Moving Upstream

Charles Corprew from What's Your Revolution returns for the second part of this two-part podcast to interview members of Prevention Institute’s Making Connections, an initiative that creates partnerships between community organizations in 14 sites across the country to promote the mental health and wellbeing of men and boys. In this episode he continues the conversation about healthy masculinities with community leaders from Kokua Kalihi Valley, HI, Tacoma, WA, and Boston, MA, who talk about the importance of mentorship, food justice, and community. Learn more about Making Connections, funded by the Movember Foundation, here: http://www.preventioninstitute.org/projects/making-connections-mental-health-and-wellbeing-among-men-and-boys

In part one of this two-part podcast, Charles Corprew from What's Your Revolution talks with members of Prevention Institute’s Making Connections, an initiative that creates partnerships between community organizations in 14 sites across the country to promote the mental health and wellbeing of men and boys. In this episode he explores healthy masculinities with community leaders from Canton, CT, New Orleans, LA, and Albuquerque, NM who share how vulnerability, art, and self-care play big parts in the work that they do. Learn more about Making Connections, funded by the Movember Foundation, here: http://www.preventioninstitute.org/projects/making-connections-mental-health-and-wellbeing-among-men-and-boys

Prevention Institute’s Andrea Buffa interviews leaders from five communities about why their collaboratives, focused on health and equity, are now developing community-driven approaches to prevent partner violence. Hear from Cultiva La Salud (at 1:17), Department of Violence Prevention Steering Committee in Oakland (at 7:11), The Center at McKinleyville (at 10:46), LA Worker Center Network (at 13:09), and East African Men and Boys Collaborative (at 16:41). Learn more about the program: http://preventioninstitute.org/projects/safety-through-connection-building-community-capacity-prevent-partner-violence

Prevention Institute’s Lisa Fujie Parks and Alisha Somji discuss their experiences working with cities to prevent violence. They emphasize that despite the magnitude of gun violence in the United States, communities can and are using a public health approach to prevent gun violence. PI works with communities throughout the country that are reducing gun violence through upstream prevention approaches that go beyond federal policy. Learn more about PI’s recommendations on how to prevent gun violence here: https://www.preventioninstitute.org/focus-areas/preventing-violence-and-reducing-injury/preventing-violence-advocacy This work is made possible by the Langeloth Foundation. #gunviolence #community Photo Credit: Fabrice Florin

Prevention Institute’s Ruben Cantu discusses what solutions to the opioid epidemic might look like if they took community trauma and resilience into account. He also applies a community trauma lens the issue of immigrant families being separated at the US border.

Charles Clayton Daniels Jr., CEO and founder of Fathers Uplift, talks about the the key roles that fathers play in their children's lives. He highlights what we can do to reduce barriers that prevent fathers from being fully engaged in their children's lives, from cultural norms that discourage men from expressing a full range of emotions to systemic hurdles like the lack of affordable housing for single fathers. Fathers Uplift is a partner organization in Making Connections for Mental Health and Wellbeing, a national initiative coordinated by Prevention Institute and funded by the Movember Foundation. Making Connections communities across the US are improving community conditions that contribute to men’s and boys’ wellbeing by building social connections, economic and educational opportunities, and safe physical spaces.