Community Newsletter

Dear colleagues,

The University of Washington Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program (FIPRP) is committed to sharing timely, actionable information on gun violence prevention with our communities.

June is Gun Violence Awareness Month. Together, we honor Hadiya Pendleton and many others impacted by gun violence as we continue to strive to save lives and create a world in which all people are safe, healthy, and thriving.

If you have comments, content contributions, or would like to suggest individuals or groups to feature, please share your thoughts by emailing fiprp@uw.edu.

June 7th, 2024 – National Gun Violence Awareness Day

• How to Participate in Wear Orange, Everytown Support Fund

June 19th, 2024 – Juneteenth

•  ‘An occasion for unapologetic Black joy, community connection, and reeducation’: UW’s LaTaSha Levy discusses Juneteenth

June 20th, 2024 – World Refugee Day

• Some refugees resettling in America find gun violence instead of peace

READ: Inslee signs new gun laws, including ban at transit facilities, libraries

EXPLORE: National Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Resource Center

• In 2023, the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, established the National ERPO Resource Center, a training and technical assistance hub designed to support states and localities with the implementation of their ERPO programs to reduce gun violence and save lives.

READ: Examining adverse childhood experiences and Black youth's engagement in a hospital‐based violence intervention program using administrative data, Voith and colleagues (2024)

• This article highlights a novel approach to understanding how adverse childhood experiences faced by Black youth exposed to violence may impact hospital-based violence intervention program (HVIP) participation. Examining this relationship through the lenses of Trauma Theory and Critical Race Theory can help to inform HVIP recruitment and messaging efforts among youth at high risk for revictimization.

READ: Immigrating to Unsafe Spaces: Unique Patterns of Homicide in Immigrant Victims Compared to Native-Born Citizens, Abolarin and colleagues (2023)

• The purpose of this study is to better characterize victims of homicide in immigrant communities. The study compared differences in victim demographics, injury patterns, and circumstances of violent death between the immigrant population and native-born victims of homicide.

READ: "We know what's going on in our community": A qualitative analysis identifying community assets that deter gun violence, Parsons and colleagues (2023)

• This study explored community perspectives on local assets that may prevent and mitigate gun violence. Findings from this study suggest that investing in stable housing, building social cohesion, increasing access to community-based mental health services, and bolstering youth activities are needed to mitigate community gun violence.

LISTEN: “Coping With Gun Violence, Together” on Shrinking It Down: Mental Health Made Simple, Gretchen Felopulos, PhD

• On this podcast episode, special guest Gretchen Felopulos, PhD, the education and training lead for the Center for Gun Violence Prevention at Massachesetts General Hospital, joins Gene and Khadijah to discuss more about gun safety, youth suicide, best practices for lockdown drills, talking about guns to those with opposing views.

• Register & Attend: Together We End Gun Violence Conference, June 5-6th, 2024, Seattle, WA
• The Together We End Gun Violence conference series aims to strengthen grassroots to grass-top efforts to ensure a collective impact through a public health approach and build the foundation for our communities to be safe and thriving. 
• Please join members of the FIPRP team for a workshop on Evaluating Community Violence Interventions on June 5th @ 1:15-2:45pm PST.

• The Grandmothers Against Gun Violence Diversity and Partnerships Team is hosting a free webinar on June 11th, 2024 from 1:00-2:00pm PST. The webinar is titled "Community Conversations: Gun Violence Prevention - an Urgent Public Health Matter" and will highlight the voices/perspectives of several panelists. To register or read more about the panelists, use the following link: Webinar Registration

• Show Up, Grandmothers Against Gun Violence invites you to join them on the 14th of each month as they Show Up as a visible reminder of the need for gun safety, to bring attention to the gun violence epidemic, and to demand safe gun legislation. Hosted at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr Ave S and Rainier Ave S pedestrian/bike overpass, Friday, June 14th from 3:00-4:00pm PST.
  

• The National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research is hosting a free webinar titled “Community Firearm Violence Exposure and Weapon Carrying” on Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 9 am PST. To register or read more about the panelists, use the following link.

• Northwest African American Museum presents Juneteenth 2024, a curated weekend of programs on Saturday, June 15, Sunday, June 16th, and Wednesday, June 19.

Find Funding: End Community Violence

• This resource gives advocates and community-based organizations a clear picture of funding cities and states have committed to community violence intervention programs, access to available funding for violence prevention organizations, and connections to offices of violence prevention and community organizations working to end violence.

Apply:  Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Research and Evaluation

• National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants, O-NIJ-2024-172060, open through June 18, 2024