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Vital Conditions for Health with The Rippel Foundation

This resource presents the Vital Conditions for Health and Well-Being framework, shifting the focus from treating individual symptoms to investing in the core properties of places and institutions. This approach […]

Impact Story: Learning To Bridge Before I Had The Words For It

This impact story from the Othering & Belonging Institute highlights Blandy Morales’s work in forming the “Fullerton Is Our Home” coalition through healing circles and bridging frameworks to address local […]

Unidad Unlocks Thriving in South Texas

This resource explains how the UNIDAD coalition in the Rio Grande Valley uses the Vital Conditions for Well-Being framework to drive systemic change and enhance community health through collaboration and […]

Beyond Basic Health Standards: Designing for Well-being

This article explores shifting affordable housing design from minimum standards to enhancing well-being through environmental psychology and community-focused strategies.

What the Vital Conditions Made Possible

This video from the Rippel Foundation features community leaders discussing how the Vital Conditions for Well-Being framework has provided a shared language to integrate health and social services, sparking collaborative […]

Fit to Live In: Fixing Our Housing Stock

This resource is part of the “Under the Lens” series, titled “Fit to Live In: Fixing Our Housing Stock,” and explores the urgent need for habitable housing by examining how […]

We Have To Create a Vision for What We’re Building Toward: A Foundation CEO Speaks to the Health of Neighborhoods

This resource discusses the work of the Rippel Foundation and its vision to improve neighborhood health and well-being by addressing systemic disparities through collaborative investment in the “vital conditions” that […]

Visualizing Belonging Without Othering

The resource is a graphic illustration designed as a tool for discussion and meaning-making, outlining foundational components and practices for fostering belonging without “othering” within various contexts. It provides a […]

Early Childhood Systems Map

This resource presents a holistic systems map of Contra Costa County’s early childhood ecosystem to guide collaboration, policy improvement, and strategic planning for young children and families.

Real Solutions

The webpage for the podcast series “Real Solutions” features an 8-episode series in which leaders across the U.S. discuss bold policy ideas aimed at advancing belonging and equity.

Authentic Youth Civic Engagement: A Guide for Municipal Leaders

This resource provides municipal leaders with strategies, frameworks, and tools to engage youth authentically in local government decision-making, planning, and civic leadership.

Data for Black Lives

This tool uses data science to create concrete and measurable change in Black communities.

Youth Engagement Strategies

This resource outlines strategies and best practices for effectively engaging youth in organizational decision-making, leadership, and community initiatives.

U.S. Public Participation Playbook

This resource guides users to design, evaluate, and improve services through inclusive, transparent, and citizen-centered public participation.

Investing in Collective Well-Being: Committing to a Future Where People and Planet Flourish

This resource is an article by Grantmakers In Health, arguing that philanthropy should invest in collective well-being to support a future where both people and planet flourish.

Nonviolent Tactics Database

The Nonviolent Tactics Database is a searchable collection of over 300 methods and strategies for conducting civil resistance campaigns, updated for modern activism.

The King Philosophy – Nonviolence365

This resource explains Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s philosophy of nonviolence, the Six Principles and Steps of Nonviolent Social Change, and his vision of the Beloved Community to guide personal, […]

We All Count: Project for Equity in Data Science

This resource is a project dedicated to advancing equity in data science through tools, training, community, and the Data Equity Framework.

Everyday Democracy

Everyday Democracy helps individuals and groups strengthen local, multiracial democracies through dialogue, engagement, and community-driven action with an equity focus.

Developmental Relationships

This resource explains how developmental relationships help young people thrive by fostering care, support, growth, shared power, and expanded opportunities in families, schools, programs, and communities.

Transform Conflict with Reflective Structure Dialogues

This resource teaches the Reflective Structured Dialogue process to transform conflict and foster constructive community engagement.

The Resilience Toolkit

This resource is a framework of evidence-based practices that help individuals, organizations, and communities regulate stress, build resilience, and create lasting personal and systemic change.

Community-Engaged and Participatory Methods Toolkits

This resource includes principles and case studies for collecting and sharing data with communities ethically.

Rethinking Sports-Based Community Crime Prevention: A Preliminary Analysis of the Relationship Between Midnight Basketball and Urban Crime Rates

This study examines whether midnight basketball programs are associated with reductions in urban crime rates, suggesting sports- and recreation-based initiatives may influence community safety through indirect mechanisms like trust and […]