Zachary Meisel

Building Safer Communities: Health Approaches to Gun Violence Prevention | Future of Health Summit

Omer Awan, Stefanie Feldman, Angela Ferrell-Zabala, Alex M. Johnson, Zachary Meisel, Chethan Sathya

Public health experts and university administrators gathered to strategize a shift toward community-based violence intervention focused on economic opportunity and data-driven safety for youth. The session highlighted a bipartisan legislative push for federal funding while emphasizing the need to bridge trust gaps with marginalized communities through localized, peer-led development models. Key stakeholders set a September 4th deadline for public-private collaboration and outlined plans to launch long-term investment initiatives that integrate food security and systemic change to address social determinants of health.