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The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired is a not-for-profit agency committed to providing the highest quality educational, clinical, vocational, and rehabilitation services for children, youth and adults who are blind or visually impaired, including deaf-blind and multi-disabled. Through its comprehensive range of programs and services, The Lighthouse respects personal dignity and partners with individuals to enhance independent living and self-sufficiency. The Lighthouse is a leader, innovator, and advocate for people who are blind or visually impaired, enhancing the quality of life for all individuals involved at the Lighthouse, and for the community.

Our mission is to support stroke survivors and their loved ones in rebuilding their lives by providing intensive, affordable, and innovative speech and cognitive therapy.

The mission of El Rio Community Health Center is to improve the health of our community through comprehensive, accessible, affordable, quality and compassionate care. El Rio Foundation raises support for programs, services to patients and capital needs of the health center.

BlaqOut's mission is to create a community where Black LGBTQ+ people are connected and supported, have access to safe spaces, and enjoy sufficient resources to help them thrive. Our mission is summarized in this mantra and emblazoned on our hearts: Our lives. Our health. Our way. BlaqOut's vision is a world where all Black LGBTQ+ persons live with dignity and are free from racial injustice and health inequity.

EMF owes special debts of gratitude to the leadership of the following organizations for their inspiration to empower and motivate Parkinson’s patients, for their fitness program development and modeling and for their overall support.

LEOTO’s mission is to empower individuals living with low vision, blindness, or hearing impairments to become self-sufficient. LEOTO provides training and education in an innovative, accessible, and state of the art facility to help these individuals develop and achieve their full potential. The ultimate goal is to assist such persons in gaining independence and the confidence to function on their own.

Providing up-to-date information, resources, and emotional and financial help to VOGM families. Spreading awareness for VOGM, makes a rare condition feel less rare.

Kween Culture Initiative is a social empowerment project for and by Black Transgender women. Kween Culture aims to empower and celebrate the richness of Black transgender women through creating moments, spaces, and events for collective possibility and to create a framework that highlights our joy, our resilience, and our sisterhood in spite of disparities we face.

Brave Space Alliance is the first Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ+ Center located on the South Side of Chicago, dedicated to creating and providing affirming, culturally competent, for-us by-us resources, programming, and services for LGBTQ+ individuals on the South and West sides of the city. We strive to empower, embolden, and educate each other through mutual aid, knowledge-sharing, and the creation of community-sourced resources as we build toward the liberation of all oppressed peoples.

OUR PURPOSE IS TO ENSURE ACCESS TO LIFE-SAVING DRUGS. OUR MISSION IS TO END DRUG SHORTAGES THROUGH ADVOCACY, AWARENESS AND A RESILIENT SUPPLY CHAIN.

The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation works to eliminate the challenges of childhood brain tumors. Our vision is a cure for childhood brain tumors.

APHA champions the health of all people and all communities. We strengthen the public health profession. We speak out for public health issues and policies backed by science. We are the only organization that influences federal policy, has a 140-plus year perspective and brings together members from all fields of public health. Our mission is to improve the health of the public and achieve equity in health status. Our vision is to create the healthiest nation in one generation. Our values reflect the beliefs of our members from all disciplines of public health and over 40 countries.