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In this video Prevention Institute's Xavier Lofton, La’Quana Williams, and Zachary Tarro facilitate the first session of a three-part bi-monthly learning series for local health jurisdictions and their community and government partners on applying racial justice principles and practices to build community safety. This session introduced key concepts from the papers, "Building Bridges: The Strategic Imperative for Advancing Health Equity and Racial Justice" and "Community Safety Realized: Public Health Pathways to Preventing Violence." Building on the momentum of local violence prevention work

In this webinar, Prevention Institute presents a policy and systems change approach to park and green space equity. Speakers also share an update on the planning of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s new national funding initiative for park and green space equity.

Rates of social isolation are soaring around the world, with profound impacts on health and wellbeing. As the world heals, how can we weave stronger connections among families, neighborhoods, and communities? We need community-led solutions focused on local talents and assets and rooted in community cultures and values. In this short video, based on "Socially Connected Communities: Solutions for Social Isolation," learn how communities can improve social connection. Read "Socially Connected Communities: Solutions for Social Isolation" here. *This video is supported by Cooperative Agreement No

Cities are recognizing that violence is a preventable public health issue and are working to reimagine community safety. How can cities and communities work across sectors to invest in public health strategies and shift from an over-reliance on the criminal legal system to reimagining and finally realizing community safety? And what unique roles can health departments play to help cities work toward their community safety goals? Speakers - Chrissie Juliano, MPP, Executive Director, Big Cities Health Coalition - Rachel Davis, Executive Director, Prevention Institute - Sasha Cotton, Director

Supporting Decision Makers Using Opioid Settlement Funds: What's in it for the People? A Conversation on Engagement With support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prevention Institute and its partners–Big Cities Health Coalition, ChangeLab Solutions, SheRay’s and Associates, and RTI International– are working collectively to increase an understanding of the evidence-base for preventing substance use, misuse, and overdose; build the capacity of decision makers to make choices informed by science, contextual, and lived experience to reduce overdose in their jurisdictions; and

In this video interview, Sarah Brummett, Office of Suicide Prevention Director, shares how Colorado’s state infrastructure for suicide prevention has allowed for focused attention on addressing the issue, even during the COVID-19 pandemic. Key learnings Sarah shares include: - The CDC’s suicide prevention technical package can be used to cross-check local identified and prioritized strategies and make the case to partners that there is research backing specific prevention strategies. - State government has an important role to play in braiding and blending funds to invest in local communities