INJURY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION TOOLKIT

WEBINAR #1

Expanding Our Approach to “Prevention”: Addressing Individual & Community-level Trauma

Feat. Brandon Jones, M.A., Psychotherapist, Professor, & Consultant with the Jenga Institute (https://www.jegna.org/). This webinar highlights the importance of expanding our understanding and approach to prevention in order to work towards health equity (Strategy 1). In this interview style webinar with Brandon Jones, from the Jenga Institute, viewers will learn more about the difference between individual-level and community-level trauma, as well as practical strategies for caring for the health and well-being of both individuals and communities. These practical strategies will be relevant to both funders and community-based organizations.

Webinar #2

We Are All Connected: How Funders & Mainstream Orgs Can Support Culturally-Specific Community-based Prevention Orgs

Feat. Transforming Generations (https://www.transforminggenerations.org/) This webinar highlights the importance of centering the voices, leadership, and expertise of those most impacted by the conditions that create barriers to health equity (Strategy 2). In this conversation-style webinar featuring MayTong Chang, Advocacy Program Director Transforming Generations, funders and mainstream prevention organizations will learn how to support, amplify, and invest in culturally specific community-based organizations during times of compounding crisis and beyond.

WEBINAR #3

Pause and Pivot: Creating an Organizational Crisis Plan

Feat. Life House (https://lifehouseduluth.org/). This webinar highlights the importance of an organizational “pause and pivot” during times of compounding crisis (Strategy 4). During the pandemic, Duluth-based Life House created a living organizational crisis plan which enabled them to provide ongoing services to vulnerable youth, while keeping staff and clients safe. In this interview style webinar, viewers will learn more about what should be in an organizational crisis plan, as well as what the process of developing such a plan can look like.