The Timeline of Resistance is an interactive presentation tool that uncovers the social justice roots of the field of public health, explores historical and contemporary racial justice movements, and provides strategies for the field to reclaim its social justice origins. Drawing on elements of Prevention Institute’s THRIVE Framework, the Timeline offers public health advocates concrete historical and contemporary examples of BIPOC communities’ resistance efforts to reverse/dismantle systems of oppression.  The Timeline is complemented by a Playlist of songs by artists of color celebrating acts of resistance. 

This Prezi is meant to be nonlinear and to stimulate creative thinking about the issues it covers. Feel free to wander about the Prezi freely by clicking on any areas of interest as you see them. For a guided approach, please see the bulleted list of slides below. 

  • 1/48 – 4/48: the introduction includes a brief history of the social justice roots of public health, the field’s progress in aligning with racial justice, and parameters used throughout the presentation 

  • 5/48: this slide is where folx can decide where to focus on. Modeled after THRIVE Framework, “Liberation Towards Anti-Racism” focuses on the “People” aspect of this Timeline, whereas “Economic Justice” and “Reclaiming Space” focus on the “Equitable Opportunity” and “Place”-based efforts of communities of color, respectively. Each section presents key events, its core issues, acts of resistance from BIPOC communities, and impacts of said acts 

  • 6/48 – 29/48: “Liberation Towards Anti-Racism” showcases how different racial justice movements strove to improve their communities’ wellbeing. Starting with Civil Rights Movement then moving onto the American Indian Movement, Latine Movements, and Asian American Movement--it caps off with the contemporary movement of Black Lives Matter that ultimately reminded the field of public health to align with racial justice 

  • 30/48 – 40/48: “Economic Justice” showcases grassroot efforts to create equitable educational and economic systems in the United States 

  • 41/48 – 45/48: “Reclaiming Space” showcases the effort of Black and indigenous communities to build power through decommodifying land and returning land to indigenous hands 

  • 46/48 – 47/48: The presentation concludes with strategic opportunities for the field of public health to operationalize racial justice as well as a call to action 

  • 48/48: Returns to beginning of the Prezi presentation