September 9, 2010
CDC awards Prevention Institute major grant to lead national efforts to prevent violence
Urban Networks to Increase Thriving Youth's successful approach is poised to reach more cities across the country.
September 9, 2010
Urban Networks to Increase Thriving Youth's successful approach is poised to reach more cities across the country.
August 17, 2010
Listen to UNITY Consultant Howard Pinderhughes discuss Oakland youths' reactions to the Johannes Mehserle verdict, and the importance of seeking out and listening to youth perspectives.
New America Media: July 22, 2010
New research from the RAND Corporation, PolicyLink, the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School, the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice and the Department of Emergency Medicine at Drexel University emphasizes the importance of the built environment on health outcomes.
Michigan Live: July 11, 2010
After a year of the highest rates of violence in the nation, Flint MI is adopting a new approach to safety: violence prevention.
Oakland Tribune: June 2, 2010
A feature article in the Oakland Tribune profiles Prevention Institute's Addressing the Intersection report, the impact of community violence on healthy eating and physical activity, and community pilots working on the issue.
May 12, 2010
Add Dayton to the number of urban areas throughout the country using the UNITY model. The Dayton Daily News interviews UNITY Director Rachel Davis as they cover violence prevention.
May 11, 2010
Contra Costa News covered Attorney General Eric Holder and violence prevention, including a quote from Rachel Davis on a public health approach to preventing violence.
May 10, 2010
Kudos to our UNITY allies at CeaseFire Chicago for a wonderful piece in the New York Times showcasing their great work and highlighting the successes of a public health approach to preventing violence.
January 12, 2010
The original article is available here.
The Denver Post: November 15, 2009
CHICAGO - There's no escaping the horror of urban neighborhood violence - the thoughtless beatings and killings, codes of silence, bereaved and fear-stalked communities. Deep harm goes on in soaring costs for police, courts and prisons, shuttered food markets, unkempt housing.
Our visceral reaction is simple: Send in more cops, deal harshly with youthful offenders, pack as many as possible off to jail.