Join PI at #APHA2017 this weekend! bit.ly/2zaLahl APHA

Keep up the climate fight, Gina tells health advocates at #APHA2017: goo.gl/XZPnf2

Join PI’s Larry Cohen for discussion + readings from Prevention Diaries at UC Berkeley on Nov 28th, 5:00 – 7:30 p.m bit.ly/2yQl2vm

“We need people to see that there is an immediacy to prevention” Larry Cohen Prevention Institute #ThoughtLeadership #movember Movember USA

What a great event last night at UC Berkeley. Author Larry Cohen presented to an engaged group of future public health leaders ready to build the movement for public health in California.

Our register of national tragedies grows daily: hate crimes, shootings, and #Metoo headlines are only the most recent outbreaks of violence. In his blog in Oxford Academic, Prevention Diaries Author Larry Cohen addresses what communities can do to prevent violence: bit.ly/2Aep90Z

In my new blog, featured in Oxford Academic, I highlight successful community-led violence prevention initiatives that have increased community safety and resilience, and reduced homicide rates significantly. bit.ly/2Aep90Z

Act NOW: Tell Congress: We Won't Choose Between Children's Health and Prevention. bit.ly/2AIVod3

Julia Lurie of Mother Jones on how opioid deaths have caused life expectancy to fall for the 2nd year in a row. She examines the causes of deaths of despair, pointing out that the latest tax bill includes cuts that will exacerbate the epidemic. bit.ly/2Bth7WF

.Well Being Trust's Ben Miller & Prevention Institute's @DrLarissaJEstes call for investments in resilient communities to address opioid misuse and other 'diseases of despair' ow.ly/TuOM30hAwZf

How do natural disasters impact mental health? Sheila Savannah, Ben Springgate, Ken Wells, and Glenda Wrenn discuss how providers and their communities can prepare for and recover from natural disasters American Psychiatric Association bit.ly/2DGmCCj

Call Capitol switchboard—(202) 224-3121—& tell senators you oppose any and all cuts to the Prevention & Public Health Fund. Congress must act to fund community health centers—a vital source of healthcare for millions of people—but raiding the Prevention Fund will hurt health

In defense of prevention, mercurynews and East Bay Times criticized Congress’s choice to cut $1.35 billion from the CDC’s budget to fund #CHIP. While the choice to fund CHIP was important, it shouldn't have been made at the expense of public health bayareane.ws/2C0unlg

J. Turkewitz and V. Yee of The New York Times cover the different types of student activism against gun violence going on across the country. The article emphasizes the fervent hope and determination of students to become the generation that enacts change. nyti.ms/2ooLBj5

Authors and survivors Charlotte Fedders and L.Y. Marlow share their stories and discuss domestic abuse and violence with USA TODAY Health reporter Jayne O'Donnell

Today @Cal_OPR Calif Food and Ag and Ag&Natural Resources recognized Food Waste Prevention Week in CA! Together we can #SaveTheFoodCA and make choices that #FeedPeopleNotLandfills. Join us and #GoFurtherWithFood starting this week.

Jocelyn Wiener of CaliforniaHealthline writes about how CA became the 2nd US state to increase the minimum tobacco sales age from 18 to 21, resulting in a huge drop in state retailers selling tobacco to minors bit.ly/2HgfjhU

On Monday, March 12 at 6:30 pm, Oakland Food Policy needs input from community members at City Hall to help inform how soda tax dollars are used in the community. The goal is to ensure that resources go to school food, healthy retail development, parks, etc. bit.ly/2FvH2yb

Spent time yesterday brainstorming with Larry Cohen Prevention Diaries and the team at Prevention Institute. If you are not a friend of public health, this picture should be cause for concern.

In Larry Cohen’s article in Oxford Academic he argues that our national approach to opioids must address community trauma and support strong and resilient communities. The blog is his latest piece in a series inspired by his recent book, Prevention Diaries bit.ly/opioidsandprev… #NPW2018