Promoting Health Equity and Racial Justice

We believe that every person deserves an equal opportunity to be healthy and safe. Health equity guides all of our work.

Advancing Prevention

We work with communities, organizations, government, and philanthropy to design comprehensive primary prevention strategies in several Focus Areas.

Our Tools and Services help strengthen community environments, so all people can be healthy and safe.

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Abortion is a fundamental public health issue.

40+ public health and health groups call for an investment of at least $250 million in a new Community Violence Intervention Initiative at CDC

Spotlight

Prevention Institute receives generous grant from MacKenzie Scott

New report: Investing in Equity: Designing and Implementing Public Funding Programs for a Just Recovery in California

New blog: The economy we need centers community health & racial justice

New Report: The Power of Podcasting: The Convergence Partnership Approach to Reimagining Grant Reporting

New national initiative: People, Parks, and Power

New report: Equity as a Foundation for Leadership: Experiences and Recommendations for Behavioral Health Leaders

Our 2021 Accomplishments

New blog: U.S. Infrastructure Bill Marks The Beginning Of A Journey, Not The End Of A Debate

New report: How California’s Community-Based Organizations Filled the Gaps for Underserved Communities

Prevention Institute is hiring a communications director!

New videos from the 2021 Young Minds Matter Virtual Conference

New paper: Changing the Landscape: People, Parks, and Power

New blog: How Community Organizations and Health Departments Can Partner to Advance Health Justice

Learn more about our tool Tools and services Services to support your work in these Focus Areas.

BLOG February 8, 2022

The economy we need centers community health & racial justice

It is exhausting to plead for basic structural care—to exist freely and safely in schools, at grocery stores, in pl… t.co/tabiO1VtV0

But care cannot be limited to our interpersonal and community relationships. We need this same level of care to tak… t.co/IxTiZHZnMH

Watching masses gather to provide basic care, protest, dissent, and create space for collective #healing is hearten… t.co/Rkf8HtNrtk

While white supremacy is woven into the very fabric of this country, it does not have to be this way. We believe in… t.co/rhoftLxAQN

Prevention Institute is glad to be a part of the coalition pushing the Governor to preserve #cannabis taxes to fund… t.co/6DuAKhH2IV

This collective grief and anger feels like it is on loop, but we will not accept this as our normal. Healing is our… t.co/6KQH7o2dkm

One program or policy alone won’t significantly reduce gun violence, but through comprehensive strategies, we can h… t.co/4IrYzaluAk

Our recommendations begin w/ reducing immediate risks related to guns, addressing underlying contributors to gun vi… t.co/4gIddetxXw

We are still grieving Buffalo, Laguna Woods, and countless other mass shootings. We need more than just thoughts and prayers.

"Because young adults are disproportionately affected by climate anxiety, their voices are central to the Climate M… t.co/Dsiv9OcpCX