Equal Hope

Equal Hope’s mission is to save lives by eliminating health inequities. We do so by challenging the status quo–striving to understand the context of people’s lives and the barriers they experience, so we can help them achieve their best health and a longer life. Through research, quality assessment & improvements, advocacy, education, and patient navigation, we approach health holistically to achieve sustainable outcomes and true health equity. Equal Hope serves Chicagoland’s most vulnerable low-income communities with low life expectancy that are predominantly Black and Hispanic. Equal Hope has been saving lives in these communities since 2008 when it was discovered that Black women were diagnosed less often from breast cancer but had a growing death rate 62% higher than White women in Chicago. Established after a community call to action, Equal Hope (formally known as the Metropolitan Breast Cancer Task Force) was developed to understand and address cancer inequities. Equal Hope was able to reduce the death