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Amplify Healing Connections

Childhood trauma can undermine people's physical and mental health, raising their risk of depression, aggression and suicide as well as chronic disease -- problems that can ripple out to future generations. Our Amplify Healing Connections program was set up to help break this destructive cycle by focusing on the problem of domestic and partner violence. By partnering with key community organizations across California, the program helped participants develop innovative and potentially life-saving ways of building loving, respectful and nourishing relationships among families and youth.

[caption id="attachment_30162" align="alignright" width="425"] At the San Francisco convening “From Collaboration to Co-Liberation: Reimagining Partnerships for Healing." which celebrated  Amplify Healing Connections' program to strengthen partnerships to prevent domestic violence.[/caption] Despite outreach challenges during the pandemic, the community organizations involved in the 22-month program -- sponsored by the Center for Care Innovations and Blue Shield of California Foundation -- all used their creativity to engage youth. You can get an inside look here at their collaborations in South Sacramento, McKinleyville, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz County, and the Central Coast, which developed peer and family education programs through everything from podcasts, theatre, camps and zines to school and community organizing, youth conferences and poster campaigns and PSAs on the warning signs of dating violence. Nonprofit community groups also shared their discoveries on partnership building, working with families at risk and peer circles. The program culminated in a joyful convening in San Francisco with partners and the public to celebrate and share lessons learned. Roza Do of Re verb Health Consulting, our evaluation partner, created an evaluation infographic to showcase the program's lessons learned and outcomes.

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“The Power of Partnerships”: An Illustrated Map of the Amplify Healing Connections Journey

July 30, 2023
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By Weslei Gabrillo
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The program’s exciting work on partnerships to prevent domestic violence is captured in this powerful infographic by Roza Do of Re verb Health Consulting.

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“Collaboration Moves at the Speed of Trust”: Reimagining Partnerships for Healing 

July 17, 2023
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By Diana Hembree
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The Center for Care Innovations (CCI) recently gathered community health leaders to reflect on a key question: How might we imagine partnership work as a way to more deeply connect to one another?…

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Healthy Black Families Collaborative Persists in the Face of Relentless Adversity

November 3, 2022
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By Diana Hembree
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This Sacramento collaborative was devastated by the pandemic, a tragic shooting, and the death of a beloved partner to Covid. But it endured.

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Rural Partnership For Indigenous Youth Works to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence

November 3, 2022
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By Diana Hembree
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The Native Women’s Collective draws on culture, coming of age rituals, dance and sports to model healthy relationships as well as trust, self-care, and empowerment.

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Peer Circle Reflections: How to Best Support Teens in Creating Healthy Relationships

October 23, 2022
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By Diana Hembree
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Peer circles are often described as small groups of peers, sometimes guided by a facilitator, designed to support each other and work on issues in a warm and supportive environment. In a peer circle r…

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During the Pandemic, SLO Community Collaborative Gets Creative in Educating Youth About Relationships

September 11, 2022
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By Diana Hembree
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Since 2018, the SLO Education Collaborative has worked with young people in person to foster healthy relationships and combat intimate partner violence. But when COVID-19 struck in early 2020 and then…

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Santa Cruz Coalition on Healthy Relationships Combats Stigma Against Teens of Color With Youth-Led Fun

September 10, 2022
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By Diana Hembree
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The Live Oak Youth Partnership found that teens didn’t just want to be seen, but treated with dignity and respect. Here’s how they made it happen.

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The Pandemic Led This Central Coast Alliance to Focus on Teens in Crisis

July 12, 2022
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By Diana Hembree
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When the Community Health Centers of the Central Coast (CHCCC) teamed up with the local nonprofit Fighting Back – Santa Maria Valley, its providers expected to focus on intervention and preventive men…

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10 Ways to Create Effective Community Partnerships

June 16, 2022
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By Diana Hembree
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The phrase “community partnerships” typically conjure up images about warm, like-minded people collaborating together towards a common cause or mission. But such relationships can have a dark side…

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