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Landscape Architecture Assistant Professor Kelley Lemon and Urban Planning faculty Faranak Miraftab, Magdalena Novoa, and Ken Salo were recipients of the Chancellor Call to Action Research Project funding. Chancellor’s Call to Action Research Program is a response to address critical needs facing society as we prioritize research focused on systemic bias. Both FAA projects exemplify publicly engaged research that raises awareness about and develops new tools for restorative and regenerative systems in communities. One is focused in Illinois (East St. Louis), the other trans-continental; one is practical/material to advance systemic, healthy urban agriculture for a Black community in Illinois and one employs digital technologies to profile and connect a wide range of ‘humane urbanism’ practices across multiple community contexts.