Springboard Guided Tour, v2
- 1. An Evolving Work: July 2020 Thriving Together A Springboard for Equitable Recovery & Resilience in Communities Across America ReThink Health Bobby Milstein Community Initiatives Monte Roulier Well Being Trust Tyler Norris Points of Contact A joint project of the CDC Foundation and Well Being Trust, with Community Initiatives and ReThink Health Address Correspondence To: input@Thriving.USCDC Becky Payne
- 2. Guided Tour & Dialogue ● Objectives: federal & nonfederal ● Contributors, Products, & Processes ● Section 1: Changing Course ○ Case for Equitable System Change ○ Pivotal Moves & Deep Dives ● Section 2: Paths to Renewal ○ Legacy Questions ○ Trend Benders ● Section 3: A Thriving Movement ○ What’s Next? Questions & Dialogue
- 3. Objectives Users & Uses ● Create a useful Springboard to inform NGO, community, and federal planning related to long term community recovery and resilience ● Orient our country toward decisive action for equitable recovery and resilience Intentions ● Strengthen the movement for mental health and well-being ● Strengthen the network of community-based organizations and nongovernmental organizations advancing equitable well-being
- 4. Early Contributors Well-connected organizational leaders, subject matter experts, and community changemakers contributed full papers and perspectives ● Deep Dive Contributors: well-connected orgs in select areas ● Community Voices: people with valuable first-hand life experiences ● Critical Perspectives: people/orgs with valuable expertise, perspectives Barometer of current thinking, pattern of perspectives and priorities
- 5. 100+ voices… 61 contributing authors 52 orgs or networks 21 interviews 15 deep dive papers 4 community dialogues 19 production partners 5 editors ...in 8 weeks Part of a Nationwide Network Selected network leaders, with past and future connections
- 6. Products & Processes ● Written Springboard: case for equitable change, curated content, built to evolve ● Contributors Network: 100+ contributors, 52 organizations or networks ● Barometer of Current Thinking: pattern of current perspectives and priorities ● Database: spreadsheet of 120 pivotal moves and 36 trend benders, by topic (drawn from 250+ in the Deep Dive papers) ● Momentum: connections + strategy to advance a thriving movement ● Website: http://www.Thriving.US (in development)
- 9. A Case Designed to Build Public Will for Equitable System Change America’s founding ideals have no exceptions vs. reality of ever-present exclusions America is built to be better We have endured adversity and found resilience before In 2020, we are once again being tested Not experiencing a crisis event, but a crisis trend Tangled threats endanger hopes for ourselves and for our children Our country still has an immense reservoir of resilience, rooted in communities We can organize around a unifying goal: all people and places thriving--no exceptions Our freedom to thrive depends on having all vial conditions Three connected paths for renewing legacies for living together Springboard designed to surface pivotal moves and bend big trends that affect our lives
- 10. A Case Designed to Build Public Will for Equitable System Change
- 11. 1 unifying -- and measurable -- goal 7 vital conditions 3 paths to renewal All rooted in legacies, past and future
- 12. 15 Chapters
- 13. Emergency funding must be dedicated to clinicians and organizations treating individuals with mental health and substance use disorders. Pivotal Moves Decisive actions that could begin now and change the course of community life relatively quickly Prioritize Maintenance: Transportation funds should be focused on retrofitting and equipping existing communities to handle the long-term implications of this crisis and to create more jobs per dollar. Use School Time Better Move school calendars to flexible, year-round learning Account for Food’s True Cost: Accelerate the implementation of cost- benefit analysis, life-cycle assessment, and multicriteria analyses to capture the systemwide impact of food production. Outdoor classrooms can help with social distancing and, over the long term, studies show that exploring, playing, and learning in nature improves academic achievement. Decouple benefits from employment to ensure all workers have access to sick leave and caregiver leave, health insurance, retirement benefits, and childcare assistance.
- 14. 3 Chapters Overview, Troubling Trends & Signs of Momentum Legacy Questions Trend Benders & Measures Quotes, Stories
- 16. ● Civic Life: Shift authority to local communities for direction and accountability, along with incentives to contribute through national service. ● Economic Life: Redefine progress and shared prosperity by embracing benchmarks that are more meaningful than stock prices or gross domestic product. ● Social, Emotional, Spiritual Life: Redistribute mental health knowledge and interventions to expand care and ease the strain on frontline clinicians. Long-term lines of work that require persistence and courage to renew legacies of well-being and justice
- 18. Braver Angels unites red and blue America to depolarize our politics and reawaken what it means to be American in our time; The Poor People’s Campaign rises with 140 million poor and struggling Americans to insist that no one is ignored, dismissed, or pushed to the margins; Active Minds lifts up the power of young people to speak openly about mental health, reduce stigma, and create hope out of tragedy. Color of Change and the Movement for Black Lives lift up the voices of Black, Brown, and all long-excluded people calling for justice. Life doesn’t make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all. Erik Erikson Well-Being in the Nation (WIN) Network, enables stewards of all kinds to connect and cooperate as they expand the vital conditions we all need to thrive. Momentum for renewal is gathering force all around us. Witness, for example, just a few endeavors that are currently gaining traction: There will always be new voices to hear and new legacies to question, as well as more pivotal moves and trend benders to surface. America’s movement for well-being and justice can never be codified in a single playbook. Yet, it can spring forward with great force and direction if we pursue our priorities, together, to make change happen where it counts.
- 19. LOOKING AHEAD What is next?
- 20. Phase II: Overview What: A 9-month catalytic process When: August 2020 - March 2021 Why: Accelerate action on the most promising ‘pivotal moves’ and ‘trendbenders’ Who: Existing core + broader base
- 21. 1. CDC + Federal interagency partners 2. Philanthropies 3. NGOs 4. Communities, mayors, governors, legislators 5. Other broad-based recovery/resilience initiatives 6. The American people Phase II: Key Actors / Engagement “Streams”
- 22. 1. Ongoing support to CDC & interagency work 2. Focused asset-based ‘opportunity mapping’ 3. Resource development for Phase 2 and beyond 4. Targeted engagement and communications 5. Accountability and measurement Phase II: Strategic Elements/Options
- 23. DIALOGUE ● What resonates? ● How might this inform your own planning and partnerships? ● How could whole communities use this Springboard to inform their own recovery and resilience?
- 24. DIALOGUE SPECIFIC ACTIONS? ● How might you engage your own agency? ● How might you engage your own partners? ● Are there opportunities for NGO/community/federal partnerships to accomplish pivotal moves? ● Where might there be gaps or roles that federal agencies could appropriately fill? ● Are there actions you thought would surface that are missing? GENERAL REACTIONS? ● What resonates? ● How might this inform interagency planning and partnerships with NGO constituents? ● What if communities could craft their own Springboards for local recovery and resilience?