Realigning Healthcare Systems with Community Priorities
Goal
Positioning community-based organizations to reimagine research as a tool to shift local health priorities and philanthropic practices, powered by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Strategy & Alignment • Process Facilitation • Program Design • Capacity Building • Field Building
Role
Designed and facilitated multi-year community-building and training program for 10 community-based grantees
Co-created tools, frameworks, and a national learning community
Led culturally responsive and healing-centered convenings
Translated community insight into strategic recommendations for health systems
Contributed to thought leadership within the foundation, in Stanford Social Innovation Review and Health Affairs.
Outcomes
Participating organizations strengthened community-led research capacity and influence. Foundation partners adopted more community-centered grantmaking approaches. The work produced a replicable model for participatory research as a capacity-building strategy.
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"You bring such a thoughtful lens and positive energy to your thought partnership, approach to the work, and commitment to bringing equitable spaces and learning to communities. "
— Client partner