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In this episode, Safe States Executive Director Sharon Gilmartin is the guest host and talks with Allison Arwady, Director of the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. To kick off the conversation, Dr. Arwady shares that the CDC has recently released 2024 provisional drug overdose death data that highlights a nearly 27% decrease in predicted deaths from the previous year's data and is seen in 48 states nationwide. Dr. Arwady credits changes in drug use, public health investments, and interventions along with community coordination and collaboration in the successful effort to reduce deaths from drug overdoses. During their conversation, they also discuss public health infrastructure, prevention strategies, and the role the CDC's Injury Center plays in these including the importance of the programs they offer.

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In this episode, host Mighty Fine talks with guests Christina Ore from Seven Directions and Chris Tallbear from the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) about the collaborative work they are doing through their public health infrastructure grant funding received from the CDC. This work, in partnership with Safe States Alliance, is allowing them to provide opioid overdose prevention activities and education through training, technical assistance, and evaluation to both those in Tribes and those who work with Tribes.

Seven Directions

National Network of Public Health Institutes

Resources:

https://www.indigenousphi.org/our-publications

• Models of Tribal Promising Practices Tribal Opioid Overdose Prevention Care Coordination and Data Systems
• An Environmental Scan of Tribal Opioid Overdose Prevention Responses: Community-based Strategies and Public Health Data Structure
• Seven Directions’ Indigenous Evaluation Toolkit Training & Supplemental Briefs

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• Indigenous Determinants of Health

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Host Mighty Fine talks with guest Jessica Ritter about the despair and hope many working in public health are feeling following the April 2025 cuts to the CDC and HHS workforce.

Jessica references different resources she has found helpful:

"Learning from the 60's" in Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

"Feminist Survival Project" podcast by Emily Nagoski, especially the episode "An Alternative to Hope"

Big Bear Bald Eagle Nest Cam: https://www.friendsofbigbearvalley.org/eagles/