Introduction #1Name + Community + Organization

² What do you enjoy (find most meaningful) about your work?

Introduction #2Name + Community + Organization

² What do you enjoy doing outside of work (boost your own well-being)?

Introduction #3Name + Community + Organization

² Our primary goal(s) for this effort?² Little know fact about your

organization?

Getting Results….

Debate Dialogue

Assuming there is one right answer, and you have it

Assuming many people have pieces of the answer and together can craft new solutions.

Combative: participants attempt to prove the other side is wrong

Collaborative: participants work together toward common understanding and commitment

About winning About exploring common ground

Listening to find flaws and making counter-arguments

Listening to understand, find meaning and agreement

Defending assumptions as truth Revealing assumptions for re-evaluation

Reinforcing, restating same points Balancing Advocacy & Inquiry

Spirit of Dialogue

Adapted from The Public Conversations Project, Study Circles Resource Center & Community Initiatives

Begin Thinking About…

How do we radically improve the Health and Well-Being of our communities?

•Achieves greater equity?•Creates a “legacy” that can be sustained?

What comes to mind when you hear the term Well-Being?

1) Weave Diverse Interests Together

• Forge common vision—energy & alignment

• Learn each other’s language

• Achieve diverse goals via common strategies

At School At Work

AroundTown

Before and After

School

At the Doctor

At Mealtime

For Fun

• Use policy, practice & environmental changes• Blend programs as onramps or wrap-arounds• Integrate into org polices & job roles

2) Employ a Blend of Strategies

• Establish strong partnerships: across sectors, generations and experiences

• Help individuals & orgs find meaningful roles• Engage boundary-crossers

3) Grow & Share Leadership

• Balance experience and insight with data• Leverage data visualization & new technologies• Combine data and story

4) Make Wise Use of Data & Tech

“We remain devoted to data and enamored of empirical evidence. And while we will always need hard facts to make our cases, we often fail to realize that the battle for hearts and minds starts with the hearts.”

– Andy Goodman

Meaningful Measurement

https://goodfoodpurchasing.org

5) Take An Intergenerational Approach• Disrupt short-term thinking• Create civic space for reflection & social

courage• Adopt a stewardship mindset

Well Being Surveys Sector Commitments Stewardship

LiveWell Fox Valley

IntergenerationalDialogues

A Legacy of Equitable Well-Being

Tables Q’s

• What jumps out for you?• What are some of the leading

practices you see as critical?

Tables Q’s

1. How would you characterize you experience to date?

- Getting Traction?- Getting Stuck

2. What are your big questions?- What do you hope to gain

here?

Legacy Story…Imagine that it is 2026 and that your partnership(s) has been extraordinarily effective for the “past” 7 years

Write a letter to colleague/friend describing what’s now going on as a result of a fruitful “past” 7 years

Be Thinking About

² Vision for what we want 2-3 years from now?

² Promising strategies or ideas to employ?

² My Role—how I can help bring about change?

SCALEAre We Having Impact…?

“Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic.”

Martin Luther King

Part of a Larger Movement…

v Make the Healthy Choice the ______ Choicev Place _______v Reduce Health ______ Advance _____v Cross-Sector __________

Reflection...1.What is your coalition’s greatest

strength? Greatest vulnerability?

2.What partner or perspective is missing (or not fully engaged)?

* Take it one bit at a time!

ExchangeInformation

+HarmonizeActivities

+Share

Resources

ExchangeInformation

+HarmonizeActivities

Coordinate CooperateExchangeInformation

+HarmonizeActivities

+ShareResources

+EnhancePartner’s

Capacity

Collaborate

Trust,Time&Effort

BasedonconceptsfromA.T.Himmelman“CollaborationforaChange:Definitions,Models,RolesandaCollaborationProcessGuide.”

ExchangeInformation

Network

Continuum for Collective Action

SharedVision

Equity Session Goals

– Gaining a deeper understanding of drivers of inequity;

– Understanding & prioritizing those ‘Most-Affected’ by Inequities;

– Explore ways to grow our organization’s capacity to advance equity

Yesterday’s Reflections

“What I saw in this room was a lot of vulnerability;

(People were) open and vulnerable to the thoughts and ideas of others;

(T)here was a willingness to take risks;(An emphasis upon) relationships, and a commitment that goes well beyond the scope of Medicaid work”

Having “Equity” Conversations

• Pause/Reflection/Go Beyond the Obvious;• Honesty/Transparency/Openness/Spaciousness• Vulnerability/Willingness to be uncomfortable;• Willingness to suspend judgements;• Empathize/Connect/Resonate/Feel

Compassion

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The official definition of poverty – an annual income of about $12,000 for a single person and $25,000 for a family of four – only tells half the story.

More than 100 million people in the United States — one in every three residents, and nearly half of all people of color — are economically insecure, with a household income below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

-PolicyLink, “100 Million and Counting: A Portrait of Economic Insecurity

in The United States”

Moving Beyond the Rhetoric: Addressing Racial & Economic Inequality

DATA & STORIES

STOCK STORIES VS

CONCEALED STORIES

STOCK VS. CONCEALED STORIESStock stories of the USA

•Grit & rugged individualism•Meritocracy – “work hard, get ahead”•Education is the great equalizer•American exceptionalism•Others???

STOCK VS CONCEALED STORIESConcealed stories of the USA

• NEARLY COMPLETE GENOCIDE & LAND-STEALING• MOST BRUTAL & INHUMANE VERSION OF SLAVERY,

FORCED/UNCOMPENSATED LABOR• ECONOMIC OPPRESSION, EXPLOITATION & EXCLUSION• TERRORISM ON ENTIRE COMMUNITIES, POPULATIONS,

RACES• OTHERS???

Having “Brave” Conversations

Yesterday’s Reflections

“History is always on the table!”

Do these stories/narratives hold sway today?

MOVING BEYOND THE RHETORIC: ADDRESSING RACIAL & ECONOMIC

INEQUALITIES

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Video:

“The Tale of Two Zip Codes”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu7d0BMRt0o

“A Tale of Two Zip Codes”

“What stood out to you from the video?”

“What implications might that have for your work with those who are most-affected by

inequities?”

A REFLECTION ON YESTERDAY

“…And you don’t even know who we are!”

How Well Do We Know Who We’reTrying to Serve?

• Of the population you’re trying to serve through the ACH, who are those most-affected by inequities?

• What are the drivers of their inequities?

• What are the daily circumstances they live in and through?

THE EQUITY JOURNEY

1. OK WITH THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE (WHAT JOURNEY?)

2. COLOR BLIND (NOT YET STARTED)

3. DIVERSITY ONLY (EARLY )

4. RACE CONSCIOUS (GAINING SKILLS)

5. RACE EQUITY (SUSTAINING/CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT)

OK WITH THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE (WHY START?)•COMFORTABLE WITH THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE; INEQUITY IS A FACT OF LIFE AND MIGHT BE GOOD•DOESN’T SEE ANY NEED TO CHANGE OR WORK ON ADDRESSING RACIAL EQUITIES

COLOR BLIND (NOT YET STARTED)•CLAIMS TO WELCOME SEE AND APPROACH ALL PEOPLE THE SAME WAY•DOESN’T THINK RACISM IS A PROBLEM ANY MORE “WE LIVE IN A POST RACIAL WORLD”•DOES NOT THINK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES OF RACES

Diversity Only (Early):•Trying to include people of different races and backgrounds, often using skin color to measure the success of inclusivity•Working with people of color may or may not be to achieve better lives for people of color who are most affected by inequity (focus is inclusion; not strategy, nor outcomes to positively impact the lives of people of color)•People of color do not have a significant amount of power or influence within the group

THE EQUITY JOURNEY

THE EQUITY JOURNEYRACE CONSCIOUS (GAINING SKILL):• AWARE OF SOME OF THE WAYS SOCIETY IS SET UP TO PRODUCE WORSE OUTCOMES

FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR• CLEAR THAT IMPROVING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE OF COLOR IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF

ITS MISSION• VALUES THE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES AND BACKGROUNDS OF ALL GROUP MEMBERS• WORKS WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR IN PLANNING NEW WAYS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF

PEOPLE OF COLOR

RACIAL EQUITY (SUSTAINING):• STRENGTHENED BY THE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES & BACKGROUNDS OF ALL GROUP

MEMBERS;• CLEAR THAT IMPROVING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE OF COLOR WITH THE GREATEST

CHALLENGES IS ITS PRIMARY AIM;• WORKS WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE PARTNERSHIP• WORKS WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR WITH THE GREATEST CHALLENGES IN FINDING NEW

WAYS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE OF COLOR

HOW WELL ARE WE SET-UP AS AN ORGANIZATION TO SERVE THOSE MOST-AFFECTED BY INEQUITIES?

• WHERE WOULD YOU PUT YOUR ORG OR PARTNERSHIP ON THIS EQUITY CONTINUUM?

• WHAT MIGHT YOU CONSIDER TO BE A NEXT STEPS FOR ADVANCING YOUR ORGANIZATION ON THE CONTINUUM?