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Communities Talk

The El Dorado Coalition for Overdose Prevention and Education created a template to be used for other overdose prevention coalitions to use for outlining the overdose crisis locally, their coalition's history, achievements, and ways for new members to get involved. This fact sheet can serve as an effective tool for communication and engagement with the community, coalition partners, and local decision-makers.

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Communicating for Impact Monica Dupuy Communicating for Impact Monica Dupuy

Ruchika Tulshyan: Creating Purposeful Spaces of Inclusion and Belonging

In this fireside chat, Ruchika Tulshyan and Melody Barnes (Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions) discussed practices that can support and operationalize inclusive, equity-centered collaborative cultures. They also shared about the importance of elevating the voices of women of color and those historically underestimated within collaborative work.

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Towards Equity-Driven Whole Child Health and Wellness

This brief provides a condensed version of the guide created with Youth Opioid Response California and California AfterSchool Network, to provide information on various strategies co-designed across sectors to support substance use prevention and creating hubs at schools and other community sites to promote whole child, whole family, and whole community health and wellbeing.

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Overdose Prevention Strategies Monica Dupuy Overdose Prevention Strategies Monica Dupuy

Public Safety-Led Community-Oriented Overdose Prevention Efforts (PS-COPE) Concept Paper

This PS-COPE Concept Paper is a new approach to community-oriented overdose prevention and response in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Communities. It is a supplemental resource that describes the cross-cutting principles of trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, procedurally just and PS-COPE approaches, and how each of these frameworks brings unique value to working within BIPOC communities.

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Public Safety-Led Community-Oriented Overdose Prevention Efforts (PS-COPE) Toolkit

The Public Safety-led Community-oriented Overdose Prevention Efforts (PS-COPE) Toolkit is a new approach to overdose prevention and response for Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) communities. It combines three proven models to enhance overdose prevention and response: trauma-informed care, recovery-oriented systems of care and procedural justice.

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Communities Driving Health Equity: A Spotlight Video Series

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) is proud to present a documentary video series that spotlights local organizations across the U.S. advancing health equity for their communities by addressing the environmental, social, economic, and structural challenges that may impact residents’ health. The videos show that, while challenges are numerous, progress is possible when community members, organizations, funders, and policy makers work together to drive local-level solutions that improve health equity and well-being for all.

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PRO Youth and Families

PRO Youth and Families partners with schools, community organizations, and local governments to engage youth in opportunities that inspire hope. PRO Youth and Families’ offers a variety of direct service programs for youth and supports the Youth & Family Collective initiative that uplifts community organizations, drives collaboration, and fosters capacity building for responsive youth and family programs and services.

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