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In their op-ed in California Health Report, Chrissie Juliano and PI's Rachel A. Davis applaud legislation introduced by California Senator Kamala Harris and Congresswoman Robin Kelly of Illinois to address the root of the reasons COVID-19 is taking a heavier toll on low-income communities and communities of color. They champion a system-level transformation of community conditions that we can redesign through policy and advocacy. "The data tell us that the systems that shape lives and determine the opportunity to be healthy — from housing and transportation to education and economic
Making Connections International District—also known as MC:ID—is a youth-led, intergenerational collaborative through which young men of color act as agents of positive change in their community. As life in Albuquerque’s International District shifts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, MC:ID partners have had to find new ways to connect so they can impact decisions about where their community goes from here. Learn more at www.togetherforbrothers.org. MC: ID is part of the national Making Connections Initiative, funded by Movember.
As people across the country stay at home and practice physical distancing to limit the spread of COVID-19, public health agencies and community organizations are stepping up in new ways to prevent violence and support safety. What we’ve learned over time about a public health approach to preventing violence is ever more important: we need to examine the data, put community members in the lead, and work across sectors. Based on the early unfolding of the pandemic and discussions with Prevention Institute’s partners, here’s what we’re seeing groups do to respond.
Prevention Institute Executive Director Rachel Davis joins women leaders in healthcare, health equity, and public health for a broad-ranging conversation about the coronavirus crisis, what it reveals about our society’s inequities, and what we can learn from it to ensure a healthier and more equitable society moving forward. The podcast guests discuss topics ranging from questions about the term “social distancing” to ideas for turning the current media moment of reaction into a national agenda for action. Dr. Karen Remley, the former health commissioner of the Commonwealth of Virginia and former CEO of the American Academy of Pediatrics, hosts the podcast. She and Rachel Davis are joined by Dr. Shari Barkin, the Chief of General Pediatrics at the Monroe Carrel Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, TN and a well-respected community researcher; and Dr. Jewel Mullen, the associate dean for health equity at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas in Austin and a previous public health commissioner in Connecticut.
In this episode of the Moving Upstream podcast, PI's Associate Program Director Sandra Viera interviews leaders from California’s Central Orange County, High Desert, Sonoma, and Eureka communities who seek to improve health through equitable housing policy as part of the Intersections Initiative. This work is made possible by the St. Joseph Health Community Partnership Fund.
A webinar about Mujeres Poderosas Amorosas, a Safety Through Connection collaborative, on building on cultural strengths to facilitate change.
La Sociedad de Esfuerzos de Prevención y Avance de la Justicia en la Comunidad, mejor conocido como PEACE en el Este de San José es un grupo de residentes y organizaciones que trabajan juntas para crear una comunidad saludable, pacífica, y fuerte en comunidades de los códigos postales 95116, 95122 y 95127. Esperamos combatir las condiciones que han causado un alto nivel de violencia y trauma en la comunidad en el Este de San José lo haremos al incrementar fortaleza orgullo comunitario, diversidad, creatividad y crear una historia abundante en activismo comunitario. Promoviendo la esperanza y