Centered community power and healing to prevent domestic violence and advance health equity in communities.

Prevention Institute continued to steward Safety and Healing in Networks of Equity (SHINE). Formerly Safety Through Connection (STC), this initiative engaged five California collaboratives to address the root causes of domestic violence and promote safety and healing through systems, cultural norms, and policy change. SHINE collaboratives have advanced housing and economic justice, holistic youth and family support, and community-based healing through state legislative advocacy at ENACT Day, guaranteed income pilot projects, and ongoing community mobilization of resources and workforce development opportunities. In 2024, PI developed a framework with evaluation partner Eternal Knot Evaluation to capture SHINE’s unique approach, journey, and impact. PI also shared stories through blog posts, including Cultivating and sustaining community leaders in spaces of trust and belonging, Hope as memories of the future, hope as a practice, Act as an ecosystem to advance just policy solutions, and End gender-based violence by standing with Indigenous communities.

Funder: Blue Shield of California Foundation.

Image by Jennifer Ly.