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The CCPH “Lunch & Learn: Participatory Budgeting” webinar was a collaborative training panel with community and academic experts sharing their experiences advocating for fair budgetary structures and practices by relying on community expertise to address...

The North Carolina Community Engagement Alliance (NC CEAL) team participated in the 2026 North Carolina Community Action Association (NCCAA) Conference through the workshop “Food as a Driver of Health: Breaking Barriers, Building Solutions.”

In addition to hosting the North Carolina Community Engagement Alliance (NC CEAL) 2026 Research Leadership Academy (RLA) Cohort Graduation in May 2026, the RLA team attended an in-person retreat at the UNC Chapel Hill campus to align goals, wrap up the RLA, and plan for sustainability.

North Carolina Community Engagement Alliance (NC CEAL), a partnership between CCPH and UNC Chapel Hill, celebrated the graduation of the 2026 Research Leadership Academy (RLA) Cohort on Friday, May 15, 2026 at the Transcend Leadership Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.

As part of our work within the NIH Community Engagement Alliance Consultative Resource[CI1.1][PA1.2][CI1.3] (CEACR), Community-Campus Partnerships for Health partnered with the University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute (Pitt CTSI) to create a free-to-access tool for planning meaningful, community-centered outreach.

I attended the Community-Centric Fundraising Family Reunion in San Diego in April. While fundraising isn’t necessarily in my CCPH job description, I was attracted to their 10 Principles of Community-Centric Fundraising, providing a descriptive call to action to transform fundraising and philanthropy.

It is with great sadness we share the passing of two dear and long-time partners, Elmer Freeman of Boston, MA and Barbara Israel of Ann Arbor, MI.  Learn more about their legacies below: Elmer Freeman, MSWElmer Freeman was a national Community-Based Participatory...

As part of our continuing relationships with the North Carolina Community Engagement Alliance (NC CEAL) Research Leadership Academy (RLA) Scholars, CCPH visited three Scholars from the 2025 RLA cohort early January 2026. Seed grants were distributed to five of our 8 scholars from 2025 cohort to fund research projects that center communities.

North Carolina Community Engagement Alliance (NC CEAL) in partnership with CCPH and PRIME Collective launched the 2026 cohort of the Research Leadership Academy (RLA) on Friday, January 9, 2026 at the UNC Chapel Hill Friday Center.

Over the past month our team has been busy representing CCPH at convenings, presenting posters, and attending annual meetings and conferences. It was a whirlwind of ideas, insights, and perspectives—and a reminder of just how complex and dynamic the environment in which we operate has become.

The Conference on Community Writing (CCW) gathers writers, activists, teachers, organizers, scholars, and community members to learn about writing as a tool for social change. Our team member, Charisse, presented at their biennial conference held at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan in October.