It’s easy to see the problems in our world: chronic diseases, gun violence, substance misuse, toxic water... What’s often less obvious are the conditions in our communities that help create these problems, and that ultimately point to smart solutions. Moving Upstream tells the stories of people and communities that are finding surprising and inspiring ways to transform these conditions and prevent the problems from happening in the first place.
Moving Upstream
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It’s easy to see the problems in our world: chronic diseases, gun violence, substance misuse, toxic water... What’s often less obvious are the conditions in our communities that help create these problems, and that ultimately point to smart solutions. Moving Upstream tells the stories of people and communities that are finding surprising and inspiring ways to transform these conditions and prevent the problems from happening in the first place.
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Recent Episodes
March 27, 2026
The Work of Generations- A Conversation Celebrating Agricultural Workers Power
In this People, Parks, and Power (P3) conversation, Agustin Vega (Project Milpa) reflects on Agricultural Workers’ Day as a movement rooted in collective power, land access, and worker ownership—centering dignity, sovereignty, and community-led change.
October 22, 2025
A Mercy in the Telling: Memory, Story, and Public Health Evidence
In this episode of Moving Upstream, Prevention Institute’s Vibhuti Kacholia and La’Quana Williams explore what it means to expand the boundaries of evidence in public health. They discuss UCEE—Uplifting Contextual and Experiential Evidence—a framework that challenges the field’s overreliance on quantitative data, and La’Quana’s narrative case study series A Mercy in the Telling, which positions memory, story, and place as legitimate forms of evidence. Together, they explore how research, lived experience, and art can be interwoven into a more human framework for equity and justice. 🔗 Links & Resources Prevention Institute Frameworks & Initiatives: ➡️ Uplifting Contextual and Experiential Evidence (UCEE) A framework for expanding what counts as evidence in public health—recognizing lived experience, context, and story as critical sources of knowledge. Link: https://www.preventioninstitute.org/projects/uplifting-contextual-and-experiential-evidence-ucee Featured Creative Work: ➡️ A Mercy in the Telling – Case Study Series (1–8) This series uses storytelling to examine how public health systems meet—or miss—people’s lived realities, inviting readers to see the connections between care, evidence, and belonging. Link: https://laquanaq.substack.com/s/a-mercy-in-the-telling ➡️ Case Study 4: Homes Made Thick with Quiet Referenced at [11:40] Link: https://laquanaq.substack.com/p/case-study-4-homes-made-thick-with Framework Referenced: ➡️ Story-Based Evidence Framework (SBEF) Referenced at [18:15] A methodology developed by La’Quana Williams that positions story as rigorous evidence in public health practice. Link: https://open.substack.com/pub/laquanaq/p/the-story-based-evidence-framework?r=5wg4ns&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true ⏱ Timestamps [11:40] Case Study 4: Homes Made Thick with Quiet [18:15] Story-Based Evidence Framework (SBEF) Produced by Prevention Institute’s Moving Upstream series. Views shared are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of Prevention Institute or its funders.
August 1, 2024
Advancing a System of Prevention for Racial Justice and Health Equity
Over the past three years, Prevention Institute (PI) has worked to strengthen the relevance and effectiveness of public health strategies to advance racial justice and health equity within the field. In this podcast, Director Ruben Cantu talks with PI staff members La’Quana Williams (Associate Program Director) and Alberto Espiricueta (Program Assistant) on their journey to accomplish this goal. The podcast details the tools produced within the grant period, the importance of cultivating partnerships with racial and social justice organizations, as well as the challenges, opportunities, and lessons learned over the last three years. This episode was made possible with support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
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