Centered racial justice in a public health approach to preventing violence

In partnership with the Big Cities Health Coalition, we released Community Safety Realized. This framework makes the unique case that we need to center racial justice in the public health approach to preventing violence to create healing and change. We are excited to see locales using this framework to guide action as they develop infrastructure to support safety. To inform infrastructure development, we also completed a statewide analysis of offices of violence prevention and developed recommendations for this structure moving forward in California. We also facilitated a learning series for local health jurisdictions and their community and government partners on applying racial justice principles and practices to build community safety. This series, "Community Safety through Racial Justice," is built on the momentum of local health jurisdictions and cities/counties declaring a commitment to address racism as a public health crisis. To round out the series, we shared best practices for developing racial justice and violence prevention workplans that can be adapted for future use. The Community Safety Realized framework was supported by the Big Cities Health Coalition and the de Beaumont Foundation. The California analysis of offices of violence prevention was supported by The California Wellness Foundation. The Community Safety through Racial Justice learning series was supported by the Langeloth Foundation and the CARESTAR Foundation.