At the most fundamental level, community based research projects are a collaborative process between a community and researcher(s). By involving members of a community at multiple levels, and incorporating and validating multiple sources of knowledge, researchers have argued that a central goal of this method is to understand and support the specific community’s needs and foster social change accordingly. In this session, I overview some of the key lessons, methodologies, and considerations for developing a community-based research project, driven by community members and organizations.