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Throughout California, community-based organizations have stepped up to address community needs during the pandemic. This report shares how local governments can better partner with community organizations to create a more equitable recovery from the social, economic, and health effects of the pandemic.
This brief builds upon two recent peer learning forums: Trauma-Informed Systems: Supporting your community and essential city workers during and after COVID-19 (held on February 17, 2021), and Prioritizing equity and community wellbeing in the wake of catastrophic events (held on April 13, 2021). It explores how local government agencies have integrated internal- and external-facing trauma-informed practices and implemented long-term systems change to address community needs during recent infrastructure disruptions.
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
Aligning systems, narratives, and investments to advance a public health ecosystem grounded in health equity and racial justice
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.
Slides from the July 28, 2021 Changing the Landscape: People, Parks, and Power webinar.