>> HI EVERYONE!
>> HELLO EVERYBODY!
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> HI.
>> HELLO.
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
>> WE ARE GOING TO START.
>> HI EVERYONE.
>> HI.
>> WITH SOME INFORMATION BECAUSE
WE DO HAVE INTERPRETATION
AVAILABLE TODAY AND WE WILL GO
AHEAD AND GET THAT CONNECTED
RIGHT AWAY AS FOLKS CONTINUE TO
TRICKLE IN.
SO WITH THAT I WILL HAND IT OVER
TO JOSE.
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
>> ANYONE WHO IS MONOLINGUAL WE
INSIST THAT YOU CONNECT TO THE
INTERPRETATION SERVICES.
ONCE WE GET STARTED, SHELBY WILL
ACTIVATE THE INTERPRETATION
SERVICES.
AT THIS TIME YOU WILL SEE AT THE
BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN IN TOOLS
SECTION INTERPRETATION ICON
WHICH IS THAT GLOBE WITH SQUARES
AND CLICK ON THAT.
IT WILL GIVE YOU A DROP DOWN
MENU.
CHOOSE ENGLISH THEN MOVE ONTO
MUTE ORIGINAL AUDIO.
WHAT HAPPENS AT THIS TIME IS
THAT YOU ARE CONNECTED TO
INTERPRETATION, BUT AS LONG AS
THE MATERIAL IS PRESENTED IN
YOUR LANGUAGE, YOU WILL HEAR
THE --
YOU WILL HEAR THE MATERIAL
DIRECTLY FROM THE SPEAK.
ONCE THE LANGUAGES AND WAIT
UNTIL THE INTERPRETER SWITCH
CHANNELS, ANYTHING SAID IN
SPANISH YOU WILL HEAR OUR
RENDITION, FROM YOUR
INTERPRETERS INTO ENGLISH.
OTHER THAN THAT IT WILL BE LIKE
WE ARE NOT EVEN HERE.
WE'RE GOOD TO GO I THINK.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
START THE INTERPRETATION
FEATURE.
JUST A MOMENT YOU SHOULD SEE
THAT GLOBE POP UP AND PLEASE
SELECT YOUR CHANNEL AGAIN IF YOU
ARE MONOLINGUAL ENGLISH OR
SPANISH TODAY.
PLEASE GO AHEAD AND SELECT THAT
FEATURE.
WE ALSO HAVE CLOSED CAPTIONING
AVAILABLE TODAY AS WELL.
AND SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
ACCESS THAT FEATURE WE DO HAVE
LIVE CAPTIONING AVAILABLE THANK
YOU TO ABERDEEN CAPTIONING AND
SELECT THAT AT THE BOTTOM OF
YOUR SCREEN OR WHEREVER YOUR
ZOOM BANNER IS AND WE WILL ALSO
BE RECORDING THIS SESSION.
SO IT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON-LINE
AFTER THE TRAINING TODAY AND I
WILL SHARE THE LINK IN THE CHAT
TO WHERE YOU CAN ACCESS THAT
AFTER THE TRAINING.
WE WILL ALSO SEND A FOLLOW-UP TO
FOLKS WHO SHOWED UP TODAY WITH
THIS INFORMATION AS WELL WITH
ANY LINKS THAT WE HAVE SHARED
DURING OUR TIME TOGETHER TODAY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
START THE RECORDING.
SO WE WILL BE USING A FEW OF
THESE FEATURES TODAY.
WE WILL BE USING TEXT CHAT, IF
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION FEEL
FREE TO UTILIZE THE CHAT
FEATURE.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR ANY
OF US FACILITATORS INTRODUCE
OURSELVES NEXT, FEEL FREE TO
SEND US A PRIVATE MESSAGE IF YOU
NEED TO AND FEEL FREE TO
INTRODUCE YOURSELF IN THE CHAT
AS WELL.
I SEE THAT SOME FOLKS ARE
UTILIZING THE CHAT.
FEEL FREE TO DO THAT AND WITH
THAT I WILL START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS MY NAME IS SHELBY
VICE, PRONOUNS ARE SHE, HER, I'M
A PROJECT COORDINATOR FOR VALOR,
WE DO A FUN MEME THE TEAM ON OUR
WEB CONFERENCES THAT JESSIE AND
DO I SO YOU GET TO KNOW US A BIT
BETTER AND IT IS BETTER THAN OUR
ZOOM HEADSHOTS.
WITH THAT I WILL PASS IT TO
JESSIE.
>> HI, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
NICE TO SEE SO MANY OF YOU WITH
US THIS AFTER NOON.
MY NAME IS JESSIE
TOWNE-CARDENAS, SHE/HER PRONOUNS
AND I'M A CONSULTANT WITH VALOR.
I'M IN SAN DIEGO.
I GET TO WORK WITH PROGRAMS
ACROSS CALIFORNIA.
>> THANK YOU JESSIE AND WE HAVE
A SPEAKER THAT WILL BE JOINING
US AS WELL THAT WE WILL
INTRODUCE LATER ONCE WE ARE
READY FOR THEM TO PRESENT.
JUST A NOTE.
THIS TRAINING IS SUPPORTED BY
THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH, INJURY AND
VIOLENCE PREVENTION BRANCH AND
SO ANY OF THE OPINIONS AND
FINDINGS OF THIS TRAINING ARE
THOSE OF JESSIE AND I AND NOT
THOSE NECESSARILY OF CDPH.
WE WANT TO MENTION THAT.
I KNOW WE HAVE A FEW OF OUR
FUNDERS ON THE CALL WITH US AS
WELL TODAY.
I WANT TO SAY HELLO AND PLEASE
FEEL FREE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF
IN THE CHAT.
WE HAVE A FEW OBJECTIVES AND
WITH THAT I WILL PASS IT OVER TO
JESSIE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE TWO DAYS WITH MOST OF
YOU, I HOPE.
AND SO OUR OBJECTIVES OVER THESE
COUPLE OF WEB CONFERENCES, YOU
CAN SEE HERE ON THE SLIDE, BUT
IN GENERAL YOU REALLY WANT TO
GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT
PROTECTIVE FACTOR --
WHAT PROTECTIVE FACTORS --
WHAT PROTECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS ARE
AND HOW THEY ARE CONNECTED TO
SEXUAL AND INTIMATE PARTNER
VIOLENCE PREVENTION AS WELL AS
SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE ON
THE GROUND EXAMPLES OF WHAT THIS
LOOKS LIKE IN LOCAL PROGRAMS.
OFTEN WE HEAR ABOUT THE THEORY
OR WHAT THE CHARACTERISTICS ARE,
BUT WE DON'T GET TO REALLY DIVE
IN TO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WHEN
WE ARE DOING PROGRAMS IN OUR
LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
SO WE WANT TO GIVE YOU, YOU
KNOW, IN THIS SHORT, LIKE THREE
HOURS THAT WE HAVE, WE WANT TO
GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, SOME CONTEXT
AND OVERVIEW AND A SAMPLING OF
SOME OF WHAT THESE STRATEGIES
LOOK LIKE IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS
CALIFORNIA AND POTENTIALLY
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
SO, IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, SO, TODAY, WHAT WE REALLY
WOULD LIKE TO DO IS GIVE YOU
SOME OVERVIEW OF WHAT PROTECTIVE
ENVIRONMENTS ARE AND IT IS KIND
OF A TASTE OF SOME BROAD
STRATEGIES THAT CAN BE USED TO
CREATE PROTECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS.
AND THEN WE WANT TO DIVE INTO AN
EXAMPLE.
WE WILL HAVE TWO REALLY
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMPLES FOR YOU
TODAY AND TOMORROW.
SO TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE
JOINED BY LOURDES FROM ALL
CHILDREN THRIVE WHO WILL TALK
ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMS THAT CREATE
PROTECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS ACROSS
CALIFORNIA.
AND THEN TOMORROW, WE ARE GOING
TO GO INTO A SAMPLING A PLAY
LIST, IF YOU WILL, OF DIFFERENT
SPECIFIC STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS
IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND THEN WE
WILL HEAR ANOTHER COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMPLE FROM SAN DIEGO UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HOW THEY ARE
WORKING TO PROTECT HEALTH AND
WELLNESS OF LGBTQ+ YOUTH IN THE
DISTRACT.
LET'S START IN ON SOME OF THE
CONTEXT HERE FOR THIS FIRST
SECTION.
AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO, LET'S START A LITTLE BIT
WITH WHAT WE KNOW.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT SEXUAL
VIOLENCE AND INTIMATE PARTNER
VIOLENCE IS THAT IT IS IMPACTING
PEOPLE AT EPIDEMIC RATES ACROSS
THE WORLD IN THE UNITED STATES
AND CALIFORNIA.
ACCORDING TO THE CALVEX REPORT
WHICH WE GOT NEW DATA FROM
TODAY, SO WE WILL GIVE YOU THE
LINK IN THE CHAT.
IN CALIFORNIA ALONE ADULTS
REPORT EXPERIENCING PHYSICAL
VIOLENCE AT A RATE OF 1 IN 12
AND ONE IN 6 ADULTS HAVE
EXPERIENCED SEXUAL VIOLENCE.
SO, THAT IS AN EXPERIENCE OF
VIOLENCE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE
ALMOST 600,000 CALIFORNIA ADULTS
REPORTING THAT THEY HAVE
COMMITTED PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL OR
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN THE
LAST YEAR.
SO WHAT WE SEE HERE IS EVEN
THOUGH WE ARE OFTEN HEARING
ABOUT INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE AND
SEXUAL AND INTIMATE PARTNER
VIOLENCE, WE ARE STILL REALLY
HEARING ABOUT THESE AS, YOU
KNOW, INDIVIDUAL PROBLEMS,
FAMILY ISSUES, RIGHT, BUT
ACTUALLY, THESE ARE REALLY
COMPLEX PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES
THAT REQUIRE COMPLEX SOLUTIONS.
AND REQUIRE SOLUTIONS AT THE
INDIVIDUAL LEVEL, WITHIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND FAMILIES,
WITHIN SCHOOLS AND
ORGANIZATIONS, BECAUSE SEXUAL
VIOLENCE AND INTIMATE PARTNER
VIOLENCE REALLY HAS LONG-LASTING
AND FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES
FOR INDIVIDUALS AND ALL OF
SOCIETY.
WE SEE LONG LASTING EFFECTS ON
FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT
AFFECT THEIR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL
HEALTH.
IT ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO
GENERATIONAL TRAUMA, AND
EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE MAKES IT
LIKELY THAT SOMEONE MAY
EXPERIENCE VIOLENCE AGAIN AND/OR
MAY PERPETRATE VIOLENCE LATER.
WE ALSO SEE, IF YOU COULD GO TO
THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT SEXUAL AND
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, AND
OTHER FORMS OF VIOLENCE ARE
IMPACTING CERTAIN GROUPS MORE
OFTEN THAN OTHERS.
AND THESE GROUPS ARE OFTEN THOSE
WHO EXPERIENCE OTHER FORMS OF
OPPRESSION AND DISCRIMINATION OR
MULTIPLE FORMS OF OPPRESSION AND
DISCRIMINATION, BECAUSE JUST
LIKE WE SAW THAT TREE FROM THE
LAST TIME, VIOLENCE AND POW ARE
AND CONTROL ARE SYMPTOMS OF --
ARE SYMPTOMS OF OPPRESSION AND
SO, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED TO
LOOK AT HOW WE ADDRESS THE ROOTS
OF OPPRESSION AND DISCRIMINATION
TO GET RID OF THE SYMPTOMS, ONE
OF THOSE BEING VIOLENCE.
AND WE ARE SEEING THAT THOUGH
SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND INTIMATE
PARTNER VIOLENCE DOES AFFECT
PEOPLE ACROSS THEIR LIFESPAN, IT
IS MORE LIKELY OR MORE COMMONLY
REPORTED AT THE START OF THE
LIFE-SPAN, RIGHT, OF A AGE 25.
SO THOUGH WE ARE SEEING THAT,
THAT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, HIGHER
IMPACTS, MORE DATA THAT SHOWS
SOME GROUPS OF PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING SEXUAL AND INTIMATE
PARTNER VIOLENCE MORE THAN
OTHERS, WE OFTEN ARE TOLD OR
THINK THAT THIS IS BECAUSE OF
THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES, RIGHT,
THEIR CULTURAL BACKGROUND, THEIR
INDIVIDUAL CHOICES.
THE BEHAVIORS THAT THEY CHOOSE
FOR THEMSELVES, THE PLACES THEY
GO OR THE BEHAVIORS THEY HAVE,
RIGHT?
BUT, IN ACTUALITY THAT IS REALLY
ONLY A SMALL PIECE, RIGHT?
THESE ARE RISK FACTORS AND NOT
THE CAUSES.
AND WE KNOW THAT THE FACT IS
THAT PEOPLE MUST CHOOSE TO BE
VIOLENT AND THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE
VIOLENCE ARE NEVER AT FAULT,
RIGHT.
SO WE THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE
THINK ABOUT INDIVIDUALS BUT THE
THING WE DON'T ALWAYS EXPAND TO
IS THINKING ABOUT HOW PEOPLES --
HOW THE ENVIRONMENTS THAT PEOPLE
LIVE IN AND THE SOCIAL CONTEXT
THAT PEOPLE LIVE WITHIN REALLY
AFFECT THEIR HEALTH AND WELLNESS
AND THEIR EXPERIENCE OF BOTH
SAFETY AND EXPERIENCING
VIOLENCE.
SO, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHY
VIOLENCE OCCURS, FOR SOME GROUPS
OF PEOPLE MORE THAN OTHERS, THAT
IS VERY CONNECTED TO THE SOCIAL
CONTEXT AND THE ENVIRONMENTS IN
WHICH THEY LIVE AND WHEN I TALK
ABOUT ENVIRONMENTS, I'M NOT JUST
TALKING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD
OR THE FAMILY THAT THEY GROW UP
IN AND THOUGH THAT IS PART OF
THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH PEOPLE,
YOU KNOW, GROW UP, LEARN, PLAY,
WORK, AGE, IT IS ONLY --
IT IS ONLY A PIECE OF IT BECAUSE
WE ARE ALSO THINKING ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS OF
THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY LIVE IN
AS FAR AS WHETHER THEY HAVE SAFE
STREETS, WHETHER THEY HAVE
COMMUNITY VIOLENCE, WHETHER THEY
HAVE ACCESS TO QUALITY SCHOOLS
AND EDUCATION, WHETHER THEY HAVE
ACCESS TO GETTING THE HEALTH AND
WELLNESS SERVICES THAT THEY
NEED, COMMUNITY GATHERING
SPACES.
SO LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
ENVIRONMENTS AND COMMUNITIES
THAT PEOPLE LIVE IN ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT TO ADDRESSING THE
COMPLEXITY OF EXPERIENCING
INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE.
SO, YOU CAN GO ONTO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
OKAY, SO WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT
PROTECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS,
BUILDING PROTECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS
AND IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTS TO BE
MORE PROTECTIVE TO BE SAFER AND
TO SUPPORT HEALTH AND WELLNESS,
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE CONDITIONS
IN WHICH PEOPLE LIVE, WORK,
PLAY, AGE, GO TO SCHOOL, ALL OF
THOSE PIECES THAT AFFECT HOW WE
ARE ABLE TO MAKE THE CHOICES
THAT WE NEED TO MAKE.
SO ENVIRONMENTS AFFECT WHAT
CHOICES PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO MAKE
AND THEN HOW EASY OR CHALLENGING
IT IS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO
MAKE HEALTHY CHOICES TO BEHAVE
IN --
TO HAVE HEALTHY BEHAVIORS THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR WELLNESS,
SAFETY, AND THE WELLNESS AND
SAFETY OF OTHERS.
SO SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS
OF A PROTECTIVE ENVIRONMENT YOU
CAN PROBABLY SEE WHERE I'M GOING
WITH THIS ARE HAVING SAFE
STREETS, HAVING LIT SIDEWALKS,
HAVING COMMUNITY GATHERING
SPACES, WHERE PEOPLE KNOW EACH
OTHER, PEOPLE WATCH OUT FOR EACH
OTHER, PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED.
THERE ARE EYES ON THE STREET IN
A NEIGHBORHOOD OR AT A PARK.
THERE ARE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE
GATHER TO WORK ON COMMUNITY
ISSUES FOR A COMMON GOOD TO TAKE
CARE OF ONE ANOTHER.
IT ALSO MEANS THAT PEOPLE HAVE
ACCESS TO --
TO EMPLOYMENT AND TO ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY AND THAT THEY CAN
ACCESS THEIR JOBS, RIGHT?
THEY CAN GET TO THEIR --
TO THEIR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.
MAYBE IF THEY DON'T HAVE A CAR
OR IF THEY HAVE A DISABILITY
THAT THEY ARE A WHEELCHAIR USER
AND THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET
MAYBE ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
OR ENTER INTO THEIR DIFFERENT
BUILDINGS, RIGHT?
THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO PROTECTIVE
ENVIRONMENTS THAT GIVE PEOPLE
ACCESS TO ALL OF THE THINGS WE
NEED TO BE HEALTHY AND THRIVE.
WHEN WE ALSO THINK ABOUT
ECONOMIC --
WHEN WE ALSO THINK ABOUT THE
ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES, WE ALSO WANT TO
THINK ABOUT HOUSING AND SAFE
HOUSING.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
A PLACE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT
PEOPLE HAVE PARKS, ACCESS TO
PARKS, TO BE ABLE TO GET
EXERCISE AND TO BE OUTSIDE TO
CLEAR THEIR HEAD AND TO PROMOTE
THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
THAT COMES WITH HAVING FRESH AIR
AND TREES AND MAYBE WORKING IN A
COMMUNITY GARDEN AND
CONTRIBUTING TO THE HEALTH OF
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SAFE HOUSING INCLUDES HOUSING
THAT IS FREE FROM VIOLENCE BUT
IT ALSO INCLUDES HOUSING THAT IS
FREE FROM POLLUTION AND MOLD AND
THINGS THAT CAUSE INJURY LIKE
BROKEN STAIRS AND WINDOWS, SO
THERE IS A LOT OF CONSIDERATION
THERE.
AND OF COURSE AT THE BASE, ALL
PEOPLE BEING HOUSED SO THAT THEY
ARE MORE PROTECTED AND LESS
VULNERABLE TO EXPERIENCING
VIOLENCE.
SO ALL OF THESE ARE SOME OF
THE --
SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF
PROTECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS.
I WOULD BE REALLY HAPPY TO SEE
IN THE CHAT IF SOME FOLKS COULD
ADD IN WHAT DO YOU THINK OF WHEN
YOU THINK ABOUT A PROTECTIVE
ENVIRONMENT OR AN ENVIRONMENT
AND COMMUNICATED THAT PROMOTES
SAFETY AND WELL BEING AND HEALTH
AND NOT JUST HEALTH LIKE NOT
BEING SICK, HEALTH LIKE
THRIVING, HEALTH LIKE HAVING THE
KINDS OF QUALITY CONNECTION THAT
YOU WANT.
NOT BEING SOCIALLY ISOLATED
BECAUSE THERE AREN'T SAFE PLACES
TO GO.
TELL ME SOME OF WHAT YOU THINK
OF.
I THINK OF IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD,
HOW WE HAVE NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE
LIVED HERE A LONG TIME AND WE
WATCH OUT FOR EACH OTHER.
AND WE ARE ALL RENTERS WHICH IS
AN INTERESTING ALSO THING
BECAUSE WE OFTEN THINK THAT IN
PLACES WHERE THERE IS LOTS OF
RENTERS WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE
PEOPLE LIVING THERE A LONG TIME,
WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO KNOW ONE
ANOTHER AND WATCH OUT FOR ONE
ANOTHER.
BUT THAT MAKES US ALL SAFER.
AND WE CAN CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER
WHEN WE NEED IT.
I'M SEEING THINGS COME UP.
GRISELDA YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP,
DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT?
>> I THINK OF THE COMMUNITY IN
WHICH I GREW UP IN.
IT IS THE COMMUNITY OF LENNOX.
SO IT IS LENNOX/INGLEWOOD.
I MOVED AWAY WHEN I WAS A YOUNG
ADULT, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW,
HISTORICALLY, THE LENNOX PARK
WAS A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE.
IT WAS --
THERE WAS A LOT OF GANG ACTIVITY
THERE, A LOT OF DRUG USE THERE,
BUT JUST ME GOING BACK --
[ INAUDIBLE ]
PROVIDE PREVENTION SERVICES TO
THAT COMMUNITY AND GIVE BACK, I
HAVE REALLY LEARNED THAT THE
CITY AND PARKS AND RECS IS
REALLY DOING AN AMAZING JOB AT
TRANSFORMING THAT PARK INTO A
PROTECTIVE ENVIRONMENT, INTO A
PROTECTIVE SPACE FOR ALL OF US.
SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF CLUBS FOR
NOT ONLY JUST CHILDREN, FOR THEM
TO PLAY SPORTS AND, YOU KNOW,
TO --
THEY HAVE A LOT OF LEADERSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES, BUT THEY HAVE
SAFE SPACE FOR OLDER ADULTS AS
WELL.
SO THE PARK IS NOW --
NOW THAT I HAVE GONE BACK IT IS
COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED AND IT IS
A SAFE SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY
WHICH MAKES MY HEART HAPPY.
BUT THAT IS WHAT THIS
CONVERSATION REMINDED ME OF.
>> YES.
GRISELDA, THAT IS A PERFECT
EXAMPLE.
IT IS LIKE WE PLANNED IT AHEAD
OF TIME.
I ASSURE YOU ALL, THE REST OF
THE 56 PEOPLE, WE DID NOT.
BUT THAT IS JUST A PERFECT
EXAMPLE OF A PROTECTIVE
ENVIRONMENT STRATEGY THAT HELPS
PEOPLE SUCCEED AND THRIVE.
AND PART OF WHAT WE THINK ABOUT
WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT COMMUNITY
OUTCOMES OR THE THINGS WE WOULD
LIKE TO SEE IMPROVING FOR PEOPLE
AS A RESULT OF THE WORK THAT WE
DO, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I
HEAR IN YOUR EXAMPLE, AND IN
SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT ARE
COMING UP HERE, ARE WHEN WE
CONNECT THIS TO PROTECTIVE
FACTORS, WHICH ARE THE THINGS
THAT DECREASE --
THAT PROTECT PEOPLE AGAINST
EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE, WE SEE
THINGS LIKE HAVING CONNECTION TO
SAFE ADULTS, HAVING CONNECTION
TO SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, HAVING
LEADERSHIP --
YOUTH LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
BUILDING COMMUNITY BUY-IN TO BE
ACTIVE IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND BE
ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE SOLUTIONS
THAT THEY CHOOSE, THAT THEY KNOW
WILL HELP THEIR COMMUNITY.
I ALSO HEARD EXAMPLES CONNECTED
TO YOU KNOW, GIVING PEOPLE --
GIVING ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE,
POSITIVE PEERS, THAT IS ANOTHER
IMPORTANT PROTECTIVE FACTOR.
SO AS WE ARE THINKING ABOUT
THESE STRATEGIES, AND, YOU KNOW,
LOOKING AT HOW WE CREATE THESE
POSITIVE AND HEALTHY CONDITIONS
IN WHICH PEOPLE CAN LIVE, WORK,
PLAY, GROW, AGE, YOU KNOW, WE
WANT TO CONNECT THEM ALSO TO
THOSE --
TO THOSE PROTECTIVE FACTORS THAT
ARE --
THAT WE SEE IN VIOLENCE
PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES.
SO, CREATING THOSE SAFE SPACES,
CREATING COMMUNITY CONNECTION.
CREATING POSITIVE PEER
CONNECTIONS.
BUILDING YOUTH AND ADULT LEADERS
TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE HEALTH AND
WELLNESS AND CONNECTION IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES.
SO, LET'S SEE.
FREE PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND
SMALL CHILDREN AND THAT BENEFITS
BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
BECAUSE THE ADULTS GET TIME TO
ALSO, YOU KNOW, DO THE THINGS
THAT THEY NEED TO DO TO WORK, TO
BE WITH THEIR OWN POSITIVE
PEERS, RIGHT?
AND FOR THE CHILDREN TO BE ABLE
TO BE ENGAGED IN ENRICHING
ACTIVITIES THAT BUILD THEIR
SOCIAL NETWORK.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT ENVIRONMENTS AND
THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK
AT STRATEGIZING, MAKING CHANGE
IN A CERTAIN AREA, RIGHT?
IN THAT LARGER COMMUNITY AREA.
SO LET'S BE REMINDED OF OR LEARN
ABOUT, IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT
BEFORE THE SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL
MODEL.
IT IS PART OF A PUBLIC HEALTH --
I'M SORRY, I FROZE --
THE SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL MODEL IS
USED OFTEN IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND
WE SEE HERE HOW INDIVIDUALS,
RELATIONSHIPS, COMMUNITY AND
SOCIETY ALL AFFECT ONE ANOTHER.
SO, PEOPLE DON'T EXIST IN BOXES,
RIGHT?
OR IN BUBBLES, EVEN THOUGH WE
KIND OF HAVE THEM IN BUBBLES IN
A SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL MODEL.
YOU KNOW, JUST AS I SAID BEFORE,
WE ARE OFTEN TOLD OR WE HEAR
PEOPLE SAY A MYTH THAT, YOU
KNOW, THIS IS ALL ABOUT HOW
PEOPLE CHOOSE TO BEHAVE OR WHERE
PEOPLE CHOOSE TO GO, BUT THE
FACT IS, RIGHT, WE ALL EXIST
WITHIN OUR CLOSEST
RELATIONSHIPS, WITHIN OUR
COMMUNITIES, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS,
OUR SCHOOLS, OUR WORKPLACES AND
LARGER SOCIETY.
SO THE SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL MODEL
GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK
AT HOW DO WE CREATE
COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIES THAT
ADDRESS THIS COMPLEX ISSUE THAT
IS RELATED TO SO MANY OTHER
ISSUES.
SO WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT
CREATING PROTECTIVE
ENVIRONMENTS, WE REALLY HAVE TO
LOOK AT STRATEGIES THAT MAKE
CHANGE AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL OF
THIS SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL MODEL.
SO THIS LEVEL REALLY LOOKS AT
THE SETTINGS THAT PEOPLE LIVE
THEIR LIVES IN, LIKE SCHOOLS,
WORKPLACES, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND
SO LOOKING AT HOW DO WE CHANGE
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THESE
SETTINGS, IN WAYS THAT SUPPORT
HEALTH, WELLNESS AND SAFETY AND
IN WAYS THAT REDUCE THINGS THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO VIOLENCE SUCH AS
POVERTY, SEGREGATION, HIGH
DENSITY OF ALCOHOL OUTLETS,
UNSAFE STREETS, NON EXISTENT
POLICIES, YOU KNOW, BAD POLICY
OR NO POLICY THAT PREVENTS
VIOLENCE AT SCHOOLS OR IN THE
WORKPLACES OR IMPROVING HOW
THOSE POLICIES ARE IMPLEMENTED.
WHETHER THEY ARE ORGANIZATIONAL
POLICIES, SCHOOL POLICIES OR
EVEN OUR LOCAL AND STATE --
OUR LOCAL AND STATE LAWS.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS
SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL MODEL AND WHAT
I MEAN BY COMMUNITY LEVEL?
BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE
COMMON --
I THINK ONE OF THE COMMON
MISINTERPRETATIONS OF THIS IS
THAT ANYTHING THAT YOU DO IN THE
COMMUNITY IS COMMUNITY CHANGE
AND I ALSO OPERATED ON THIS
COMMON MISCONCEPTION WHEN I
FIRST LEARNED ABOUT THE
SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL MODEL, I WAS
LIKE GREAT WE DO THIS, WE DO
SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN RIGHT AND
WE DO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT AND
THAT IS ALL IN A COMMUNITY.
BUT REALLY, THAT IS THE SETTING
OF THE STRATEGY.
OR THE PROGRAM ACTIVITY.
BUT WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT
MAKING CHANGES AT THE COMMUNITY
LEVEL, WE ARE LOOKING AT A
STRATEGY THAT MAKES BROAD
CHANGE, THAT MAKES CHANGE FOR
THAT WHOLE COMMUNITY.
THAT WHOLE SCHOOL, THAT WHOLE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THAT IS AN IMPORTANT
DISTINCTION THAT I THINK IS A
COMMON MISCONCEPTION.
ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD
LIKE TO ADD EITHER IN THE CHAT
ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK OF AS
COMMUNITY LEVEL CHANGE OR IF
SOMEBODY HAS A QUESTION.
OR SOME OF THE COMMUNITY CHANGE
STRATEGIES THAT YOU HAVE WORKED
ON, IN YOUR LOCAL AREA?
I WILL LET YOU PUT THOSE IN THE
CHAT IF YOU HAVE THEM.
AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE,
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE THINKING
ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS LIKE OUR
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
HEALTH FUNDED RAPE PREVENTION
AND EDUCATION PROGRAM, AND OTHER
PUBLIC COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC
HEALTH STRATEGIES LIKE ALL
CHILDREN THRIVE, WE WILL HEAR
FROM TODAY.
THEY ARE REALLY LOOKING AT
COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIES THAT
CHANGE --
THAT MAKE CHANGE ON MULTIPLE
LEVELS OF THIS, BUT
PARTICULARLY, AT THIS COMMUNITY
LEVEL.
BECAUSE WE CAN --
CHANGING BEHAVIORS AND THE
ENVIRONMENTS AND --
CHANGING BEHAVIORS IS IMPORTANT,
CHANGING THE ENVIRONMENTS THAT
PEOPLE LIVE IN, IS ALSO
IMPORTANT.
I THINK ONE OF THE MAJOR
DIFFERENCES, RIGHT, IS THAT WHEN
WE MAKE COMMUNITY LEVEL CHANGE,
IT MAKES CHANGE FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE AT ONCE.
AND SO CURRICULUM AND THOSE
THINGS THAT WE DO ARE IMPORTANT
AND.
[ INAUDIBLE ]
PART OF THIS ON COMPREHENSIVE
CHANGE BUT THEY MAKE CHANGE ONE
BY ONE.
WE ALSO WANT TO HAVE THESE
IMPORTANT STRATEGIES THAT MAKE
CHANGE FOR THIS, LIKE BROADER
POPULATION BASE.
OKAY.
SO, TOMORROW WE ARE GOING TO GO
IN TO SOME OF LIKE THE, YOU
KNOW, THE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS,
RIGHT, WE WILL GIVE YOU A PLAY
LIST OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE DOING
THIS.
BUT, FOR RIGHT NOW, OVER THE
NEXT LIKE NOT TOO LONG I'M JUST
GOING TO GIVE KIND OF A SAMPLING
OF BROAD STRATEGIES THAT CAN BE
USED TO CREATE PROTECTIVE
ENVIRONMENTS.
AND SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL
NOTICE IS THAT THESE CHANGES ARE
LOOKING AT POLICY.
THEY ARE LOOKING AT CHANGING
SYSTEMS, WHOLE SYSTEMS, THEY ARE
CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS OR
SOMETIMES IT IS CALLED --
SOMETIMES WE GIVE IT ALSO --
WE TALK ABOUT THE BUILT
ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS KIND OF
LIKE THE STRUCTURE, THE
SIDEWALKS, THE STREETS, THE
LIGHTS, THE PARKS, THE BUILT
ENVIRONMENT.
BUT ALSO OUR SOCIAL AND CULTURAL
NORMS WITHIN THOSE COMMUNITIES
THAT EITHER --
THAT SUPPORT OR DON'T SUPPORT
VIOLENCE.
SO, LET'S LET ME CHECK TO SEE IF
THERE ARE QUESTIONS IN THE CHAT.
GREAT, EXAMPLES.
THANK YOU.
MARIA, THIS QUESTION WOULD
PROVIDING WORKSHOPS TO MIDDLE
SCHOOL STUDENTS BE INDIVIDUAL OR
COMMUNITY LEVEL CHANGE.
MARIA, THAT WOULD BE AN
INDIVIDUAL LEVEL CHANGE OR
SOMETIMES ALSO RELATIONSHIP
LEVEL CHANGE, DEPENDING ON WHAT
IS IN THE CURRICULUM.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE AN
INDIVIDUAL AND/OR RELATIONSHIP
LEVEL CHANGE.
SO, REALLY IMPORTANT BUT NOT THE
BROAD CHANGE THAT A COMMUNITY
CHANGE WOULD BE, WHICH WOULD BE
SOMETHING LIKE RELATED TO MIDDLE
SCHOOLS CREATING A VIOLENCE
PREVENTION POLICY AT THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT LEVEL PERHAPS THAT
SUPPORTED STUDENTS REPORTING AND
GETTING SUPPORT FOR EXAMPLE
TITLE IX, MAKING SURE THAT
STUDENTS ARE AWARE OF TITLE IX
POLICY AND THAT THEY ARE
SUPPORTED IN A TRAUMA-INFORMED
WAY AND THAT TEACHERS ARE
WELL-TRAINED IN HOW TO RESPOND
TO DISCLOSURES IN A
TRAUMA-INFORMED WAY AND ALSO
THAT POLICY WOULD TALK ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, ACCOUNTABILITY AND HOW
WOULD THEY ADDRESS SOMEONE WHO
HARMS WITHIN THAT SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
SO WHEN YOU PUT THOSE TWO THINGS
TOGETHER, YOU HAVE A
COMPREHENSIVE PREVENTION
STRATEGY AND THAT POLICY AND
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION PIECE
WOULD BE THE COMMUNITY-LEVEL
CHANGE PART OF THAT.
I HOPE THAT THAT WAS CLEAR.
SO --
AND I'M GOING TO GET BACK TO
YOUR QUESTION IN THE CHAT,
TERESA WHEN I GET DONE HERE OR
MAYBE SHELBY WILL.
I WANT TO GO THROUGH THESE,
BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
I DON'T CUT INTO LOURDES' TIME
BECAUSE YOU ARE REALLY WANT TO
HEAR ABOUT ALL CHILDREN THRIVE.
SOME OF THE BROAD-BASED
STRATEGIES THAT YOU CAN USE TO
CREATE PROTECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS
ARE CHANGING SOCIAL NORMS AROUND
VIOLENCE AND OPPRESSION.
AND MOVING ON, SHELBY --
ALSO WE JUST KIND OF TALKED
ABOUT THIS, CREATING PROTECTIVE
ENVIRONMENTS THROUGH POLICY AND
PROCEDURE CHANGE, THIS MIGHT BE
AT SCHOOLS, IT MIGHT BE AT
ORGANIZATIONS AND WORKPLACES
LIKE HAVING VERY CLEAR SEXUAL
HARASSMENT POLICIES IN
ORGANIZATIONS, HAVING REGULAR
ASSESSMENTS AT ORGANIZATIONS, WE
KNOW THAT HAVING CLEAR POLICY
THAT INCLUDES TRAINING AND
ACCESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY
REDUCES VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS AND
THE WORKPLACE.
IN THIS, A LITTLE PLUG FOR
TOMORROW --
THIS IS PART OF THE POLICY AND
IMPLEMENTATION FOR LGBTQ+ YOUTH
IN THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT AND MARIA FROM SDUSD
WILL BE COMING TOMORROW, IF YOU
WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT
PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW.
AND THIS POLICY COULD BE LIKE I
SAID MUNICIPAL POLICY, COUNTY
AND STATE LAWS.
AND NEXT SLIDE --
ANOTHER STRATEGY IS LOOKING AT
RESTORATIVE PRACTICES.
SO RESTORATIVE PRACTICES IN
COMMUNITIES, IN SCHOOLS AND
ORGANIZATIONS.
THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INITIATIVES
GOING ON IN SCHOOLS.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A TRAINING ON
THIS LAST YEAR AND I THINK THAT
SHELBY MAYBE WILL PUT IN SOME
INFORMATION FROM THAT IF YOU
WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT
RESTORATIVE PRACTICES IN SCHOOLS
LOOK LIKE.
BUT WE ALSO SEE THESE OUT IN THE
COMMUNITY, IN LOOKING AT
BUILDING COMMUNITY CONNECTION,
SUPPORTING SURVIVORS AND HOLDING
PEOPLE WHO HARM ACCOUNTABLE IN
WAYS THAT ARE RESTORATIVE AND
NOT PUNITIVE, THAT PREVENT
VIOLENCE FROM OCCURRING AGAIN.
NEXT SLIDE.
WE ALSO HAVE TALKED ABOUT
COMMUNITY CONNECTION.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THINGS LIKE
GREEN SPACES, COMMUNITY GARDENS,
PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME
TOGETHER, AND INVEST IN THEIR
COMMUNITY AND ONE ANOTHER.
AND THOSE ARE IMPORTANT VIOLENCE
PREVENTION PIECES AS WELL AS
AFFECTING IMPROVING GENERAL
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND
WELLNESS.
AND NEXT SLIDE, WE ALSO MIGHT
THINK ABOUT HOW WE PROMOTE
ACCESSIBILITY AND SAFETY FOR
PEOPLE ACROSS THE LIFE-SPAN FOR
DISABILITY ACCESS, SO ENSURING
THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THE
PLACES THAT THEY NEED TO ACCESS,
WHETHER THEY BE SERVICE
PROVIDERS, HEALTH PROVIDERS,
COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACES,
SCHOOL, EMPLOYMENT, AND ALSO
ENSURING THAT THOSE PLACES ARE
SAFE AND SECURE, SO THINGS LIKE
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL ARE
IMPORTANT STRATEGIES, LIGHTING,
AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE
ABLE TO CONNECT TO ONE ANOTHER,
CONNECT SOCIALLY AND AVOID
SOCIAL ISOLATION.
AND FINALLY, ALCOHOL DENSITY AND
ALCOHOL RELATED POLICIES AND
SYSTEMS LOOKING AT ALCOHOL
DENSITY, THIS ONE IS --
YOU KNOW, IT IS EASY TO KIND OF
SLIDE IN TO --
WE OFTEN HAVE THIS SOCIETAL MYTH
AROUND, YOU KNOW, DRINKING
CAUSING --
DRINKING AND USING DRUGS CAUSING
SEXUAL VIOLENCE, YOU KNOW, AND
SO WHEN WE --
IT IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE THAT WE
DON'T WANT TO MAKE RISK FACTORS
IN TO THE CAUSE OF SOMETHING AND
WE DON'T WANT TO BLAME ALCOHOL
FOR PEOPLE'S DECISIONS TO
PERPETRATE, BUT THERE IS A HIGH
CONNECTION TO EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL
USE AND NOT JUST EXCESSIVE
ALCOHOL USE TO INCREASE RATES OF
SEXUAL VIOLENCE, BUT ALSO TO
AREAS WHERE THERE IS A HIGH
CONCENTRATION OF ALCOHOL
LICENSES, SO THAT COULD BE BARS
AND CLUBS, BUT THAT ALSO COULD
BE LIQUOR STORES.
COMMUNITIES WITH HIGH LEVELS OF
ALCOHOL LICENSES, INCLUDING
THOSE LIQUOR STORES OFTEN ALSO
EXPERIENCE HIGHER FORMS OF NOT
JUST INTIMATE PARTNER AND SEXUAL
VIOLENCE, BUT ALSO OTHER FORMS
OF VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, THOSE ARE --
THAT WAS MY QUICK OVERVIEW OF
GENERAL BROAD STRATEGIES.
TOMORROW WE ARE GOING TO DO OUR
PLAY LIST.
SO WE WILL SHOW YOU SOME REALLY
SPECIFIC EXAMPLES AND SOME I'M
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AND I WISH
MORE PEOPLE COULD COME IN TO
GIVE OUR COMPREHENSIVE EXAMPLES.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF LINKS HERE.
TO LEARN MORE, IF YOU WANT TO GO
DOWN ANY RABBIT HOLE, STRATEGY
RABBIT HOLES, TONIGHT, YOU CAN
WITH ALL OF THESE LINKS.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE
ON?
YOU JUST LISTENED TO A LOT OF
THINGS.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK EYE
SCREEN BREAK.
>> LIKE 20 SECONDS OF LIKE
LOOKING AWAY.
WE WERE TRYING --
TO --
20 SECONDS, 20 FEET AWAY IS I
THINK WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO
BE DOING.
WHEN WE DO THAT I WILL SWITCH
OVER TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION
WITH LOURDES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
HI EDWIN.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
WAS THAT 20 SECONDS?
THAT WAS MY 20 SECONDS?
>> I THINK SO.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL GO BACK INTO SCREEN
SHARING.
>> ALL RIGHT SO WE ARE REALLY
EXCITED TO HAVE LOURDES FROM ALL
CHILDREN THRIVE HERE.
I'M GOING TO LET HER INTRODUCE
HERSELF AND GIVE US INFORMATION
ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
BUT WE LEARNED ABOUT ALL
CHILDREN THRIVE FROM OUR
PARTNERS AT CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO
BRING LOURDES HERE TODAY TO TALK
ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY ARE
DOING ACROSS CALIFORNIA TO
CREATE SAFER AND MORE PROTECTIVE
ENVIRONMENTS FOR CHILDREN.
SO WITH THAT, PLEASE TAKE IT
AWAY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JESSIE
AND GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE I'M
LOURDES PEREZ DIRECTOR FOR ALL
CHILDREN THRIVE CALIFORNIA.
I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN POLICY
SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL
CHANGES FOR OVER 17 YEARS AND I
FORMERLY DIRECTED HEALTHY EATING
ACTIVE CITIES CAMPAIGN FOR
PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATES.
WE DID PASS OVER 720 POLICIES ON
CREATING PROTECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS
IN 206 CITIES OVER THE COURSE OF
A DECADE AND TRANSITIONED TO ALL
CHILDREN THRIVE IN 2018 AND I
WILL DESCRIBE WHAT WE DO IN ALL
CHILDREN THRIVE WHICH IS A
SIMILAR PROGRAM WORKING ELSE TO
POLICY AND SYSTEMS CHANGES.
ALL CHILDREN THRIVE IS A PROGRAM
OF PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATES AND
UCLA CENTER FOR HEALTHIER
CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES AND FUNDED BY THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
HEALTH.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
ACT BEGAN AS A THREE-YEAR PILOT
PROJECT FUNDED BY MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES ACT FROM 2019 TO 2021
AND WAS REAUTHORIZED FOR FIVE
MORE YEARS THROUGH 2026 BY THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE AND AS I
SAID, FUNDED THROUGH THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
HEALTH.
ACT IS OVERSEEN BY 15-MEMBER
EQUITY ADVISORY GROUP.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE AND OUR VISION
IN ACT IS THAT CALIFORNIA
BECOMES A STATE WHERE CHILDREN,
YOUTH AND FAMILIES THRIVE.
SO.
A LOT OF WHAT I HEARD IN
JESSIE'S INTRODUCTION AND AS SHE
WAS DESCRIBING PROTECTIVE
ENVIRONMENTS.
WE DO THIS BY HELPING CALIFORNIA
CITIES PREVENT CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
AND MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF
ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES OR
ACES AND WE DO THIS BY BUILDING
NETWORKS OF PEOPLE AND PLACES
ACROSS THE STATE THAT ARE
WORKING TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY
SOLUTIONS THAT TRANSFORM POLICY
AND SYSTEMS SHAPING CHILD
WELL-BEING.
AND TOGETHER WITH RESIDENTS,
YOUTH, CITY OFFICIALS AND
COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO KNOW THEIR
COMMUNITIES BEST WE CODESIGN
SOLUTIONS THROUGH POLICIES.
AND WE ALSO HELP COMMUNITIES
BUILDING CAPACITY THROUGH
TRAINING AND COACHING THAT
DEMOCRATIZES DATA AND RAISES
AWARENESS AROUND ACES PREVENTION
AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF
HEALTH.
I WILL GO A BIT MORE IN DETAIL
ABOUT THE FOCUS AREAS WITHIN ACT
IN A FEW MINUTES BUT CREATING
PROTECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS IS A
HUGE FOCUS WITHIN OUR WORK.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
ACT OVERSEEN AS I MENTIONED
EARLIER BY A 15-MEMBER EQUITY
ADVISORY GROUP TO GUIDE
IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT AND ENSURE
THAT THE PROJECT IS COMMUNITY
DRIVEN AND EQUITY FOCUSED.
WE RECENTLY RECRUITED A NEW
COHORT AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS
THE REPRESENTATION ACROSS THE
STATE AS SHOWN ON THE MAP.
BROAD GEOGRAPHY ACROSS THE STATE
FROM ARCATA ALL THE WAY DOWN TO
SAN DIEGO AND ALL OF OUR MEMBERS
IN EAG FROM A VARIETY OF BACK
GROUNDS FROM PROFESSIONAL TO
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE FROM CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHERS AND
WE PRIDE OURSELVES WORKING WITH
OUR EQUITY ADVISORY GROUP AND
ENSURE THAT ALL WE MENTION IS
EQUITY-DRIVEN.
NEXT SLIDE.
WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH 18
ACT-FUNDED PROJECTS ACROSS
CALIFORNIA.
WE DO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THESE
PROJECTS TO IMPLEMENT THEIR
CHANGES.
SEE THE LOCATION OF THESE
PROJECTS ON THE MAP AND WE ALSO
RECENTLY LAUNCHED OUR NEW CALL
FOR SUBMISSIONS IN JULY.
AND WE WILL BE FUNDING A COHORT
OF 13 ACT-FUNDED PROJECTS THIS
FALL.
SO WE OFFERED 200,000 PER
COMMUNITY OVER THE COURSE OF
THREE YEARS AND THESE PROJECTS
WORK WITH US TO IMPLEMENT THEIR
POLICIES AND SYSTEMS CHANGE THAT
THEY IDENTIFY, THEY SELECT AND
AS I MENTIONED, WE WORK TOGETHER
WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN
REALLY HELPING TO IMPLEMENT
THESE PROJECTS ACROSS
CALIFORNIA.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO THESE ACT-FUNDED PROJECTS
SELECT ONE OF OUR FIVE COMMUNITY
ACTION AREAS THAT ARE SUPPORTED
BY ALL CHILDREN THRIVE.
AND THESE COMMUNITY ACTION AREAS
ARE CREATING PROTECTIVE
ENVIRONMENTS, PROMOTING HEALTHY
CHILD DEVELOPMENT, ACCESS TO
SAFE AND STABLE HOUSING,
STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC SUPPORTS,
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND CIVIC
ENGAGEMENT, AND OUR BONUS AREA
IS MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS
WHICH IS REALLY EMBEDDED IN ALL
OF THESE OTHER COMMUNITY ACTION
AREAS.
AND AS I MENTIONED, CREATING
PROTECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS, I WILL
HONE IN MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
THAT WORK AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
LOCALLY AND YOU CAN SEE WE
INCLUDE SAFE AND STABLE HOUSING,
ECONOMIC SUPPORTS, SOME OF THE
FACTORS THAT JESSIE MENTIONED IN
HER INTRODUCTION.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO AS PROJECTS COME INTO OUR
INITIATIVE THEY BEGIN TO DEVELOP
WHAT WE CALL THE ACT DESIGN
TEAM.
AND THE DESIGN TEAM IS REALLY A
STEERING COALITION OR A
COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDES ADULT
AND YOUTH COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
COMMUNITY SERVING ORGANIZATIONS,
CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF AND
INSTITUTIONS.
AND THESE COALITIONS CAN BE
THERE IN EXISTENCE, ALREADY IN
THE COMMUNITY OR CAN NEWLY FORM
FOR THE ACT INITIATIVE.
AND EACH TEAM MEMBER LEADER
BRINGS UNIQUE AND CRITICAL
CONTRIBUTION TO ACT.
SO ADULTS AND YOUTH COMMUNITY
MEMBERS REALLY ARE ADVOCATES FOR
THEIR POLICY AND SYSTEMS CHANGE.
THEY BECOME THAT VOICE FOR THE
SOCIAL CHANGE NOT ONLY DO THEY
INFORM THE NEED, BUT THAT VOICE
TO REALLY DRIVE THE CHANGE THAT
THEY ARE SEEKING AND ENSURING
THAT THE PROJECT MEETS THOSE
NEEDS, IDENTIFIED BY COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY SERVING
ORGANIZATION, WE FUND A
COMMUNITY SERVING ORGANIZATION
BUT THEY WORK WITH OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY
TO REALLY FACILITATE COMMUNITY
PARTICIPATION, GATHER FEEDBACK
FROM COMMUNITY AROUND NEEDS AND
ON THE STRATEGY AND THE POLICY
THAT THEY SEEK AND THEN THEY
ALSO HOLD DECISION-MAKERS
ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT IS A REALLY CRITICAL
PIECE THAT THEY BRING
DECISION-MAKERS TOGETHER WITH
RESIDENTS AND THAT RESIDENTS
HAVE THE VOICE AT THAT
DECISION-MAKING TABLE.
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF
ALSO CHAMPION THE COMMUNITY
NEEDS, THEY USE THEIR POWER AND
THEIR PLATFORM TO PASS POLICIES,
AND ALSO MAKE CITY COMMITMENTS
TO EQUITY AND SOCIAL CHANGE.
AND THE INSTITUTIONS REALLY
PROVIDE LEADERSHIP, GUIDANCE AND
RESOURCES FOR THE COMMON GOAL OF
MEETING THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITY.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO, ALL OF OUR PROJECTS ARE
ASSIGNED A COACH FROM OUR STAFF
WHO WILL PROVIDE TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE AND ALSO GUIDANCE FOR
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE
PROJECTS.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE TEAMS ON POLICY,
DATA, RESEARCH, YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNICATIONS AND
SUSTAINABILITY AND OUR TA
INCLUDES BI-WEEKLY STRATEGIC
PLANNING WITH YOUR COACH, POLICY
SELECTION AND TRAINING, YOU CAN
SEE A CURRICULA MAP ON THE
RIGHT, POLICY TRAINING THAT
INCLUDES SEVEN MODULES, YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT AND ENGAGEMENT
THROUGH MONTHLY YOUTH LEADERS
FORUM, WORKSHOPS DEDICATED TO
YOUTH AND REALLY BUILDING OUT
THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND
THEIR ADVOCACY SKILLS SO THAT
THEY BECOME YOUTH CHAMPIONS IN
THE PROGRAM AND CAN ALSO BRING A
STATE-WIDE VOICE AS THE GROUP
COMES TOGETHER AND IN ADDITION
WE PROVIDE DATA CONSULTATION.
NEXT SLIDE.
ADDITIONALLY OUR TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE INCLUDES A LEARNING
COMMUNITY SESSION, THESE ARE
FOUR SESSIONS PER YEAR WHERE THE
PROJECTS CAN COME TOGETHER AND
DO SOME PEER-TO-PEER
COLLABORATION, MAKE CONNECTIONS
TO OTHER PROJECTS AND LEARN WHAT
THE STRATEGIES ARE, HOW IT LOOKS
ON THE GROUND FOR EACH OF THE
RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES AND THEY
ALSO WORKSHOP IN THESE SPACES,
POLICIES AND INITIATIVE
ACTIVITIES.
WE BUILD THEM DEPENDING ON
INTEREST OR FOCUS AREA AND THEY
GET TO COLLABORATE AND THEY
RECEIVE ALSO GROUP TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE FROM OUR STAFF AND
SHARED RESOURCES FROM OTHER
PROJECTS AND ACT AS WELL.
THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO, IN THE NEXT COHORT WE WILL
HAVE EXISTING PROJECTS, PROVIDE
MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND
SHARE BEST PRACTICES WITH THE
NEW-FUNDED PROJECTS.
AND PART OF WHAT OUR
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE INCLUDES, TRAINING ON
SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, MEDIA
ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT TO CONDUCT
NEWS WORTHY EVENTS AND CREATING
ALL OF THE EDUCATIONAL
MATERIALS, FACT SHEETS,
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR
ELECTED OFFICIALS IN PACKETS AND
OTHER COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES
THAT AID THE COMMUNITIES AND
REALLY SHOWCASING OUR WORK AT
THE LOCAL LEVEL, BUT ALSO
BUILDING SUPPORT FROM OTHER
RESIDENTS FROM, THE COMMUNITY IN
GENERAL.
OUR SUSTAINABILITY TA ALSO
INCLUDES SOME GRANT WRITING
WORKSHOPS, CONSULTATION, FREE
CONSULTATIONS WITH AN EXPERT OR
PROFESSIONAL GRANT WRITER, WHO
AIDS THEM IN SEEKING FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES, AND, YOU KNOW,
REALLY ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE A
GREAT PROPOSAL TO PUT FORTH FOR
SUSTAINABLE FUNDING.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS OUR PROCESS
MAP.
THIS IS WHAT WE USE WHEN WE
ENGAGE CITIES WHEN THE
ACT-FUNDED PROJECTS COME IN AND
THEY START TO DEVELOP THEIR CORE
AND DESIGN TEAMS.
THIS IS WHAT WE USE TO DESCRIBE
THE PROCESS OF BECOMING AN ALL
CHILDREN THRIVE CALIFORNIA TEE.
YOU CAN SEE IT IS DIVIDED INTO
NINE PHASES.
THESE FACES ARE IMPLEMENTED OVER
THE COURSE OF THE THREE YEARS
THAT THEY ARE FUNDED WITH US.
AND WE REALLY HAVE A VISION TO
ENGAGE THEM, TO GROW, THROUGH
CAPACITY BUILDING AND ACCELERATE
THESE PROJECTS TO CREATE NEW
FUTURE WHERE ALL CHILDREN
THRIVE.
MEANING THAT CHILDREN AND FAMILY
ARE THRIVING IN THOSE
COMMUNITIES THROUGH POLICIES
THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED AND HAVE
ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THESE
COMPLEX COMMUNITY COALITIONS.
SO THE PHASES THAT YOU SEE HERE
ARE PRE-ENGAGEMENT.
THIS OCCURS REALLY BEFORE THEY
COME INTO THE PROJECT, WHERE
THEY START DEVELOPING A SCOPE OF
WORK, THEY START THINKING WELL
WHO ARE THE PARTNERS IN THIS
PROJECT, WHAT IS THE FOCUS AREA.
WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY NEED
BEHIND THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS
THROUGH THIS PROJECT.
THEY MOVE INTO DEVELOPING TEAMS
SO THAT DESIGN TEAM THAT I
DESCRIBED TO YOU, WE ASK THAT
THEY DEVELOP A YOUTH DESIGN
TEAM, SO EVERY PROJECT HAS TO
INVOLVE YOUTH AND WE HAVE AN
ADULT DESIGN TEAM WITH ALL OF
THE MEMBERS THAT I MENTIONED AND
YOUTH DESIGN TEAM THAT IS YOUTH
FOCUSED AND YOUTH LED AND REALLY
ENGAGING THEM IN THE POLICY
ADVOCACY.
WE MOVE INTO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT
SO THEY DO A COMMUNITY LANDSCAPE
TO REALLY COMPREHEND WELL WHAT
IS THE NEED, WHAT ARE THE TRENDS
IN OUR COMMUNITY AROUND THESE
ISSUES.
AND WHAT DATA CAN WE START
GATHERING TO DEMONSTRATE THAT
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED
TO ADDRESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN FROM THERE, THEY MOVE
INTO PLANNING AND STRATEGY
DEVELOPMENT, SO REALLY THINKING
THROUGH WHAT POLICY STRATEGIES
ARE THIS HE GOING TO FOCUS ON,
UTILIZING THE DATA THAT THEY
COLLECT THROUGH THE NEEDS
ASSESSMENT AS WELL TO INFORM
THEM.
MOVING INTO POLICY DEVELOPMENT,
MORE OF THE CRITICAL COMPONENTS
OF DEVELOPING A POLICY,
DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS WITH
ELECTED OFFICIALS SO THAT THEY
ARE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD, AND
HAVE SUCCESS.
AND COALITION BUILDING HAPPENS
THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT BUT
COALITION BUILDING REALLY REFERS
TO GARNERING BROADER SUPPORT FOR
THE POLICY AND SYSTEMS CHANGE
THAT THEY ARE SEEKING, AND
THROUGH THE POLICY ADVOCACY, ALL
OF THE ADVOCATES COME TOGETHER,
NOT ONLY THE DESIGN TEAM BUT
OTHER ADVOCATES THAT JOINED
THEIR EFFORTS, THEIR CAUSE, COME
TOGETHER BEFORE CITY COUNCIL OR
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OR SCHOOL
DISTRICT IF IT IS A SCHOOL-BASED
POLICY BUT THE IDEA IS THEY HAVE
THIS LARGE SUPPORT BY THIS POINT
IN TIME AND HAVE SUCCESS IN
BRINGING FORTH THEIR POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS.
POLICIES CAN LOOK LIKE
RESOLUTIONS, THEY CAN LOOK LIKE
ORDINANCES.
THEY HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS,
DEPENDING ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY
IS SEEKING.
AND ALSO THE POLITICAL WILL THAT
EXISTS IN THAT COMMUNITY.
AND FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS OR
DECISION-MAKERS.
AND THEN SUSTAINABILITY REALLY
THINKING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, HOW
DO SUSTAIN THEIR EFFORTS, POLICY
CHANGE IF YOU ARE NOT AWARE, CAN
BE REALLY EXTENSIVE, RIGHT?
IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO PASS
POLICY SOMETIMES AND IT TAKES A
LONG TIME TO SEE THE IMPACT OF
THE POLICY.
AND THE CHANGE IN THE COMMUNITY,
THE CHANGE AROUND SYSTEMS,
AROUND PRACTICES, AROUND THE
ENVIRONMENT.
SO, YOU DO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
SUSTAINABILITY AND HOW DO YOU
SUSTAIN THIS WORK BEYOND ALL
CHILDREN THRIVE.
AS I MENTION WE ONLY FUND
PROJECTS FOR THREE YEARS,
COMPREHENDING THAT THIS WORK
REALLY DOES TAKE MUCH MORE TIME
THAN THE THREE YEARS WE FUND
THEM FOR AND THE LAST PHASE IS
PROJECT CLOSE-OUT WHICH IS
HAND-IN-HAND WITH
SUSTAINABILITY.
WE RECOMMEND THESE PHASES IN THE
ORDER I JUST DESCRIBED WE DO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOMETIMES THIS
PROCESS IS NOT LINEAR, MEANING
THAT OTHER FACTORS CAN INFLUENCE
SUCH AS READINESS AND POLITICAL
WILL.
THAT IS WHY YOU SEE THESE ARROWS
GOING DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND
THIS IS A ROAD MAP FOR PROJECTS
TO COMPREHEND, THEIR INVOLVEMENT
IN ALL CHILDREN THRIVE AND HOW
TO CREATE THAT TRANSFORMATION IN
THEIR COMMUNITY.
NEXT SLIDE.
ACT FOCUSES ON CREATING
PROTECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS TO
SUPPORT HEALTHY CHILD AND YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT AND PREVENT YOUTH
VIOLENCE AND CHILDHOOD TRAUMA.
SO WE KNOW THAT FOR CHILDREN AND
YOUTH TO REACH THEIR FULL HEALTH
AND HUMAN POTENTIAL THEY NEED
SAFE, STABLE AND NURTURING
RELATIONSHIPS AND ENVIRONMENTS
AS JESSIE WAS DESCRIBING.
BUT NOT ALL CHILDREN AND YOUTH
HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT?
IT DEPENDS ON THEIR COMMUNITY
CONDITIONS, ON THEIR FAMILY
CONDITIONS, WHAT TYPE OF
EXPERIENCES THEY UNDERTAKE OR
EXPERIENCE IN LIFE.
SO ACT APPLIES INNOVATIVE
APPROACHES TO REDUCE VIOLENCE
ACROSS THE STATE AND AGAIN
PREVENT TRAUMA.
WE DO THIS THROUGH INCREASING
AND MAINTAINING OPEN SPACES TO
FOSTER SOCIAL INTERACTION.
STRENGTH AND CONNECTEDNESS,
INCREASED SHARED TRUST IN
RESIDENCES AND IMPROVE SAFETY.
IT LOOKS LIKE EQUITY PROJECTS,
COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECTS,
VACANT LOT CONVERSIONS THAT IS
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
ESTABLISHING SAFE ROUTES TO
SCHOOLS, JOINT NEWS POLICIES,
ESTABLISHING HEALTHY VENDING
POLICIES THIS IN PARTICULAR IS
IN ONE OF OUR TRIBAL NATIONS
WHERE THEY ARE LOOKING AT
DECOLONIZING THEIR DIET AND
REALLY HAVING HEALTHIER CHOICES
IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
IN THEIR VENDING MACHINES SO
THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE
OPTIONS, HEALTHIER OPTIONS I
SHOULD SAY.
REDEFINING PUBLIC SAFETY HAS
BEEN A BIG ONE AS WELL AND ALSO
EXPANDING THE DIRECTION OF
RESOURCES TO SUPPORT CHILDREN
AND YOUTH.
NOT ONLY LOOKING AT THE PUBLIC
SAFETY RESOLUTION, BUT EXPANDING
WHERE FUNDING GOES AND REALLY
THAT FUNDING IS SUPPORTING YOUTH
AND CHILDREN PROGRAMS AND
RECREATION AND OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT.
STIPULATING CHILD WELL-BEING AS
A RIGHT IN THE COMMUNITY'S
GENERAL PLAN IS ANOTHER WAY THAT
WE WORK ON THIS.
GENERAL PLAN UPDATES THAT REALLY
INCLUDE LANGUAGE TO PROTECT
CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES.
SUCH AS THE SAFE ROUTES TO
SCHOOL, SUCH AS THE HEALTHY FOOD
AND OTHER WAYS, PREVENTION OF
VIOLENCE, AND OTHER WAYS THAT WE
INCLUDE LANGUAGE AGAIN TO
STIPULATE THAT IT IS A RIGHT IN
THE CHILDREN'S LIFE.
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT IN LOCAL
NEIGHBORHOODS AND SAFE AND
STABLE HOUSING ARE SOME OF THE
OTHER PROTECTIVE ENVIRONMENT
STRATEGIES THAT WE FOCUSED ON.
AND SPECIFICALLY ALL OF THESE
STRATEGIES AIM AT PARTNERING
WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AS
I MENTIONED EARLIER, TO BUILD
CAPACITY, TO PREVENT VIOLENCE,
AND WE ALSO HELP TO CONDUCT
RESEARCH AND EVALUATE PREVENTION
STRATEGIES AND TO DEVELOP THE
APPROACHES FOR CHILD AND YOUTH
VIOLENCE PREVENTION THAT ARE
SCALABLE.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE EXPANDING TO
MORE PROJECTS BECAUSE WE KNOW
THAT THESE STRATEGIES ARE
SCALABLE.
AS I MENTIONED WHEN I INTRODUCED
MYSELF IN HEEL WE PASSED OVER
720 POLICIES AND THESE WERE
POLICIES SCALED TO MULTIPLE
COMMUNITIES.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
ATTEMPTING TO DO WITH ALL
CHILDREN THRIVE, REALLY SCALE
THESE POLICIES THAT ARE EVIDENCE
BASED, THAT ARE BEING
IMPLEMENTED, THROUGH COMMUNITY
VOICES AND THROUGH COMMUNITY
PARTICIPATION AND BUILDING THAT
RELATIONSHIP WITH ELECTED
OFFICIALS AND DECISION-MAKERS
WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO
CREATE THOSE STRATEGIES, THAT
MAKE SENSE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY
AND THAT WILL BE EFFECTIVE IN
PREVENTING VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA.
CHILD AND YOUTH VIOLENCE ARE
PREVENTABLE.
IT BEGINS WITH UNDERSTANDING THE
FACTORS THAT INCREASE OR PROTECT
CHILDREN.
SO IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO
LISTEN TO THE YOUTH, TO LISTEN
TO THOSE THAT ARE AFFECTED BY
IT.
AND THAT IS HOW WE BEGIN THIS
PROJECT IS REALLY UNDERSTANDING
WHO ALL IS IMPACTED AND
INVOLVING PARTICIPANTS FROM THE
COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE
THEIR OWN VOICE AND INFLUENCE IN
TERMS OF THE PROJECT DIRECTION
AND THE WHOLE CHANGE THAT THEY
ASPIRE FOR.
SO STRATEGIES IMPLEMENTED BY ACT
ARE FOCUSED ON PREVENTION AND
REALLY AS JESSIE DESCRIBED ARE
COMMUNITY LEVEL IMPACTS ON
VIOLENCE.
SO WE WORK ON A COMMUNITY LEVEL,
PREVENTION STRATEGY SO THAT WE
ARE ABLE TO CHANGE COMMUNITY
CONDITIONS THAT EITHER INCREASE
OR BUFFER AGAINST THE RISK FOR
VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA.
SO I WON'T DESCRIBE THE
SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL MODEL, YOU
HAVE ALREADY HEARD FROM JESSIE.
I WILL SAY THAT IS WHY ACT WORKS
ON POLICY AND SYSTEM CHANGES TO
CREATE LONG-TERM IMPACTS AND
TRANSFORMATION OF COMMUNITY
CONDITIONS.
SO, PARTICULARLY IN THE SOCIAL
ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL
CHARACTERISTICS.
THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
ACT CONDUCTS NEEDS ASSESSMENT AS
I MENTIONED AND UTILIZES DATA
TECHNICAL TO ASSIST.
THEY ARE GIVEN TOOLS TO DO THEIR
WORK, UNDERSTAND DATA BEINGS,
COLLECT SECONDARY DATA AND IN
SOME CASES COLLECT PRIMARY DATA
IF THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SECONDARY
DATA AVAILABLE TO THEM AND THEY
DO THIS THROUGH SURVEYS, THROUGH
OBSERVATIONAL ASSESSMENTS,
THROUGH MAPPING, THROUGH
VISUALIZATIONS AND THAT IS WHAT
YOU SEE HERE, YOU SEE A QUICK
CAPTURE APPLICATION CREATED FOR
ONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
YOU SEE A MAPPING FEATURE, A
STORY MAP, SO WE PROVIDE ACCESS
TO ALL OF THESE TOOLS AT NO
COULD OF THE TO ANY DESIGN TEAM
MEMBER THAT IS INVOLVED IN ACT
AND IT IS A LIFETIME ACCESS TO
OUR GIS.
THE YOUTH ARE REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT THIS PORTION, THEY ARE
LEARNING ABOUT THE TOOLS,
LEARNING SOME RESEARCH AND DATA,
SCIENCE SKILLS AND APPLYING THEM
INTO THEIR PROJECT.
WE RECENTLY HAD A PRESENTATION
IN ONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES WHERE
THE COUNCIL MEMBER WAS IMPRESSED
BY THE YOUTH'S KNOWLEDGE OF THE
DATA COLLECTION, THE ANALYSIS
THAT THEY HAD CONDUCTED WITH THE
DATA AND HOW THEY WERE
PRESENTING THEIR INFORMATION
BASED ON DATA.
SO THEY UTILIZE THIS DATA NOT
ONLY TO MONITOR THE TRENDS IN
THEIR COMMUNITY BUT TOLLS TELL
THEIR COMMUNITY NARRATIVE.
TO SHARE WHAT THEY LEARNED, THE
REASON, WHY THIS CHANGE IS
NEEDED IN THEIR COMMUNITY, WITH
DECISION MAKERS AS THEY ADVOCATE
FOR THEIR POLICY AND SYSTEMS
CHANGE.
NEXT SLIDE, NEXT I WANT TO SHOW
YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES.
THE NEXT EXAMPLE IS ON MODESTO.
MODESTO ACT IS A YOUTH-DRIVEN
PARK EQUITY PROJECT THAT SEEKS
TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN ADULTS
AND FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO
SAFE, ACCESSIBLE HEALTHY PARKS
AND OPEN SPACES IN THE CITY OF
MODESTO.
THE PARK YOUTH COMMITTEE, AGAIN
PARK YOUTH COMMITTEE IS WHO
LEADS ALL OF THE EFFORTS THERE
IN THIS PROJECT.
THIS IS --
WE BEGAN WITH A GROUP OF 11
YOUTH LAST YEAR IN YEAR NUMBER
TWO AND NOW HAVE EXTENDED TO A
SECOND COHORT WITH 22 YOUTH
INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT.
AND THEIR VISION REALLY IS THAT
THIS PARK SYSTEM PROVIDES
ACCESSIBLE RECREATIONAL,
PHYSICAL, CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES
FOR ALL RESIDENTS IN MODESTO.
SO THEY IN PARTICULAR BEGAN TO
COLLECT THEIR DATA AND DO A
NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND ANALYZED
SOME AFFLUENT PARKS, THEY
VISITED AFFLUENT PARKS AND
VISITED UNDERSERVED PARKS TO DO
A COMPARISON OF AMENITIES, WHAT
WAS AVAILABLE AND TO BE ABLE TO
UTILIZE THAT DATA TO THEN
IDENTIFY WHAT PARKS TO FOCUS ON
AND THEY SELECTED TWO PARKS IN
WEST MODESTO THAT ARE IN LOW
INCOME, UNDERSERVED PARKS AND
REALLY HAVE BEGUN TO DO ALL OF
THE DATA COLLECTION THROUGH
SURVEYS THAT THEY THEMSELVES
HAVE DEVELOPED AND REALLY
ANALYZE THAT DATA TO BRING THAT
STORY BACK TO ELECTED OFFICIALS.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO INTO
SOME OF THESE EXAMPLES.
YOU CAN ACCESS, THESE LINKS YOU
HAVE HERE ACCESS THOSE IN THE
PDF COPY THAT WE HAVE GIVEN YOU
AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE
EXAMPLES.
THE STORY MAP IS A DIGITAL WAY
OF TELLING THEIR STORY, THEY
TAKE IT TO COMMUNITY, THEY TAKE
IT TO ELECTED OFFICIALS AND
PRESENT THROUGH THAT STORY MAP.
IT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE.
IT HAS VERY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS
THAT THEY CAN REALLY SHOWCASE
AND FEATURE.
THEY HAVE A DATA DASHBOARD THAT
BRINGS IN THE SURVEY DATA AND
WHAT RESIDENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT
THE NEEDS AND YOU KNOW, WHAT
THEY EXPERIENCE IN THOSE
PARTICULAR PARKS AROUND LACK OF
SAFETY, YOU KNOW, AND WHY THEY
DON'T USE THESE PARKS.
IT IS REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE
WHAT COMMUNITY THEMSELVES ARE
SAYING ABOUT THESE PARKS AND
BEING ABLE TO TAKE THAT VOICE TO
DECISION MAKERS SO THAT IT
INFLUENCES THEIR DECISION AND
HOPEFULLY IN FAVOR OF THE PARK
CHANGES THAT THEY ARE SEEKING.
THE NEXT EXAMPLE IS SACRAMENTO.
IF YOU TO GO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS REALLY IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH SAC KIDS FIRST AND YOUTH
FORWARD, THEY SUCCESSFULLY
PASSED MEASURE L DURING THE
NOVEMBER 2022 ELECTIONS AND THIS
MEASURE ALLOCATES AMOUNT OF
GENERAL FUND REVENUE EQUIVALENT
TO 40% OF TOTAL REVENUE
GENERATED FROM CANNABIS TAX.
40% OF CANNABIS TAX IS DEDICATED
TOWARDS CHILDREN'S FUND FOR
POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT,
YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION
PROGRAMS SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH
COUNSELLING SUBSTANCE ABUSE
TREATMENT, EARLY PREVENTION AND
INTERVENTION.
HUGE WIN.
SACRAMENTO WILL HAVE $10 MILLION
IN THIS YEAR TO INVEST IN YOUTH.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, THE ACT TEAM
IS WORKING TOWARDS HEARING FROM
THE COMMUNITY THROUGH SURVEYS,
WHAT IS IT THAT THEY ENVISION
AS, YOU KNOW, THEY ROLL OUT AND
IMPLEMENT THESE PROGRAMS?
WHAT DO THEY NEED?
WHAT DO THEY ENVISION SO THAT
THEIR VOICE IS CONSIDER
IMMEDIATE THE FUNDING OF THESE
PROGRAMS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE CHILDREN'S FUND.
VERY EXCITING WORK.
NEXT SLIDE IS VALLEJO WORKING ON
A PUBLIC SAFETY REDUCTION, TO GO
THE NEXT SLIDE.
PUBLIC SAFETY RESOLUTION TO
INCLUDE YOUTH PROGRAMS THAT
PREVENT VIOLENCE AND MITIGATE
THE IMPACTS OF VIOLENCE.
SO, IN PARTICULAR, THEY ARE
WORKING WITH LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND THE LOCAL SCHOOL
DISTRICT TO COLLECT DATA ON
VIOLENCE AND CRIMES AND USING IT
TOLLS MONITOR TRENDS AROUND
YOUTH VIOLENCE.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN THE
PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE
RESOLUTION BY USING THIS DATA
AND RESEARCH THAT THEY HAVE
COLLECTED AND WILL BE PRESENTING
TO CITY COUNCIL IN THE FALL.
VERY EXCITING TO SEE NOT ONLY
THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT
ENFORCING DIFFERENT PUBLIC
SAFETY MEASURES, BUT ALSO
REDIRECTING FUNDS TOWARDS YOUTH
PROGRAMS AND PREVENTION OF
VIOLENCE.
AND THE LAST EXAMPLE IS
BAKERSFIELD.
SO BAKERSFIELD IS WORKING
TOWARDS GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.
AND THEY ARE INCLUDING LANGUAGE
FOR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS AND
COMPLETE STREETS AS WELL AS
INCLUDING CHILD WELL-BEING AS A
RIGHT.
SO THEY ARE REALLY INCLUDING
YOUTH AND ADULT VOICES TO BETTER
NEIGHBORHOOD CONDITIONS AND
FOSTER SOCIAL INTERACTION AND
IMPROVE SAFETY THERE IN THEIR
COMMUNITY.
ALL OF THESE PROJECTS WORK
TOWARDS YOU KNOW, CREATING
COLLATERAL MATERIALS THAT THEY
CAN USE IN COMMUNITY, THAT THEY
CAN USE WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS
TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE
SUPPORT FOR THEIR PROJECT AND
THE POLICY AND SYSTEMS CHANGE
THAT THEY ARE SEEKING.
SO AS YOU HAVE SEEN ALL OF THESE
PROJECTS, REALLY APPLY
COMMUNITY-LEVEL STRATEGIES TO
PROMOTE HEALTHY CHILD AND YOUTH
OUTCOMES.
AND I HAVE ONLY SHOWCASED A FEW
OF THEM, BUT YOU CAN ACCESS ALL
OF OUR POLICY MENU THROUGH OUR
REIMAGINING CHILD WELL BEING
DOCUMENT, SHELBY CAN SHARE THAT
EITHER TODAY OR LATER.
BUT WE HAVE A FULL POLICY MENU
ON ALL OF THE COMMUNITY ACTION
AREAS AND CREATING PROTECTIVE
ENVIRONMENTS THAT INCLUDES 20
PLUS POLICIES THAT YOU CAN TAKE
A LOOK AND IT HAS ALSO SOME DATA
AROUND EVIDENCE-BASED POLICIES
AND STRATEGIES.
SO, THE NEXT SLIDE, I JUST WANT
TO SAY PLEASE FOLLOW US ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE HAVE SEVERAL WAYS THAT YOU
CAN LEARN ABOUT OUR WORK.
YouTUBE, TWITTER LINKEDIN,
FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM WE OFTEN
POST NOT ONLY THE INITIATIVE
LEVEL WORK BUT ALSO SOME OF THE
LOCAL PROJECTS.
PLEASE FOLLOW US.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TIME FOR
QUESTIONS, MAYBE A COUPLE OF
MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS IF ANYONE
HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
>> YES, WE DEFINITELY HAVE TIME
FOR QUESTIONS.
YOU CAN PUT YOUR QUESTIONS IN
THE CHAT AND TERESA, YOU CAN LET
US CHIME IN WITH YOUR QUESTION.
>> HI THANK YOU SO MUCH LOURDES.
IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
SORRY IF I MISSED THIS AT THE
BEGINNING ARE ALL OF THE CURRENT
GRANT EAST MUNICIPALITIES IS
THAT WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO USE THIS
FUNDING AND THAT IS WHO IS
LEADING THE PROJECTS?
>> GREAT QUESTION.
SO, NO.
WE FUND COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN A LOCAL
COMMUNITY.
SO IT DOES HAVE TO BE A LOCAL
PROJECT.
AND WHAT WE MEAN BY LOCAL, IT
CAN BE AT A NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL,
AT A TRIBAL NATION LEVEL, CITY
LEVEL, COUNTY LEVEL.
WE DO NOT FUND REGIONAL PROJECTS
NOR STATE-WIDE PROJECTS.
SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE WANT TO
CREATE LOCAL POLICY AND SYSTEMS
CHANGE.
WHAT A GREAT QUESTION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HAVE ANY OF THE PROGRAMS BEEN
ABLE TO START COLLECTING ANY
INITIAL DATA ON HOW THE PROGRAMS
HAVE AFFECTED --
HAVE IMPACTED THE COMMUNITY?
>> SO, PART OF OUR INITIATIVE
DOES INCLUDE EVALUATION, SO WE
HAVE A TEAM OF SEVEN EVALUATORS
THAT WILL BE COLLECTING DATA ON
THESE PROJECTS AND THE IMPACT.
CURRENTLY, WHAT WE HAVE DONE
THUS FAR IS COLLECT SOME CASE
STUDIES, FOR THE PROJECTS TO
LOOK AT THE IMPACT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT RELEASING SOME
PORTFOLIOS FOR EACH OF THE
PROJECTS AS THEY EXIT WE WILL
HAVE A PORTFOLIO DESCRIBING
THEIR SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES AND
THE IMPACT IN THEIR COMMUNITY
AND IN ADDITION, WE CONDUCT
INTERVIEWS BOTH WITH ELECTED
OFFICIALS, WITH CITY STAFF AS
WELL AS THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES
TO DESCRIBE THE EXPERIENCE IN
ALL CHILDREN THRIVE AND THE
IMPACTS.
WE WILL BE RELEASING AN
EVALUATION REPORT AFTER THIS
COHORT.
THIS IS OUR FIRST COHORT OF ACT
CITIES OR PROJECTS.
AND THEN WE ARE INTENDING AS I
MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION,
TO KEEP OUR ACT-FUNDED PROJECTS
AS PAIR MENTORS TO THE NEW
COHORT AND LEARNING FROM THAT
EXPERIENCE AS WELL AND HOW THAT
MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITY MAY
ACCELERATE THE NEW PROJECTS THAT
COME IN.
>> YES, I BET IT WILL AND WHAT A
GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED TO COACH
IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
THAT IS GREAT STRATEGY.
>> YES, AND OUR EVALUATORS ARE
FROM UCLA, AS I MENTIONED THIS
IS A COLLECTIVE PROJECT BETWEEN
PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATES AND
UCLA.
>> IT WAS AN UNFAIR QUESTION
SINCE IT IS THE FIRST YEAR AND
WE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THAT
COMMUNITY-LEVEL CHANGE IS SO
OFTEN A LONG GAME.
BUT IT IS ALSO IN THAT IT IS
NICE AND I'M SURE THIS IS WHAT
IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING IS
BEING ABLE TO LIKE REPORT ON
MILESTONES AND SUCCESSES ALONG
THE WAY.
SO YOU KEEP THAT ENERGY GOING
TOWARD THE GOAL.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE.
HOPEFULLY WE GET REAUTHORIZED
BUT WE WILL BE WORKING WITH 31
CITIES BEFORE OUR CURRENT
FUNDING ENDS.
AND HOPEFULLY CAN TELL GOOD
STORIES FROM THAT AND BE ABLE TO
CONTINUE TO FUND COMMUNITIES TO
DO THIS WORK.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND
ESSENTIAL WORK IN COMMUNITIES.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
FROM ANYONE?
I WOULD NOT EXPECT THERE TO BE A
LOT OF QUESTIONS AND THEN I'M
OH, THAT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION
TO PROCESS!
SO --
YOU KNOW HOW TO GET AHOLD OF
SHELBY AT LEAST AND SO IF YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS AFTER WE GET OFF
OF THE CONFERENCE, PLEASE DO
FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT.
>> PLEASE DO.
I BELIEVE A PDF WILL BE PROVIDED
TO YOU OF THE PRESENTATION.
MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON THE
LAST SLIDE.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT.
MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE MORE
DETAILS ABOUT THE WORK.
YOU KNOW IT IS HARD TO REALLY
DESCRIBE SUCH EXTENSIVE WORK IN
A PRESENTATION BUT HAPPY TO
SHARE RESOURCES OR ANY OTHER
THING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE, EVEN
SAMPLE POLICIES AND HOW WE WORK
TO CUSTOMIZE THE POLICIES BY
COMMUNITY.
>> YES, GOSH, THERE IS COMPLEX
ISSUES, COMPLEX STRATEGIES,
RIGHT, COMPLEX WORK.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE COMING TO THE END OF OUR
TIME TOGETHER TODAY.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
COMING AND I WANT TO SEE IF YOU
COULD PUT THE QUESTION UP.
IF YOU COULD JUST DO US A FAVOR
ON THE WAY BACK I ASKED ABOUT
IMPACTS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO
KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY TAKEAWAYS
FROM TODAY'S SESSION.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THEM.
SO IF YOU CAN PUT IT IN THE
CHAT, ANYTHING THAT YOU LEARNED,
A TOOL OR AN IDEA YOU THINK YOU
CAN USE, AN AH-HA MOMENT OR A
CONNECTION, WE WOULD LOVE TO
HEAR ABOUT IT IN THE CHAT AND
PREVIEW FOR TOMORROW, WE ARE
GOING TO SPEND SOMETIME GIVING
YOU A CREATING PROTECTIVE
ENVIRONMENTS PLAY LIST WITH SOME
EXAMPLES OF SPECIFIC PROGRAMS
THAT FOLKS ARE IMPLEMENTING IN
THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEN WE WILL
HAVE MARIA FROM SAN DIEGO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TALKING
ABOUT THEIR WORK FOCUSED ON
HEALTH, WELLNESS AND SAFETY OF
LGBTQ+ YOUTH IN THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
SO COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY AND
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION THAT THEY
ARE DOING HERE, SAY HERE, I AM
IN THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
I GET TO LISTEN WITH TWO
DIFFERENT HATS ON AS A
PROFESSIONAL WORKING IN VIOLENCE
PREVENTION AND AS A PARENT IN
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO, ANYWAY, THEY ARE DOING
PRETTY PHENOMENAL WORK THAT I
GET TO GET A BIT OF AN INSIDE
VIEW OF.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL ALL JOIN
US AGAIN TOMORROW FOR THAT.
SAME TIME.
1:00.
AND IF YOU DID NOT REGISTER
SPECIFICALLY FOR PART 2, PLEASE
CLICK ON THE REGISTRATION LINK
THAT SHELBY JUST PUT UP, BECAUSE
THERE IS A DIFFERENT ZOOM LINK
AND STUFF.
SO WE WILL BE BACK WITH SHELBY
AND MARIA AND ALL OF YOU I HOPE
AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
>> THANKS EVERYONE.
SEE YOU TOMORROW.