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Watercolor painting reads, "Breaking cycles of harm to create liberated community"

Domestic violence prevention: it's everyone's job

Debbie Chang, president and CEO of the Foundation, writes about how innovative strategies at both the national and local levels can help prevent domestic violence and create safer communities.

Headshot of Jhumpa Bhattacharya the co-founder of Maven Collaborative

How the history of care work impacts today’s narrative

Learn how The Maven Collaborative is working to create gender and racial equity via research, advocacy, and narrative change.

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Leaders unite to share community-driven solutions for children and families

Reflections on recent funding opportunities, policy successes, and innovations that address and prevent childhood trauma in California.

Martin Ricard

A portrait of poet Natalie Patterson

A conversation with poet Natalie Patterson

Natalie Patterson, a poet and leader with BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective), talks with Blue Shield of California Foundation about her work.

Equity in Multisector Collaboration Toolkit publication cover

Lessons from an equity toolkit workshop: facilitator perspective on participatory engagement

Blue Shield of California Foundation led a workshop for health funders at the 2023 Grantmakers In Health (GIH) annual conference held in Minneapolis.

Blue Shield of California Foundation and Cristobal Consulting

Portrait of Bernadette Choudhary

Care is essential, care is love, and care connects us all

Care work is skilled work that should be compensated. Care work allows all other forms of work to take place. Care work is vital to our economy.

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