Lessons Along the Journey: Taking Action Toward Racial Justice in Public Health Systems
Over the last 15 years, Prevention Institute (PI) has been on a journey that is taking us beyond the work of understanding and documenting health inequities towards an emphasis on operationalizing racial justice for improved health, safety, and wellbeing. Along this journey, PI has prioritized the importance of sharing and learning together across projects to build our collective intelligence as part of our own internal process. Our report Beyond COVID-19 Recovery: Advancing a System of Prevention for Racial Justice and Health Equity, funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, proposes that this point in history should be the catalyst to drive systemic change toward a racially just and equitable future.
Through this three-part discussion and learning series, we offer the opportunity to broaden this work and extend our ongoing learning outside our organization by:
Uplifting lessons from resistance movements that have been led by communities of color, acting in opposition to white supremacy racism/systemic racism in the U.S.
Sharing preliminary learnings and reflections across PI’s projects that are rooted in racial justice
Facilitating conversations with advocates on topics at the intersection of racial justice and public health