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The public health field experienced a collective “moment” in 2020, declaring racism a public health crisis in cities, counties, and states across the country. However, since then, too many have slipped back to “business as usual.” The new report, Centering Racial Justice to Strengthen the Public Health Ecosystem: Lessons from COVID-19 from Prevention Institute and Big Cities Health Coalition, calls on us all to reignite our collective commitment to bold transformational change rooted in equity and racial justice. Read the report here: https://www.preventioninstitute.org/projects/centering
The Promise of Cost of Gun Violence Studies in California: Findings and Lessons from Santa Clara County’s 2022 Report Tuesday, February 7th 2023, 10:00-11:30 am PST Sponsored by Hope & Heal Fund, Prevention Institute, and Santa Clara County Health Department Watch the webinar recording here. This webinar will highlight the vital role that Cost of Gun Violence studies can play in quantifying the economic impact of gun violence and pointing toward prevention strategies. The intended audience is California community leaders, practitioners, and advocates for community safety, gun violence
In this video Prevention Institute's Madison Do Linh, La’Quana Williams, and Xavier Lofton facilitate the second session of a three-part bi-monthly learning and discussion series sharing learnings and reflections across PI’s projects that are rooted in racial justice. The PI team opens up with a discussion on organizational privilege and how it can come out in partnerships. After examining how different forms of power can drive systems change, the team shares an example from their latest draft of the Timeline of Resistance Movements, with a focus on building power for economic liberation. The
The second session of Lessons Along the Journey is a discussion on cultivating stronger community-based partnerships and power sharing.
In Cultivating a Healthier Policy Landscape: The Building Healthy Communities Initiative, a recent article penned by PI’s Juliet Simms, Rob Baird, Sarah Mittermaier, and Manal J. Aboelata, the authors examine how local public health departments can identify and secure policy and systems changes that will achieve health equity and improve health outcomes across diverse populations. “To achieve health equity, we must address factors that drive elevated rates of illness and injury—and challenge the decisions, decision makers, policies, and practices that create and perpetuate inequitable