Position Title: ECCHO Cohort Member

Salary & Hours: $20/hour approx. 15 hours/month; flexibility for evening and some weekend hours

Opportunities Available in: Rock and Milwaukee counties

Commitment: Two Years (March 2025 – December 2026)

Application Period: December 2nd - January 3rd

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ECCHO (Engaging Communities to Change Health Outcomes) is a civic engagement training program that aims to improve community health outcomes by engaging those most impacted by generational and systemic racism in Milwaukee and Rock county. 

 

During the 2 year training program (March 2025 – December 2026), participants work together as a cohort to design and implement a community-based project that meets the health and civic health needs of their community. 

 

Civic health is defined as the civic, social, and political strength of a community, which is determined by the degree to which citizens participate in their communities, from local and state governance to interactions with friends or family. Public health researchers have long known that the civic health of a community contributes directly and indirectly to

overall community health.

 

Each cohort is overseen by a Local Program Coordinator who compensates participants for their work and provides them with the training and resources they need to successfully implement their project, drive policy change, and transform local systems of power.

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Job Description

To be eligible to participate in the program, participants must live in either Milwaukee or Rock county. 

 

Over the course of the 2 year training program, participants will be tasked with designing and implementing a community-based project that meets the health and civic health needs of their community. 

 

To achieve this, participants will meet twice a month (e.g. every other week) as a cohort, with each meeting lasting approximately 3 hours. Cohort members are required to attend and fully participate in these meetings. 

 

Outside of these meetings, members will complete a total of 6 hours worth of tasks and assignments each month. These tasks/assignments will include (but are not limited to) responding to discussion questions, completing tasks related to their project, and attending community events. 

 

The first 9 months of the program will be dedicated to learning key concepts and skills participants will use to plan and implement their community-based project, including: 

• The Use of Radical Imagination for Social Change

• The Impact of the Social Determinants of Health 

• Community Organizing 101

• How to Assess Community Needs

• Civics 101

• Power Building and Power Mapping

• The Power of Storytelling 

• Leadership Development 

 

The last 9 months of the program will be spent implementing the cohort's community-based project. Cohort members will continue meeting twice a month and will complete 6 hours worth of tasks assigned to them by their cohort and Local Program Coordinator each month. 

 

No prior experience is needed to participate in the program. All are welcome to apply, regardless of educational or professional background. All that is needed is a desire to create positive change within your community. ​​

If you are in Milwaukee or Rock County and are interested in learning more about our 2025-2026 ECCHO Cohort opportunities, complete and submit your application today. Questions, comments, concerns? Email Kadijha Marquardt-Davis at kadijha@ecchowi.org.