We connect communities, providers, and health leaders to strengthen equitable systems of care. Together, we build solutions that last and relationships that foster trust.
Collaborative Partnerships
We advance health equity through connection, collaboration, and cultural understanding. Our programs link national dialogue with local action, turning shared insight into impact.
How We Work
We center the leadership of those most affected by chronic and autoimmune illness. Their experiences shape how we educate, advocate, and reform care systems.
Community-Led Change
Jamie Nicole founded The AIP BIPOC Network to center BIPOC voices in autoimmune and chronic illness care, and to transform research and lived experience into culturally relevant, practical tools that support healing in everyday life. She brings her own experience as a patient, coach, and advocate to guide the organization’s mission toward equity, prevention, and inclusion, helping communities access care that feels personal, informed, and possible.
JAMIE NICOLE
meet our founder
Advisory Board
Norman Mitchell
Advisory Board
Mickey Trescott
Treasurer
Candace Allen
Secretary
Danyeal Grays
the ones who amplify our mission
Board of Directors
Our Board helps guide the mission and long-term vision of ABN. Each member contributes expertise across community health, equity, advocacy, and nonprofit leadership. Together, we support accountable, culturally grounded, and community-driven direction for the organization.
We act on equity every day, building fairness into everything we do
Collaboration & Sustainability
Equity in Action
We honor culture as the foundation of healing and belonging
Cultural Integrity
We build lasting change through shared purpose and partnership
Evidence-Grounded Practice
We balance science and lived experience to guide progress
Community Leadership
We elevate the voices most impacted to shape solutions that last
Our board and team lead with integrity, cultural humility, and community-centered vision. These values guide every program, partnership, and decision we make.
Our Core Values
Each stage of our growth reflects how our core values move from principle to practice. From early community conversations to national partnerships and on-the-ground impact, our journey shows how equity in autoimmune and chronic-illness care continues to evolve and expand through shared purpose and lived experience.
Building on Our Core Values
Our Journey at a Glance
The AIP BIPOC Network began by listening to the community. In June, The AIP BIPOC Roundtable launched as a national platform to center BIPOC perspectives in autoimmune and chronic-illness care.
Later that year, in November, The AIP BIPOC Community went live online, offering education, peer support, and culturally relevant resources. Together, these early efforts established a foundation built on conversation, connection, and belonging.
Laying the Groundwork for Change
2026
2025
2023
2022
2024
2023 marked a defining year as we officially incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
This step gave The AIP BIPOC Network the foundation to expand programs, partnerships, and community reach. That same year, we hosted the first ROCK the Block Community Health & Resource Expo, a hands-on demonstration of our mission in action. The event brought movement, screenings, and wellness education directly to underserved neighborhoods, setting the stage for a new model of prevention-focused community engagement.
Nonprofit Launch + Early Community Activation
2026
2024
2023
2025
2024 marked a year of growth, visibility, and new partnerships. ROCK the Block returned as a major community event, expanding screenings, fitness sessions, and wellness education for residents in underserved areas.
Building on that momentum, the Community Care Collaborative (CCC) launched to connect residents with navigation and chronic-illness support, while Powering Advocacy elevated BIPOC leadership in research and policy. Together, these efforts strengthened collaboration between communities, providers, and systems of care.
ROCK the Block Expansion + Collaboration in Action
2025
2024
2026
2025 has focused on strengthening infrastructure and refining strategy. We evolved our dual framework, expanding beyond the Autoimmune Protocol to include Access, Inclusion, and Prevention, aligning systemic reform with individual empowerment
Our outreach deepened through health navigation workshops, functional fitness programs, and new partnerships that brought prevention directly into communities. This year also began planning the first ROCK Summit, an event designed to bring research, lived experience, and community leadership together in one collaborative space.
Strengthening Systems + Planning The ROCK Summit
2026
2025
2026 will mark a milestone with the launch of the first ROCK Wellness Weekend, combining the ROCK Summit and ROCK the Block into a single two-day experience under the ROCK Wellness Initiative.
This new model will unite education, research, advocacy, and celebration - bridging systemic change with personal wellness. It represents the next phase of ABN’s evolution: transforming knowledge into capacity, prevention into power, and health equity into a shared reality.
Expanding the ROCK Wellness Initiative
2026
Our work is guided by five pillars that define our path forward: Awareness, Advocacy, Action, Assessment, and Alignment.
These pillars connect every program and partnership across both levels of our framework, strengthening institutions while equipping individuals with practical tools for real-world change.
As we expand collaborations across healthcare, research, and public health networks, we continue to center community voice and culturally relevant practice. Our vision is a future where prevention, access, and inclusion are not only built into systems but lived in homes, families, and communities every day.
This mission is not theory for us, it is lived reality. Our approach turns community insight into measurable action.
This mission is not theory for us, it is lived reality. Our approach turns community insight into measurable action.
Creating A Strong
Foundation For Our Future
The AIP BIPOC Network began as a grassroots movement to close the gap between autoimmune and chronic-illness care and the communities most often excluded from those conversations.
What started as peer discussions has grown into a national effort to advance both systemic change and individual empowerment through education, advocacy, and culturally grounded wellness programs.
We have built spaces where representation leads to trust and community becomes a bridge between awareness and action. Our programs link policy, research, and access to the lived realities of patients and families, offering tools that support prevention, healing, and everyday wellness. Each initiative reflects our belief that health equity happens within systems and within people.
Understanding Our
History & Evolving Work
Our work follows a clear approach rooted in community voice, cultural relevance, and health equity.
See how our pillars guide programs and partnerships.
How We Turn Our Mission Into Action
Building on this foundation, we continue to expand our impact through collaboration. The AIP BIPOC Network is part of a growing movement to improve autoimmune and chronic-illness care through connection, lived experience, and equity. We partner with national organizations, advocacy networks, and community-based groups committed to advancing access, research representation, and culturally responsive care.
These collaborations strengthen our shared goal of amplifying community voice, increasing visibility in health equity spaces, and ensuring that diverse lived experiences inform systems and solutions.
Health Equity Coalitions & Networks
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