Public Health Institute

PHI's Alcohol Research Group (ARG) hosts the Studying Treatment & Addiction Recovery Residences (I-STARR) webinar series, which explores how to address challenges to providing and conducting research on medication for opioid use disorder in recovery housing. Join them next Tuesday, October 21 at 11am PT for a discussion on the intersection of recovery community centers (RCCs) and recovery housing. RCCs are emerging as an important component of the recovery support landscape, augmenting professional treatment, mutual-help organizations and other types of recovery support services, like recovery housing. This webinar reviews recent literature on RCCs and explores how they may differ from and complement recovery housing. Register: https://lnkd.in/g_a2p_cz

Advocacy can be intimidating, but our personal stories can help show policymakers how their decisions have a profound impact in our lives. In a blog shared last month by PHI's Berkeley Media Studies Group (BSMG), program associate Diana Guardado recounts her experience advocating for policy change at the state level and shares the strategies she used to tell a compelling story. One recommendation: make it personal. "Through my media advocacy training at BMSG, I’ve learned how stories can bring urgency and clarity to complex policy issues. So I shared mine," said Diana. Read the blog: https://lnkd.in/gX6xryX5

When health payers and community development work together, they can transform access, opportunity, and health. A new factsheet from PHI's Build Healthy Places Network, "Mobilizing Community Investment for Health Payers" highlights how partnerships between health payers and community developers can help create the infrastructure communities need to thrive — investing upstream to improve health outcomes and advance equity for generations to come. One example: Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (eTOD) where investments in transportation, housing, and economic opportunity not only connect people to jobs, but also reduce healthcare costs, promote physical activity, and strengthen community resilience. Explore the factsheet: https://lnkd.in/gbSbZrcj

As global displacement reaches historic levels, refugees and asylum seekers face deep trauma, loss, and uncertainty. In these moments of profound hardship, faith communities have a vital role to play in offering healing, sanctuary, and hope. Last month, PHI's Center for Immigrant and Refugee Health hosted a webinar with faith leaders to highlight how Islam, Christianity, and Judaism address trauma, foster a sense of belonging, and promote resilience. Viewers explored practical ways communities of faith can stand with refugees and asylum seekers through compassion and collaboration. Watch the recording: https://lnkd.in/gF86kNtu

Join PHI's Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units - PEHSU (National Program Office) on Monday, October 20, for a webinar hosted by PEHSU's Childhood Cancer & the Environment Program. Dr. Nicole C. Deziel will present on oil and gas development and their impact on pediatric cancers. Learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/gT27MWiq

Last month, PHI's Roots of Change hosted cooking and butchery demonstrations and facilitated conversations about advancing regenerative meat systems as part of Terra Madre Americas. The international food festival and celebration of the slow food movement was featured by ABC10 news. “If [people] are interested in eating meat, we want them to buy better meat that’s produced by people who are caring for the earth and caring for your human health,” said PHI's Michael Dimock, executive director of Roots of Change. https://lnkd.in/drWrBqYs

Don't miss the final 2025 Lunch & Learn webinar from PHI’s Pacific ADA Center next Thursday, October 16. Hosted in collaboration with the California Commission on Disability Access, the event will provide an overview of emergency preparedness considerations, the role of accessibility in business continuity and how temporary changes in business functions might impact access for customers and employees with disabilities. Speakers will provide information on how to maintain operational resilience while upholding accessibility during emergencies. Register: https://lnkd.in/g58J8N2Z

New Jobs | Register: 4th Annual Rural ACEs Summit, "It Takes a Village: Building Systems of Care that Center Youth and Families" | Strategies to Support Mental Health & Resilience | Tools and Resources to Promote Healthcare Access for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities | Why CDFIs Are Essential for Community Health and Prosperity—all that and more in our latest updates:

The latest episode of Flipping the Table, a podcast from PHI's Roots of Change, features the final conversation from the Old Salt Festival—a gathering held this past June of nearly 3000 ranchers, artisans, chefs, advocates and musicians dedicated to promoting land stewardship, regional food, rural communities and regenerative ranching. PHI's Michael Dimock and Coco Sanabria speak with impact investors Kat Taylor and Emma Ractliffe on their innovative approaches to investing in the revitalization of rural enterprises, those central to the regenerative revolution underway. “For us, it really is about community wealth and what it would take to rebuild that,” shares Emma Ractliffe. Listen: https://lnkd.in/gF9nhmG5

Join PHI’s Center for Immigrant and Refugee Health this Wednesday, October 8, for a training designed to strengthen your capacity to deliver Know Your Rights workshops within the communities you serve. Presented in collaboration with Project ANAR, speakers will provide key insights into immigration law and share strategies for community members, service providers, advocates and allies. Register: https://lnkd.in/eQDQQai2 https://lnkd.in/g_99ZdzS