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This presentation covers advocacy, different types of policy (organizational, regulatory, fiscal, legislative, and legal), and key elements to developing successful policy solutions to advance mental health and wellbeing. It is ideal for those who want to learn the basics of policy making, and for advocates interested in making change through the policy process.
To achieve park equity, people living in communities that have been historically excluded from park-related decision-making must be heard. The materials in this toolkit were designed to support community-based organizations, their members, and others who are building power to secure equitable investments in park infrastructure in disinvested communities.
The Making Connections community sites consistently raise a set of value-based characteristics—features that need to be taken into consideration along with community determinants—necessary for both individuals and communities to withstand stressors and build resilience. Making Connections has identified and characterized these essential elements and they have been clustered into six provisional Pillars of Wellbeing.
In this webinar recording, originally developed for the Making Connections for Mental Health and Wellbeing Among Men and Boys initiative, PI's Ruben Cantu and Sana Chehimi talk about advocacy, different types of policy (organizational, regulatory, fiscal, legislative, and legal), and key elements to developing successful policy solutions. This recording is ideal for those who want to learn the basics of policy making, and for advocates interested in making change through the policy process. Learn more about the Making Connections initiative here: https://preventioninstitute.org/projects/making
In this webinar recording, originally developed for the Making Connections for Mental Health and Wellbeing Among Men and Boys initiative, PI's Ruben Cantu and Sana Chehimi talk about advocacy, different types of policy (organizational, regulatory, fiscal, legislative, and legal), and key elements to developing successful policy solutions. This recording is ideal for those who want to learn the basics of policy making, and for advocates interested in making change through the policy process.
This concept paper explores how and why to bring together people working on health equity and racial justice, including understanding the tensions between these two approaches, recognizing shared goals, and identifying five strategic opportunities for collaboration. Contact La'Quana Williams for more information.
In this podcast Sana Chehimi, director of policy and advocacy for Prevention Institute, interviews Isha Weerasinghe, a senior policy analyst on the youth team at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). They discuss the importance of supporting mental health and wellbeing for communities of color to achieve an equitable COVID-19 recovery and as part of dismantling systems that perpetuate structural violence and racism. Isha describes how applying a racial justice lens to center lived experiences and community leadership allows CLASP to broaden the understanding of mental health and wellbeing and develop policy solutions and strategies that are otherwise overlooked.