The HAVI hosts virtual and in-person gatherings that center the wisdom and expertise of communities most affected by violence. Our events are designed to support shared learning, strengthen program practice, and deepen connection across the community violence intervention ecosystem.
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Frontline violence prevention work often carries unseen emotional weight. This session invites participants to explore grief and loss as part of the healing journey, while sharing practical tools, grounding practices, and cultural wisdom to support resilience, compassion, and connection.
Please join the Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education for this webinar to receive practical guidance from experts on addressing past research harms and building durable, trust-based partnerships with communities to support meaningful firearm violence prevention research.
Please join the Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education to learn from experts on how they work with community partners to develop research questions that matter — questions that are meaningful to communities, fill critical gaps, and can realistically be answered with available resources.
Join us for this webinar introducing a new brief designed to support HVIPs as they engage hospital leadership, legal counsel, community partners, and other key stakeholders. The brief serves as a practical tool to facilitate meaningful information-sharing and promote thoughtful, coordinated, and patient-centered care.
Our first HAVI Town Hall of 2026 will explore the role of health systems in the community violence intervention (CVI) ecosystem and practical steps toward becoming a “CVI-ready” hospital.
The Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education invites you to the second webinar in a series designed to build the capacity, confidence and visibility of researchers and practitioners working to prevent firearm-related violence.
Doing research that engages or interacts directly with people (“human subjects research”) involves working with an institutional review board (IRB). IRBs help to support responsible clinical and behavioral research by protecting the rights and welfare of participants. Join our experts in this session to learn about when and why an IRB is needed; IRB processes, requirements, and timelines; how IRBs can facilitate or hinder equity in research, and unique considerations for working with an IRB when doing firearm injury research and community-based work.
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Please join the HAVI for the first webinar in our series “Stronger Together on the Frontline: HAVI Forums for the Field.” This webinar “Beyond Burnout: Creating Healing-Centered Workplaces in Uncertain Times” focuses on mental health and wellness tailored for both organizational leaders and frontline workers. Panelists will share tangible resources—including handouts, funding tips, and real-world examples—to help organizations support wellness initiatives, so you can walk away with actionable tools to build a healthier, more resilient workplace.
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“Rebuilding Trust in Public Health and Science“: The 2024 APHA Annual Meeting and Expo will take place in Minneapolis, MN on Oct. 27-30, 2024.
The Cities United 11th Annual Convening will take place October 2-4, 2024 in Seattle, Washington.
Safe States 2024 Annual Injury & Violence Prevention Conference will be held August 20-22 in Portland, Oregon!
Annually, NACCHO360 is the largest convening of local health department leaders and public health professionals in the United States, offering the opportunity to learn, network, and share experiences and best practices across local health departments. In 2024, we will gather in Detroit, Michigan, July 23-26, to explore the conference theme, "Heard it Through the Grapevine: Public Health Partnerships, Collaboration, and Innovation.”
Attendees, both on-site and watching via livestream, will learn how to adopt effective practices, engage with federal and state partners, and gain insights from public health experts. Register here.
This year, Giffords Center for Violence Intervention will host the 2024 Community Violence Intervention Conference in Los Angeles on June 24 & 25.
The Grantmakers In Health (GIH) Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy is the largest gathering of health funders in the country and the best place to meet up with the bright minds, seasoned experts, and innovative practitioners working in health philanthropy today.
April 24-25, 2024 - The 26th Annual Connecticut Trauma Conference will be be held this year at the Mohegan Sun.
The Connecticut Trauma Conference continues to provide high quality education in trauma, critical care and injury prevention. This year's speakers come from local, regional, and national centers and will share their expertise in trauma care across the continuum.
Medical challenges arise each year in Pennsylvania, especially in trauma care. The ATSPA’s annual conference aims to provide an educational arena for pre-hospital personnel, physicians, nurses, administrators, social workers, rehabilitation specialists and others to learn about current trends in trauma.
The conference speakers consistently provide up-to-date information on various topics. As an educational event, conference attendees receive continuing education credit.
In addition to the educational aspect, the annual conference delivers an excellent networking opportunity with other medical professionals and service companies/organizations.
National Youth Violence Prevention Week, from April 22 to 26 this year, is the time of the year when certain organizations place a great focus on preventing youth violence. Sponsored by the National Association of Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) and Sandy Hook Promise, the week looks at the different instances of youth violence that have taken place over the past few years. It also aims to encourage student involvement, so people of all ages are better prepared to tackle cases of youth violence before they occur. The end goal is to ensure no young lives are lost in horrifying acts of violence.
Since 1981, National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) has challenged the Nation to confront and remove barriers to achieving justice for all victims of crime. During NCVRW, we celebrate the accomplishments of the victims’ rights movement and reflect on how far we have come.
Every April, OVC leads communities throughout the country in their annual observances of NCVRW. We will observe NCVRW April 21–27, 2024, with the theme—
How would you help?
Options, services, and hope for crime survivors.
The 2024 theme asks all of us—friends, family members, neighbors, colleagues, community leaders, victim service providers, criminal justice practitioners, and health professionals—how we can help crime victims.
Advancing injury prevention through community-engaged research
Hosted by the Injury Prevention Research Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The theme for the 2024 SAVIR Annual Conference is "Advancing injury prevention through community-engaged research”. The conference will highlight ways in which researchers are engaging communities in a meaningful way to advance injury and violence prevention.
During the conference, we will explore methods, strategies, and the role of working with community partners, community leaders and others to conduct research, outreach and training activities. Join us to share ideas and perspectives, and to learn about innovative approaches to injury and violence prevention.
Location: Sheraton Chapel Hill Hotel. One Europa Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
The 2024 Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Grantee Conference is an opportunity for CVIPI grantees to network with Office of Justice Programs (OJP) grant managers and other community violence intervention (CVI) grantees while learning and sharing best practices and strategies for implementing violence intervention activities.
Participation in the conference is by invitation only. Please email bjanttac@usdoj.gov if there are any questions about participating in the conference.
Protecting, Connecting and Thriving: We Are All Public Health
Public health is more than just health care. It's the steps we take to make sure our neighborhoods and environment are free from pollution. It's making sure our food and water are safe to eat and drink. It's also the relationships we foster in our communities. We're all interconnected. When we all come together to support public health, all of us — individuals, families, communities and the public health field — can achieve the goals of public health.
Hosted by Northwell Health’s CEO Michael Dowling, the Gun Violence Prevention Forum is an annual convening of key healthcare and cross-sector leaders to form alliances, drive strategy, and elevate the national conversation around gun violence as a public health emergency.
This ground-breaking public health summit is focused on mobilizing collective efforts within the healthcare industry. And now – building on the significant momentum we have seen in healthcare and at a national level – is the urgent time to mobilize from advocacy to action.
Join your friends and colleagues in Atlanta from Nov. 12-15 for the APHA Annual Meeting.
The Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education, coordinated with the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention, has announced a Spring 2024 Funding Opportunity totaling $2.5 million! that will support researchers and organizations that:
- Seek to build capacity to conduct research, enhance and expand existing research, or conduct publishable research studies.
- Are implementing projects that educate and change narratives regarding gun violence, focused on the public health approach.
Letters of intent are due on 11/14/2023 at 12:00pm EST! Learn more and register for the 10/25/23 informational webinar: https://shorturl.at/dflA5
This yea’s theme is “Equipping Cities To Lead”
We are thrilled to announce that the 2023 HAVI conference will take place Sept. 26-28, 2023, and we will gather in-person in Chicago this year! Each year, the HAVI National Conference convenes a national group of stakeholders from government, healthcare, philanthropy, and frontline violence prevention to share innovative and best practices, lessons from the field, and research on violence intervention, healing equity, and community partnerships to bring this powerful work to scale.
The first annual Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC) Health Equity Leadership Summit!
The 2023 Community Violence Intervention Conference aims to bring together leading experts, advocates, and practitioners to share insights, struggles, and opportunities in a communal space devoted to advancing the field of community violence intervention.
The National Violent Death Reporting System Conference will be held May 16-18, 2023 at the Hyatt Regency in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This meeting will bring together an array of stakeholders to showcase findings from the NVDRS and demonstrate how the use of NVDRS data has helped to develop, expand, monitor, and sustain violence prevention programs, policies, and practices.
The "Invest In Peace" community violence intervention (CVI) rally will take place next week Thursday, May 11th at the Minnesota State Capitol.
On May 8-9, 2023, national experts on public safety from across the country will come together at the Safe and Just Communities Summit at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Co-hosted by John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the National Urban League, the Summit will provide a comprehensive, community-centered framework for safe communities – communities that are Resourced, Just, Healthy and Restored. This summit will offer an opportunity to learn from policymakers, practitioners, advocates, and researchers from around the country who will share programs, strategies, and research that support this framework for public safety.
A professional development and networking opportunity for hospital-based injury and violence prevention professionals.
We invite all frontline violence intervention workers to join us in the new year for a special three-part Brave Space series on grief and trauma.
Wednesday, April 26, 2023- Session Spotlight for Violence Prevention Professionals
Firearm Panel Discussion
Join for a conversation around firearm violence and how injury and violence prevention professionals play a critical role in this public health emergency. As the healthcare community is aware, there is an urgent need to address this epidemic in the United States, as well as its social, economic, and public health impacts.
