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In this video, Jacky Franco, East San Jose PEACE Partnership Co-Chair, Promotora, Somos Mayfair Board of Directors member, and Annie Wu, Health Planning Specialist III, Santa Clara County Health Department, describe how the East San Jose PEACE Partnership is putting racial justice principles into practice to prevent violence and promote safety in East San Jose, California.
In this video, Tiffany Iheanacho, Director, Buncombe County Justice Services, describes how Buncombe County, North Carolina, is putting racial justice principles into practice to prevent violence and promote safety.
These slides outline Youth Voices for Change 2024, a program building youth leadership and advocacy for mental health. They cover workshops, storytelling, and civic engagement, alongside frameworks like Communities of Care and THRIVE, and provide tools for influencing school and policy decisions.
Prevention Institute’s 2024 California policy priorities support community safety, environmental justice, tribal housing, reparations, and racial equity through legislative action and implementation efforts.
November 30, 2023 Authored by Dana Fields-Johnson, MPA , Director, Prevention Institute In early November, thought leaders, practitioners, community advocates, and youth gathered for the 2023 Young Minds Matter Conference in Houston. Young Minds Matter is a call to action, an opportunity to contribute to the collective healing of communities, and a chance to be part of a movement shaping the future of mental health. Under the theme of Transforming Our Communities Collectively, participants discussed promising solutions to mental health with a focus on creating resilient communities for youth
In September 2023, the Safety Through Connection (STC) and Leveraging Collaboration to End Domestic Violence (LCEDV) learning communities gathered in Prevention Institute’s Oakland office and the RYSE Center in Richmond under the theme of Thriving Community Ecosystems: Culture and Systems Change for Safety and Healing. This assembly of eight collaboratives from across California generated a wealth of conversation on the ins and outs of working toward a future that promotes safe and healthy relationships, supports young people, and amplifies BIPOC voices, histories, and cultures. During our