The idea for the event grew out of an effort to develop the document “Shaking the Tree of Science: Principles of Community-Empowering Research.” Many individuals and organizations were part of this effort, including Project Weber/RENEW, RICARES, and the community advisory board of the COBRE on Opioids and Overdose. You can read about some of the outcomes here.

Part of the idea for this event is that academic and research organizations need to support spaces where they are accountable to the communities that they research, but where they (academics and researchers) do not control the conversation or agenda. The following organizations have provided financial support based on this understanding: RISD’s Center for Complexity, Advance-CTR, the People, Place and Health Collective at Brown, the Brown School of Public Health, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, and the COBRE on Opioids and Overdose. 

Many individuals and organizations have contributed to making this event happen, including Project Weber/RENEW, Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE), the People, Place and Health Collective at Brown, RISD’s Center for Complexity, the COBRE on Opioids and Overdose, and Ocean State Advocacy. 

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