Roosevelt University, located on Michigan Avenue across the street from the Art Institute and Millennium Park in downtown Chicago, was the location of the Society for Community Research and Action (Division 27 of the American Psychological Association) 13^th Biennial Conference held between June 16^th and 19^th, 2011. The conference features presentations by community psychologists and others on various topics related to promoting health and empowerment and to preventing problems in communities, groups, and individuals. While visiting Chicago, Healthy City Fall River coordinator David S. Weed, Psy.D. presented a poster entitled "An integrated design approach to coordinating multiple prevention efforts in a single community" in order to share progress with the initiative with conference attendees. Dr. Weed also attended several presentations on innovative approaches to improving community health. For more information, contact Dr. Weed at 508-324-2411.

(Top row) Roosevelt University is located across Michigan Avenue from the Art Institute and Millennium Park in downtown Chicago. (Middle row, left) Leon Jason of DePaul University where he directs the Center for Community Research, chats with conference attendees. (Bottom row, left) Kumi Arai and Yurie Nawa of Sophia University, reflecting the international scope of the Society for Community Research and Action, stop to look at the Healthy City poster. (Middle row, right) Ronald Pitner of the University of South Carolina describes a project using Photovoice in community research. (Bottom row, right) Dr. Mark Goldstein of Central Connecticut State University stops by to chat with Dr. Weed.