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Rosalind McGee, Supervisor of Risk Case Management, was a guest on VocalOverdrive, a public broadcast radio program supported by Chicago Public Radio.
The discussion topic was National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, and McGee shared information about ACCESS' HIV Risk and Prevention programs and about ACCESS' services. This interview happened as a direct result of a previous WBEZ interview with Natalie Moore, which covered the new. Ashland Center for Health and Learning.

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago community health network has received a nearly $7 million federal grant to build a research center in the impoverished Englewood neighborhood.
Access Community Health says the National Institutes of Health-funded project will be the first-ever for a federally-qualified health center network.

African-American and Hispanic women in hundreds of houses of worship across Illinois participated in the 3rd Annual Pin-A-Sister Sunday™, the hallmark event of the Pin-A-Sister™ Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign (women of all faiths were encouraged to participate). This campaign targets uninsured and low-income women to heighten awareness of the severe racial disparities in breast cancer mortality.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois has recently awarded Access Community Health Network (ACCESS) the highest rating for colorectal cancer screening. Along with this latest milestone in colorectal cancer screening, ACCESS had previously earned seven additional Blue Stars in vital areas that gravely affect community members.