June 2025
Monthly Spotlight:
Safe Kids Worldwide
This month we are highlighting the critical work of Safe Kids Worldwide (SKW) and its 400+ coalitions. Through education, advocacy, and research, SKW keeps children of all ages safer by focusing on topics like drowning prevention, road safety, and home injury prevention. SKW coalitions recently celebrated their annual Safe Kids Month, working directly with children, families, and caregivers in their communities to provide tips, information, and safety devices.
Click here to learn more about SKW and see resources and safety materials on a variety of topics. You can also get involved with your local SKW coalition. Find SKW on social media: Facebook, X, Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube.
Button Battery Outreach Week Recap & Webinar Link
Thank you to everyone who participated in our outreach week on button battery safety! Please continue to use these materials whenever you need them. And a special thanks to our webinar panel on button battery injuries—if you missed the webinar, hear what they had to say here.
Register for PrevCon!
On October 15 - 18, 2025, Safe Kids Worldwide will hold its biennial Childhood Injury Prevention Convention (PrevCon). PrevCon is the largest gathering of safety professionals in the world dedicated solely to unintentional childhood injury prevention. Safe Kids Worldwide convenes leading experts, advocates, academic researchers, health care providers, manufacturers, public health practitioners, educators, and policymakers with the aim of increasing our collective impact. See more information here and register here.
Social Media Calendar
June 2-8: Firearm safety
June 9-15: Summer camp safety
June 16-22: National Safety Month
June 23-29: Fireworks safety
June 30-July 6: ATV safety
Upcoming Events
Event: National Safety Month
Date: June 1-30, 2025
Join the National Safety Council in June for National Safety Month – the annual observance to help keep each other safe from the workplace to anyplace. Since 1996, NSM has provided free safety resources to highlight leading causes of preventable injury and death. Let’s make people safer this June and all year long! Learn more here.
Webinar: Keep America Safe Coalition Advocacy Action Update
Date/Time: June 3, 2:00 PM ET
The CDC Injury Center has been slated for elimination in recent budget proposals. We need you to act now to protect and preserve the Center. This webinar is for anyone who attended our last webinar or would like to learn more about our advocacy strategy and how they can get involved. On this webinar we'll:
Provide the latest updates on the CDC Injury Center
Share outreach strategy updates
Hear from all of you on the advocacy action you've taken
Provide the next action priorities for our campaign
Register today to be a part of the team that's working to protect and preserve the CDC Injury Center.
Webinar: Keeping Kids Safe: Using Virtual Reality for Firearm Injury Prevention Training
Date/Time: June 4, 2:00 PM ET
Firearm injuries are the leading cause of death in children and adolescents in the United States, with about 5,000 injured or killed by firearms each year.
As Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center saw this trend in their own community, they created an internal initiative to prevent gun-related injuries.
Join Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) to learn how Cincinnati Children’s uses a virtual reality tool to train providers on how to talk about firearms and have life-saving conversations with patients and families. More information and registration here.
Webinar: Use Your Voice: Advocacy Strategies for Children’s Vision
Date/Time: June 4, 2:00-3:15 PM EDT
Join the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness for a free webinar, “Use Your Voice: Advocacy Strategies for Children’s Vision.” In this 75-minute webinar, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the advocacy process, the value and impact that individual and community voices have on the advocacy process, and how to effectively advocate for public policies that govern healthcare, eyecare, and school systems to ensure they are responsive to children’s vision health needs. More information and registration here.
Event: National Gun Violence Awareness Day & Wear Orange Weekend
Date: June 6-8, 2025
Every day in the U.S., 125 people are shot and killed, and hundreds more are wounded or traumatized. Wear Orange Weekend is June 6-8, 2025, to honor survivors and build community with those working to end gun violence. National Gun Violence Awareness Day takes place on the first Friday in June and marks the beginning of Wear Orange Weekend. More information here.
Webinar: Media Relations Today: How to Build Trust in Public Health Guidance
Date/Time: Jun 10, 1:30-3:00 PM ET
News reporting that advances the public’s understanding of public health issues requires ongoing strategic communication between organizations and media producers, also known as media relations. Building and strengthening a media relations program can position your department as the go-to source for public health information, help counter misinformation and disinformation, and increase trust in public health guidance. In this webinar, take your media program to the next level with advice from communications and public health experts. Learn more and registration here.
Webinar: Braking news: How we can slow speeding drivers to save lives
Date/Time: Jun 11, 2:00 PM ET
Speed has a major impact on the number of crashes and the severity of injuries they cause. In fact, speeding is a factor in more than a quarter of U.S. traffic fatalities. We'll review the latest research on strategies to lower speeds, including safe speed limits, speed safety cameras, traffic calming and intelligent speed assistance. Join Jessica Cicchino and Ian Reagan as they discuss speed research from IIHS-HLDI and how addressing vehicle speeds fits into our 30x30 vision, a goal to reduce traffic fatalities 30% by 2030. More information and registration here.
Webinar: INSPIRE: Readiness - Tackling Public Health Communication Conundrums: Rumors and Public Trust
Date/Time: June 12, 2-3pm ET
Join ASTHO for a timely conversation as we explore strategies to safeguard public health and build public trust. This session will highlight communication tactics, cross-agency collaborations, and community engagement tools that may be used to help dispel harmful public health rumors. Inaccurate information, whether about vaccines, disease outbreaks, or public health mandates, can spread quickly through social media, word of mouth, or online forums – often overshadowing accurate messages from trusted sources. More information and registration here.
Webinar: Strengthening Student Mental Health with Community Partnerships
Date/Time: June 18, 1-2pm ET
Many school districts are reporting a significant increase in student mental health concerns and growing challenges in accessing counseling services and other resources, particularly in rural areas. This webinar will cover how to leverage your community’s unique strengths to support student mental health. Presenters will explore strategies for selecting and engaging community partners, guide you through conducting needs assessments and resource mapping, and share best practices for maintaining and strengthening partnerships over time. More information and registration here
Webinar: Building a Safe System: The Importance of Roadside Design
Date/Time: June 25, 1-2:30pm CT
Each year, approximately one-third of all fatalities are in single-vehicle roadway departure crashes despite representing only 10 percent of all crashes. AAAM's newest webinar explores how our roadside infrastructure plays a crucial role in preventing crashes and mitigating injury. This webinar will cover:
Key infrastructure designs that protect road users and reduce the severity of crashes
How roadside barriers are tested for real-world effectiveness
Emerging areas of infrastructure innovation and research
When it comes to safety, our roadside infrastructure is a critical line of defense. Join this panel of experts to discover how strategic infrastructure decisions save lives and reduce injury. Learn more and register here.