‘A vehicle of hope’: Hope and Heal Fund’s Brian Malte on narrative change and firearm violence prevention
by: Lunden Mason
posted on Thursday, December 05, 2024
Brian Malte is a nationally recognized leader in the gun violence prevention movement with 30 years of experience leading community-based efforts and strategic policy initiatives to keep homes and communities safe from gun violence. He leads Hope and Heal Fund, a first-of-its-kind, donor collaborative fund investing in a public health, racial equity, and community-based approach to preventing firearm violence and suicide in California. To help advocates create effective messaging surrounding firearm violence prevention, BMSG has partnered with the Hope and Heal Fund to create a new resource: “‘Together is where we save lives’: A messaging guide for California advocates working to reduce injuries and fatalities from firearms.” To learn more about Hope and Heal Fund, and dive deeper into the messaging guide, we sat down with Malte.
Tags: community violence, domestic violence, firearm suicide, firearm violence prevention, narrative change, violence prevention