Partnered to push for safety through racial justice

Building on more than two decades of work with cities, we partnered with Alameda County, Multnomah County, Santa Clara County, and the City of Minneapolis to help these locales respond to the nationwide call to reimagine public safety and invest in community-based approaches that prevent violence. Through this work, we emphasized that a successful public health approach to preventing violence acknowledges racism and other forms of discrimination. We brought this message to the American Public Health Association Annual meeting through a featured panel and several other sessions on the topic. We also partnered with organizations like Cities United to reach a broader national audience with this message, such as in this op-ed in The Trace: Are Cities Willing to Cut Police Spending and Invest in Community Violence Prevention? This work was supported by The California Wellness Foundation, CARESTAR Foundation, and Langeloth Foundation. Photo by Sean Lee from Unsplash.