Decreasing #SNAP pandemic adjustments when the working poor are in a recession economy is a total disconnect #fighthunger #eliminatepoverty

Gosh I wonder if there’s an alternative to people sleeping in public places #thereisenoughforeveryone #endhomelessness #iamwithTerry

Great news for 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚊, 𝙼𝙳 Pilsen Food Pantry Pilsen Food Pantry Moves Into Former YMCA, Hopes To Raise $75,000 For Renovations Before June Opening blockclubchicago.org/2023/03/07/pil…

Check out this WTTW - Chicago PBS story about our new location news.wttw.com/video/latino-v…

Help the Pantry keep making history! gofundme.com/f/newMDsfighth… Our food insecure neighbors are depending on us! #onecommunity #tuluchaesmilucha

Week 3 = massive clean up of 3 dumpsters! Thank you 20+ volunteers & LRS Lakeshore Recycling for gifting the garbage tab! #onecommunity #newpantryhome #luchamosjuntos

Join us on Wednesday, April 26 at 6 p.m. CT at the Coleman Public Library for Social Justice in Chicago – a discussion about asylum seekers in our communities with Elvia Malagón, 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚊, 𝙼𝙳, Frank Sandoval and Karina Ayala-Bermejo. RSVP at trib.al/wg9PDd2.

Learning today with my wonderful STFM friends, including Pablo Joo & my brother from another mother, Edgar Figueroa MDMPH Edgar Figueroa #STFM #AN23

Thank you 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚊, 𝙼𝙳: Be a piece of the climate solution; you don’t have to be the WHOLE solution alone #STFM #AN23

Welcome new #stfm president ReneeCrichlowMD she/her - speaking from the heart, provoking our discomfort, demanding advocacy as our most powerful feedback tool. #fmrevolution #thisisourtime

Dr. Raj Shah welcomes 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚊, 𝙼𝙳 to discuss how physicians can identify and overcome challenges the Latino community faces & improve early detection and treatment of #alzheimers and related #dementia in the latest #thebrainrustproject bit.ly/3Du2UX2

ICYMI Dr. Raj Shah welcomes 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚊, 𝙼𝙳 to discuss how physicians can identify and overcome challenges the Latino community faces & improve early detection and treatment of #alzheimers and related #dementia in the latest #thebrainrustproject HealthcareNOWradio bit.ly/3Du2UX2

Visited 2 of our 3 summer externship sites in the past 2 days. Chicago-Pilsen and Gibson City! Both amazing students having a blast with their preceptor! AAFP AAFP Foundation 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚊, 𝙼𝙳 Kristina Dakis, MD

Great work Dr. Payment, 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚊, 𝙼𝙳 and UIC medical students, doctors provide migrant care - today.uic.edu/uic-medical-st…

An important conversation today on SNAP and food justice with organizations doing the fundamental work to combat hunger and feed our communities. In Congress, I will always fight to strengthen SNAP and protect the program from Republicans who are trying to do away with it.

Includes our members Dr. Beth Payment and 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚊, 𝙼𝙳 from Pilsen Food Pantry Health of thousands of migrants at Chicago police stations is in the hands of volunteer Mobile Migrant Health Team chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/25/2383…

I had the honor of profiling Chicagoans of the Year Evelyn Figueroa, who’s on the front lines of the migrant crisis, and Christina Whitehouse, who makes streets safer for bicyclists, in December’s Chicago magazine. Plus a little essay on winter running 🏃‍♀️ Grab a copy if you can 💜

A WTTW - Chicago PBS "Latino Voices" segment exploring the health impacts of food deserts featured Dr. Evelyn Figueroa 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚊, 𝙼𝙳, a professor of clinical, family and community medicine at University of Illinois Chicago and director of the Pilsen Food Pantry Pilsen Food Pantry. news.wttw.com/2024/04/18/ill…

And Summer Externship visit #3 Pilsen Food Pantry with 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚊, 𝙼𝙳 great to see the Pantry's new home and meet Kristen AAFP Foundation