The Martin Luther King III Institute for Social Justice and Human Rights and the CDC-funded Urban Networks to Increase Thriving Youth (UNITY) honor April 4th as a date of remembrance by announcing a joint two-year initiative to reduce violence affecting youth across the country.
April 4th Revisited: Saving Lives Building Dreams! is the country's first national Town Hall Meeting on preventing violence affecting youth using a public health approach and advancing the vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Read a statement from PI's Juliet Sims, MPH, RD, on the Institute of Medicine's report on front-of-package labeling.
Read PI's Juliet Sims' statement on Joint Congressional Hearing on Interagency Working Group guidelines for food marketing to children.
PI will join thousands of Americans, parents and professionals alike, in asking the administration to issue a strong report to Congress on what foods should be marketed to children.
PI joins food advocates across the country in asking the President to act now to protect children from junk food marketing.
The Senate Appropriations 2012 Budget zeroed out $19.7 million in funding for the CDC's Youth Violence Prevention activities, causing surprise and worry amongst advocates across the country. Prevention Institute, one of the nation's leaders in the development and implementation of innovative youth violence initiatives, is calling for the Senate to reinstate the funding immediately, saying the funding cuts are simply unacceptable.
Join U.S. HHS Assistant Secretary Dr. Howard Koh, regional director Herbert Schultz and Prevention Institute, this Thursday at noon PST, to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.
PI's Juliet Sims asserts the "new" front of package labeling system from the Grocery Manufacturer's Association don't give any new tools to parents, they just add to the confusion and continue to mislead.
PI's latest report reveals that 84% of products studied fail to meet basic nutrition standards. We are calling for mandatory FDA standards for front-of-package labels.
PI expressed gratitude for the defeat of Senator Johanns’ (R, NE) amendment, and for the stalwart support shown for prevention, health, and wellness, not sickcare, by the US Senate.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a three year award for PI's Urban Networks to Increase Thriving Youth (UNITY), representing one of the most significant national investments in cities to prevent violence.Urban Networks to Increase Thriving Youth's successful approach is poised to reach more cities across the country.
Learn more about our building, and our commitment to health, sustainability and community.
Representatives from 13 Urban Cities endorse UNITY's Urban Agenda for Preventing Violence.
Michelle Obama's 'Let's Move' campaign dramatically re-frames healthy eating, shifting the focus away from individual responsibility and towards policies and strategies that build healthy communities.
Organizations Cite Longstanding Health-Care Record and Support for Working Families; Commit to Working Side-By-Side with Policymakers to Pass Meaningful Health Reform this Year
Letter signed by leaders of six major foundations says prevention measures must be "scaled up."
PI, a leading proponent of healthcare reforms that focus on keeping Americans healthy, points to a new poll showing voters across the political spectrum support placing a greater emphasis on prevention as a testament that the public desperately wants to see a change in the way our country approaches healthcare.
With the health care reform debate taking center stage in Washington, D.C., and around the country, PI’s Board of Directors announced their formal endorsement and support for a public plan option. This is the first time the leading prevention group has taken an official position on a medical services issue.
