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Social isolation is not a personal choice or individual problem, but one that is rooted in community design, social norms, and systemic injustices. We must reshape our communities in ways that support meaningful social connection among residents, improve trust between neighbors, and strengthen an overall sense of belonging and community. Find resources and action steps you can take here.
Read MoreThe model highlights themes and lessons about community-led change that transcend even the most disparate places and is relevant for a variety community health goals. It can be tailored for community coalitions, local leaders looking for a collaborative process to creating healthier places, and to funders seeking a tested approach for local investments. It also outlines expected impacts.
Two communities in a similar geographic setting, with comparable population and demographics, can still have radically different histories and cultural characteristics that influence their health. Recognizing, honoring, and accounting for a community’s context matters at every stage of the work. When funders, local leaders, and partnerships fully recognize and understand these unique community settings, strategies and tactics can be aligned with and leverage various dynamics at play.
The Essential Practices are critical for creating meaningful and sustained change in communities. They address how to be most effective, sustain impact, and the people who community change initiatives should engage and strive to serve. The practices are not implementation steps; rather, they are interwoven within all stages of the Community Action Model.
The Essential Practices are critical for creating meaningful and sustained change in communities. They address how to be most effective, sustain impact, and the people who community change initiatives should engage and strive to serve. The practices are not implementation steps; rather, they are interwoven within all stages of the Community Action Model.
The Essential Practices are critical for creating meaningful and sustained change in communities. They address how to be most effective, sustain impact, and the people who community change initiatives should engage and strive to serve. The practices are not implementation steps; rather, they are interwoven within all stages of the Community Action Model.
The Essential Practices are critical for creating meaningful and sustained change in communities. They address how to be most effective, sustain impact, and the people who community change initiatives should engage and strive to serve. The practices are not implementation steps; rather, they are interwoven within all stages of the Community Action Model.
The Essential Practices are critical for creating meaningful and sustained change in communities. They address how to be most effective, sustain impact, and the people who community change initiatives should engage and strive to serve. The practices are not implementation steps; rather, they are interwoven within all stages of the Community Action Model.
The Essential Practices are critical for creating meaningful and sustained change in communities. They address how to be most effective, sustain impact, and the people who community change initiatives should engage and strive to serve. The practices are not implementation steps; rather, they are interwoven within all stages of the Community Action Model.
The 3P Action Steps are not necessarily linear; rather, this community change process is iterative. Leaders of healthy community change initiatives can determine their own communities’ strengths and weaknesses within each step and address any gaps accordingly as they continue to increase their capacity to effect change.
The 3P Action Steps are not necessarily linear; rather, this community change process is iterative. Leaders of healthy community change initiatives can determine their own communities’ strengths and weaknesses within each step and address any gaps accordingly as they continue to increase their capacity to effect change.
The 3P Action Steps are not necessarily linear; rather, this community change process is iterative. Leaders of healthy community change initiatives can determine their own communities’ strengths and weaknesses within each step and address any gaps accordingly as they continue to increase their capacity to effect change.
The model highlights themes and lessons about community-led change that transcend even the most disparate places and is relevant for a variety community health goals. It can be tailored for community coalitions, local leaders looking for a collaborative process to creating healthier places, and to funders seeking a tested approach for local investments. It also outlines expected impacts.
5.18.22
Our newest board member, Amanda O’Rourke, is passionate about transforming cities into great places for all people of all ages. In this interview with Risa Wilkerson, she describes how her childhood inspired her career, how listening to youth and older adults helped her check her biases, and much more.
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With the help of New York State Health Foundation’s (NYSHealth) Healthy Neighborhood Initiative, Project EATS is creating opportunities for the youth in Brooklyn while growing organic produce.
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Learn how the Center for Court Innovation, with the support of the Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative, improved access to healthy food in Syracuse, New York.
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With the help of the Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative, organizations in East Harlem were able to get funded during the pandemic. Read more in this blog.
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With the help of the Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative, this health department in Clinton County, New York invested in partners throughout the county. As a result community residents became advocates making an impact.
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You may be surprised to learn that libraries—and librarians—play an expansive role in building community and supporting health that goes well beyond their well-earned reputation for providing access to information. Read our latest blog from guest author, Noah Lenstra, for more.
Read More4.5.22
In our latest blog, we highlight another one of six community conveners working with the Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative across the state of New York. Find out how these conveners worked to create a community more educated about healthy eating.
Read More3.29.22
As part of an ongoing virtual learning network series, we recently hosted a conversation with local leaders to discuss rural strategies for social connections. On this particular call, people working in rural areas across many different communities discussed how they address rural isolation and shared ideas to create more connectedness.
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