April 26, 2023

We will be moving to a monthly format starting in May.

World Immunization Week

This year World Immunization Week is April 24-30 and its theme is The Big Catch-Up. This is an opportunity to raise awareness of the urgent and critical need to find and vaccinate children who missed vaccines that help to protect them from illness, disability, and death.

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Understanding Autism

Rutgers-Camden expert Brian Corbett delves into the neuroscience behind the causes, symptoms, and treatments of autism spectrum disorder.

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Upcoming Community Engagement Virtual Salon

May 10, 12pm ET

See a CEVS in action here.

Interested in participating and providing feedback?

Please email Nicole Hernandez at nicole.hernandez@rutgers.edu

Risk and Resilience to Alzheimer's Disease

in African Americans

June 22, 9am ET

You are invited to an international conference on Risk and Resilience to Alzheimer's Disease in African Americans on Thursday, June 22nd, at the Robeson Campus Center, 350 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Newark, NJ.

Registration limited to 70 people only on a first-come basis.

Yield Giving Open Call

The Yield Giving Open Call is being managed by Lever for Change, a nonprofit that leverages its networks to find and fund solutions to the world’s greatest challenges, including racial inequity, gender inequality, lack of economic development, and climate change.

This initiative seeks community-led, community-focused organizations whose explicit purpose is to advance the voices and opportunities of individuals and families of meager or modest means, and groups who have met with discrimination and other systemic obstacles. Organizations best suited to this initiative will enable individuals and families to achieve substantive improvement in their well-being through foundational resources.

Interested organizations must register to apply before 4 p.m. U.S. Central Time on Friday, May 5, 2023. Learn more here.

New Jersey COVID-19 Information Hub: The State of New Jersey has put together a list of resources about the COVID-19 virus including testing sites, signs and symptoms, and FAQs about social services. 

Visit New Jersey’s COVID-19 Vaccine Registration site to pre-register for the vaccine. New Jersey's Covid-19 Vaccine Appointment Call Center can be reached at 855-568-0545.