New framing paper recommends next steps in reframing violence among youth: Prevention Institute /UNITY commissioned Berkeley Media Studies Group (BMSG) to investigate:
- What is known about how people frame issues related to youth violence?
- How can that knowledge help advocates do a better job explaining the value of prevention?
The resulting paper, Moving from Them to Us: Challenges in Reframing Violence Among Youth, explores how youth and violence have been portrayed in the news, how the issue of race complicates depictions about youth and violence, and how public attitudes about government can inhibit public support for violence prevention. It presents some key findings and makes recommendations to advance efforts to prevent violence affecting young people. We will be hosting a web forum on this paper on December 10, 2009. Register here.
Resources
Preventing Violence Quick Links: Solution-oriented resources, informed by a public health perspective.
In a recent series of web forums on the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) applications for prevention and wellness funding, Larry Cohen provided background on quality prevention of chronic disease - including addressing safety/violence. The forums were hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with the assistance of the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO).
If you missed it or would like to hear it again, click here for PDF presentation and recording.City Perspectives
The UNITY City Network is growing. We welcome the City of Newark to the Network and look forward to working with them! Read a synthesis of the June '09 Convening.
Based on the outcomes from the June & August '09 UNITY City Network Convenings and previous input from city representatives, UNITY and the City Network are developing an emerging urban agenda to reduce violence. Review agenda discussion items from our most recent web forum here.
UNITY Out and About
The White House: The White House hosted a meeting on gang violence prevention and crime control, which UNITY co-chair Larry Cohen attended representing a health/public health perspective. These meetings signaled a shift towards emphasizing urban needs and mayors and are now seen as partners. Read a summary of the meeting from our recent forum
The Subcommittee on Crime, Terror, and Homeland Security: Deborah Prothrow-Stith provided testimony on preventing violence in July 2009. Read the testimony
The National Association of County and City Health Officials' (NACCHO): UNITY and NACCHO hosted a breakfast at NACCHO's annual meeting where public health leaders discussed enhancing public health's role in violence to support and sustain prevention. A UNITY panel session featured Adewale Troutman of Louisville and Gretchen Musicant of Minneapolis, UNITY staff, and CDC.
The World Health Organization (WHO): WHO hosted the 4th Milestones of a Global Campaign for Violence Prevention Meeting "Boosting global violence prevention" in Geneva, Switzerland, and featured Larry Cohen presenting on UNITY on September 17, 2009. Learn More
Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference: UNITY staff members Rachel Davis and Howard Pinderhughes attended the 39th Annual Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference in September 2009 where they met informally with UNITY partners and congressional staffers.
