advisory Council is a paid opportunity where Chicago youth ages 14 through 18 will help inform Ci3’s work to improve the health and well-being of young people & help develop its products, games, and storytelling. Apply by October 3 here: https://bit.ly/3AvUSed.

07/12/2022

Our Exec. Director Lee Hasselbacher breaks down the steps the federal government is taking to safeguard reproductive rights along with Planned Parenthood Ilinois Action and Midwest Access Coalition.

Listen to the full conversation on WBEZ The Reset.

Abortion is now banned or mostly banned in 16 states, according to The Washington Post.

06/24/2022

Ci3 Statement on Youth Reproductive Rights Following Supreme Court Decision

We support access to abortion care and support young people’s ability to make informed decisions about their reproductive health and future, despite today’s Supreme Court decision.

Since the national press leaked Justice Alto’s opinion draft in May, Illinois lawmakers have affirmed that abortion care will remain safe and legal in the state. The repeal of Illinois’ law requiring parental involvement in abortion also went into effect June 1, 2022, an effort led by state-wide advocates and informed by evidence of the harm caused by the law. However, given today’s news, we know that it will now be harder for young people across the country to access safe and time-sensitive care.

We held conversations with our Youth Advisory Council members to understand their perspectives about the future of reproductive health. They had many questions about what might happen next and expressed concern for their own futures (see below).

Now more than ever, it’s important to understand adolescent s*xual and reproductive health needs and advocate with and on behalf of young people, so they can emerge into adulthood with agency over their own bodies and futures.

We encourage you to follow our partners for the latest resources for parents, caregivers, and young people.

ACLU of Illinois: http://ow.ly/pTyT50JGYcG

Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health: http://ow.ly/PQx950JGYcH

Chicago Abortion Fund: Provides financial, logistical, and emotional support to people seeking abortion care in Chicago, in Illinois, and the Midwest: http://ow.ly/UHs650JGYcF

Young people can also seek supportive abortion care at the University of Chicago’s Ryan Center: http://ow.ly/RZGh50JGYcI

06/03/2022

🗣️ Big news this week 🗣️

The Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion Act (PNA) has now been repealed. Young people under 18 will no longer be forced to notify their parent or legal guardian of their decision to have an abortion.

Read more on how parental involvement is harmful for young people seeking care: https://bit.ly/pnabrief

05/16/2022

🗣️ If you know a Chicago high school student, either entering 11th or 12th grade in fall 2022, please share this paid summer opportunity.

Our Hexacago Health Academy is part of a National Institutes of Health research study on games and public health. High school participants will collaborate with a team of mentors, designers, and STEM professionals and will learn new skills and design an educational board game. Further details below ⬇️

Apply at http://bit.ly/HHAApply

education

05/05/2022

📣 All young people have the right to the information and skills they need to protect their health.

📣 They deserve age-appropriate, medically accurate information.

📣 Young people deserve answers to their questions about s*x and relationships, free of shame and stigma no matter who they are, where they live, or what their income is.

*xEdForAll

05/02/2022

With only 9 states and the District of Columbia requiring LGBTQ+ inclusive s*x education, most s*x education programs leave q***r youth out of the conversation. Read more on this: www.guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/s*x-and-hiv-education

This is unacceptable 🙅🏽

Young people deserve s*x ed that respectfully represents ALL gender expressions and s*xual identities. It’s really that simple! ‍🌈 *xEdForAll

As of April 1, 2022 State Laws and Policies S*x and HIV Education Background Beginning in the 1970s, concerns over adolescent pregnancy—and later, HIV/AIDS—galvanized widespread public support for s*x education in schools. Most states currently have a policy requiring HIV education, usually in c...

04/27/2022

Research suggests that racial and ethnic diversity in the health and biomedical science workforce can improve both access to and the quality of health care for underserved communities.

Published in the journal of Urban Education, Ci3 researchers conducted a pilot study with Chicago high school students to explore their interest in health and biomedical science careers after playing Caduceus Quest, a Ci3 theory-based digital role-playing game. Caduceus Quest provides health education and aims to encourage health and biomedical science career interest in Black and Latinx youth.

Read more about our game and the study's key findings: https://bit.ly/CQBrief

04/13/2022

Introducing our Youth Advisory Council: a group of Chicago high school students collaborating with us to make health information and solutions more accessible.

Read our our Quarterly newsletter to find out how we use games, research, and storytelling projects that center their health and lived experiences: https://bit.ly/April2022Quarterly

Subscribe to our email listserv so you can be the first to know about our new adolescent health research and ways to participate with us: https://bit.ly/SubscribetoCi3

03/25/2022

Pediatrician Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha exposed the Flint Water Crisis after finding, through research, that children were exposed to dangerous levels of lead in Flint, Michigan.

“I did something most doctors and scientists don’t usually do,” said Dr. Hanna-Attisha. “I literally walked out of my clinic with my white coat on and stood up in one of our hospital conference rooms where we usually have resident lectures. I shared the research that our kids are in harm’s way and I demanded action."

Today, she is dedicated to improving the health and development of children, through developing programs in healthcare, early education, and parental education programs.

Read the full story on Dr. Hanna-Attisha’s life-changing research: http://ow.ly/ytwU50IsMFp