Unsupervised, make-shift play spaces are not uncommon in economically disadvantaged communities. Does this increase the risk of life-threatening encounters with law enforcement? The recent “weekend of resistance” in Ferguson, Missouri, […]
Two housing authorities in King County and Seattle, WA worked to promote cross-cultural exchange among residents and addressed necessary social and cultural factors that influence behavior change.
The HKHC partnership in Cuba, New Mexico addressed social and cultural factors as they adjusted their approach to developing a mobile farmers’ market for the Navajo community.
The Maryvale on the Move initiative in Phoenix, Arizona, worked energetically and persistently to engage, prepare and involve low-income residents through training, assessment and a variety of real-time opportunities to collaborate with professionals and advocate for change.
CCROP built the capacity of its new immigrant population to advocate for community change, developed a region-wide network of strong leaders, and achieved significant equity results across an eight-county, rural region.
Healthy Active Communities chose to advance educational approaches to healthy housing over regulatory ones that might deter production of multifamily rental housing.
The Healthy Kids for Kingston (HKK) partnership managed tensions related to differing individual and organizational interests by creating an advisory network, focusing on co-creating a vision, and engaging residents in more focused and meaningful ways.
The Unite 4 Healthy Neighborhoods partnership in Columbia, MO addressed significant creative tension around issues of race and class.
Youth from several neighborhoods used surveys, Photovoice and digital storytelling to advocate for change with metro council members and city officials.
This document offers a range of insights that challenge business as usual, and explores lessons learned about investing in healthy community change to help funders of all sizes leverage their investments, achieve their goals and sustain their results.