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2025 Summer Change Agent Academy – Mental Healthcare Research Cohort

Mental Healthcare “We don’t have a mental health care system in this country; we have a mental illness crisis management system.” Dr. Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, Author Our Mission Ten exceptional teens undertook an in-depth investigation into the economic, social, and legal forces driving the nation’s mental health crisis. They uncovered how stigma, misguided policies, and…

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2024 Winter Change Agent Academy – Financial Security Research Cohort

Financial Security The poor don’t want some small life. They want to contribute, and they want to thrive. But poverty reduces people born for better things. Matthew Desmond, Author Our Mission Financial instability has always been a pressing issue for individuals who live below the poverty line, particularly those from underrepresented communities, such as racial…

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2023 Summer Financial Security Research Cohort

Financial Security The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. Franklin D. Roosevelt Our Mission Throughout history, financial insecurity has plagued those members of our society living below the poverty line, especially…

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2023 Summer Health Equity Research Cohort

Health Equity Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhumane. Martin Luther King, Jr. Our Mission This research cohort was assembled to explore the economic, social, legal, and political impediments preventing all Americans from achieving health equity and access to care.  By examining the profit-centered nature of the…

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