Facilitated a learning community of community-based organizations engaging youth to prevent violence.

We facilitated the SYNC Safety (Strategies for Youth and Neighborhood Centered Safety) learning community for a second year, offering a space for healing and support as community-based organizations (CBOs) and partners navigated uncertainty, funding cuts, and fears of deportation in their communities. PI and our partners, including Cities United, the National Compadres Network, Community Justice, Reggie Moore, and others, had impactful conversations focused on long-term sustainability and funding, economic justice, and opportunities in storytelling. PI also helped CBOs connect with external resources and initiatives, such as trainings, webinars, and national efforts to share stories and impacts from community violence intervention funding. PI and SYNC partners presented on a webinar with Healthy Places by Design, and at several conferences, including the National Association of City and County Health Officials (NACCHO) conference, the Safe States conference, and the 2025 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. The SYNC evaluation reaffirmed the value and importance of being part of a community to connect, engage in thought partnership, co-learn, and share resources, successes, lessons, and challenges. This project was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $1,000,000 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

Funder: This project was supported by Cooperative Agreement No. NU38PW000033 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) via the Big Cities Health Coalition. Image by Prevention Institute.