A discussion of current developments and issues in public health of interest to faculty and students of the department as a whole. Content varies from semester to semester depending upon current issues and interests.

This graduate seminar will explore ways to end the epidemic of urban gun violence by using a public health approach. We will explore current definitions of gun violence as a public health issue and interrogate the practice and research. Students will engage with practitioners from the Bay Area and globally that are using community-based, trauma-informed and healing- centered approaches to eliminate urban gun violence. Students will learn about the structural causes of urban gun violence through a critical view of public policy, policing and public safety history and the law. We will engage with the current-day legacies of structural racism, from slavery and Jim Crow, to the War on Poverty and mass incarceration. We will engage with debates on the role of police in keeping us safe from gun violence. The class will also focus on local and national policy initiatives, from city-based initiatives in Oakland and Richmond, to the California Violence Intervention Policy to the Department of Justice, Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention investment. The course will include regular participation of practitioners who are working at the center of gun violence intervention and prevention. Each class will be structured as a seminar, with the first part discussing the readings and assignments and the second part a reflection with a practitioner guest over how the assigned material applies to practice.

Enroll for 2 units.

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