The Promise of Racial Healing to Achieve Health Equity Through School-Based Prevention

In the wake of the American Public Health Association’s formal declaration of racism as a public health crisis, there is an urgent need for more approaches to promoting the socioemotional well-being of K–12 Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) students, educators, and families. Cumulative exposures and reexposures to direct and indirect acts of racism can adversely affect emotion regulation and the ability to sustain meaningful relationships, disrupting socioemotional health and well-being.