Suicide Prevention Toolkit, Job Openings, and More

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Image from Prevention Institute's Suicide Prevention Modules. Photo credit: Bill Dickinson on flickr

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

We partnered with the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) to develop a suicide prevention toolkit to focus on equitable strategies that promote social connection. The resources were designed for local and state government agencies and community-based organizations, but can be useful for all. 

Suicide is preventable. This month and beyond, we encourage you to recognize the importance of strengthening protective factors—particularly among young adults, people of color, essential workers, and caregivers, who have had increased thoughts of suicide over the past two years. 

Learn more about how events like COVID-19 and climate change disrupt social connection and support, and promising interventions to prevent suicide.

REGISTER: Lessons Along the Journey: Taking Action Toward Racial Justice in Public Health Systems

We recently launched Lessons Along the Journey: Taking Action Toward Racial Justice in Public Health Systems, a learning series funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The first of three sessions happened on Thursday, August 18 where we discussed the role of public health in social movements for racial justice and health equity. Watch the recording.

Our organization is on a journey that is taking us beyond understanding and documenting health inequities toward emphasizing racial justice in our work to achieve health, safety, and wellbeing. We want to prioritize the importance of sharing and learning while we’re still on that journey both within our organization—across projects—and outside of our organization with current and future partners.

Register now for our next sessions:

  • On October 20, we’ll discuss cultivating authentic partnerships, power sharing, and responding to push back to anti-racism in practice

  • On December 15, we’ll discuss narrative strategies, emerging policy themes, and opportunities to embed racial justice and health equity in public health policy and advocacy efforts.

PI’s Elva Yañez Appointed to Federal Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names   

Last month, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced members of the Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names, a federal advisory group to help identify, review, and recommend changes to derogatory terms still in use for geographic and federal land unit names throughout the country. Elva Yañez, Senior Advisor for Parks, Land Use, and the Built Environment at Prevention Institute was one of 17 members appointed to the Advisory Committee.

Read more about Elva’s work and learn more about her appointment.

From Our Partners: Funding Narrative Change

Narrative change is important work and imperative for social change. The Convergence Partnership just released the first-ever report to focus exclusively on funding narrative change work: Funding Narrative Change, An Assessment and Framework. The report’s authors Rinku Sen and Mik Moore propose a vital framework for funders and practitioners seeking narrative shifts around racial justice and health equity. This report marks a powerful turning point for our collective commitment to narrative change, health equity, and racial justice. Read the report.

We’re Hiring! 

Are you passionate about and want to support our work in racial justice and health equity? Well, we’d love for you to join the team. We have two positions open; both are temporarily remote but will be based in our Oakland office.  
 

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