Promoting Health Equity
We believe that every person deserves an equal opportunity to be healthy and safe. Health equity guides all of our work.
New video: MC:ID How We’re Staying Connected
Read moreNew op ed: Farmers markets provide healthy food and support local economies. Keep them open during Covid-19.
Read morePreventing violence in our homes: Meeting this moment with connection, care, and justice
Read moreOp-ed: If we can safely distance at the grocery store, surely we can do the same at parks
Read morePodcast: Coronavirus: from the urgency of reaction to the importance of long-term action
Read moreRead our annual report and find out what’s in store for next year.
Read moreNew article: Stormwater Management is an Equity Issue
Read moreNew policy brief: Healing LA Neighborhoods
Read moreVideo: Prevention Institute: Partnering to achieve thriving, equitable communities
Read moreFeatured initiative: Built Environment Policy Advocacy Fund
Read moreNew op-ed: Screenings Alone Won’t Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences—We Must Address Community Trauma
Read moreNew blog: Want to prevent violence? Go green.
Read moreExplore our Focus Areas
Health System Transformation - Health Equity
- Preventing Violence
- Mental Health & Wellbeing
- Prevention in California
- Healthy Food & Active Environments
- Quality Housing in Equitable Communities
- Unintentional Injury Prevention
- Early Childhood
Learn more about our 
Tools and 
Services to support your work in these Focus Areas.
News from Prevention Institute
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“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its f… t.co/CFRBtjD2TA
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“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” ― James Baldwin #HowWeHeal
"Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as th… t.co/T8K4RcdqvR
“Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion.” bell hooks #HowWeHeal
