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Safety Through Connection, Part Two: Imagine a world without intimate partner violence

This is part two in our guest blog series from our partners at Prevention Institute, Alisha Somji, Abena Asare, and Lisa Fujie Parks

Alisha Somji, Abena Asare, and Lisa Fujie Parks

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Safety Through Connection, Part One: From McKinleyville to San Diego, five communities redefine intimate partner violence prevention

The following is a guest blog from our parnters at Prevention Institute: Supporting safe relationships, mental wellbeing, and economic security are goals for many communities —but the connections...

Alisha Somji, Abena Asare, and Lisa Fujie Parks

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How the Public Charge Rule Affects All Californians

This article originally appeared in Blue Shield of California News Center . Sherry Hirota, chief executive officer of Asian Health Services , an Oakland-based health and advocacy organization, sees a...

Blue Shield of California News Center

Lucia Corral Pena and Mimi Kim sitting down together

The power and potential of restorative justice to address and prevent domestic violence

A discussion with Senior Program Officer Lucia Corral Peña and Executive Director of Creative Interventions Mimi Kim about the potential of restoratative justice as a solution to domestic violence.

What "Public Charge" Means for the Health of our Communities

On Friday, a federal court in New York blocked the Trump Administration’s proposed public charge rule while courts across the country weigh legal challenges to its implementation. The rule, which was...

Raymond Baxter, Ph.D.

Portrait of Carolyn Wang Kong

Two Years into Our Journey: Lessons in listening and humility

What started out two years ago as a simple “strategic plan refresh” quickly became a completely new direction for Blue Shield of California Foundation in our journey to make California the healthiest...

Carolyn Wang Kong

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