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.
Construyamos otra vida- Building a new life, collectively
This Indigenous Peoples Day, we're reflecting on the lasting impacts of imperialism on the many intersecting issues that affect community health and sharing hope for building a better future from our conversation with Janisse Hernandez of La Colectiva Feminista en Construcción.
27 Mar 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.
22 Oct 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)
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