Together,

WE Can

WE are well-being and equity builders working to create a more just and abundant world.

What We Do

WE come alongside
others for justice equity sustainability peace

Together with thousands of change makers around the world, we are creating the conditions for everyone to thrive.

Transform

shift how we think and act

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Make It Real

show real change is possible

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Connect

build relationships and networks

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Grow

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changemakers

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Upcoming Events

SPRING 2023 WIN WEEK: Springing forward to long term change

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What’s the Matter with Primaries? Examining Primary Turnout and Reforms

Join the Bipartisan Policy Center, election experts, and policymakers for a discussion examining primary turnout and reform, including new 50-state analysis of 2022 midterm primary turnout and the impact of reforms like Alaska’s new top-four system.

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Maximize Your Preservation Knowledge and Expertise

Join our hour-long virtual session as we delve into a vital segment of the nation’s housing stock: unsubsidized homes in small and medium multifamily properties.

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Building an Ecosystem for Narrative Change

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Inside-Out International Conference & Leadership Series

The 2023 Inside-Out International Conference will be held June 12-15 at YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park Colorado, just two miles from the entrance of Rocky Mountain National Park. Families are welcome!

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The 2023 All-America City Awards

The 2023 All-America City Awards will be held in Denver, CO from June 9-11, 2023. Communities named as finalists will be encouraged to assemble teams of residents, nonprofits, businesses, government leaders, young people, etc. to present their efforts around the year’s theme, “Creating Thriving Communities through Youth Engagement.”

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Work2BeWell Virtual Teen Mental Health

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The Promise of Cost of Gun Violence Studies in California: Findings and Lessons from Santa Clara County’s 2022 Report

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The Equity Summit

The Equity Summit—SGA’s largest event of the year—is a virtual gathering of thought leaders and practitioners who work to ensure that racial equity is a key priority in any smart growth approach.

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WIN Well-being Economy Cooperative: Policies to Advance a Well-being Economy

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MLK Day: 5 women who played a vital role in the civil rights movement

Today we celebrate the legendary civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the many women who also played integral roles in the fight against racial, economic...

Social Impact Heroes: Why & How Dr Ruby Gibson of Freedom Lodge Is Helping To Change Our World

“If the human race is going to change the destiny of this world — from a self-destructive, dominant, suicidal, selfish existence to one that is built around the sanctity of...

Social Impact Heroes: Why & How Laina Greene of Angels of Impact Is Helping To Change Our World

“Life is short, and it is important to focus on what matters for your spirit I always felt the need to prove my worth to others. So I worked harder to make it to the top...

Announcing the Federal Plan for Equitable Long-Term Recovery and Resilience!

The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) is excited to announce the release of the Federal Plan for Equitable Long-Term Recovery and Resilience (ELTRR),...

Social Impact Heroes: Why & How Dr Somava Saha Of ‘WE in the World’ is helping to Change Our World

“You don’t have to be afraid to show up as yourself or to lead from your lived experience. I have only recently learned how to trust others with my story — about being an...

Combatting Authoritarianism: The Skills and Infrastructure Needed to Organize Across Difference

As the United States celebrated Martin Luther King Day this January, Americans also confronted the reality of the recently failed attempt to pass voting rights legislation and...

The Role of Business in Supporting Vital Conditions Necessary for the Well-Being of People, Places, and Racial Justice

Introduction WIN with Business came together in 2019 as a collaborative within the Well Being In the Nation (WIN) Network1 designed to extend the positive impact of...

Bridging or Breaking? The Stories We Tell Will Create the Future We Inhabit

We are experiencing a time of deep uncertainty and change. Both the depth and speed of change are creating growing anxiety in our accepted norms, in our political institutions,...

Opinion – We keep moving from one wrong fight to another. Here’s how to stop.

"In malignant conflicts, the kind that leave everyone worse off, there is the thing we argue about endlessly, to the point of stupefaction. For a couple in a high-conflict...

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Together WE Are

Changemakers in Action

Countries

US States

Communities in Action

Our Impact

Frameworks Nationally Adopted

$ Raised For Communities

Reached to Create Intergenerational Well-being

Jobs created in communities of color

People connected to Well-being

Demonstrations showing policy change in 3 years

President and CEO Dr. Somava Saha speaks at the White House Summit on the American Rescue Plan and the Workforce

Communities RISE Together to Advance Health Equity in the Context of COVID

The COVID-19 pandemic and the shifts in life that came from it (shutdown, essential workers, etc) revealed the fault lines of inequity across the world.

Changing the System for Mental Health and Addiction in Delaware

This system transformation effort engages schools, foster care, police, juvenile, and adult corrections, public health, Medicaid, all hospitals, all addictions providers, social...

Interrupting the Cycle of Intergenerational Poverty at the Border of Texas

Those who live alongside the border and south of Texas, generational poverty is a norm. 29 million people live in colonias, settlements that often lack basics like running water,...

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WIN with Business Briefs: The Role of Business in Creating a Just and Thriving World

A set of actionable steps businesses can take to advance the well-being of people, places and equity and racial justice

Trend Bending Policies for Advancing Racial Justice

A curated compilation and organizing of trend bending racial justice policies recommended by leading BIPOC organizations working to advance racial justice

Thriving.us

This guiding framework organizes all things that people and places need to thrive. It is a work in progress, meant to evolve through ongoing discussion and debate.

WIN Network Equitable Economy Policy Database

A collection of more than 140 policies in 12 impact areas, ranging from job quality to tax reform to reparations.

We Need Each Other

Wellbeing and Equity in the World is incorporated in the United States and holds partnerships at the local, national, and international levels with various organizations aligned in mission and complementary in practice. Reach out to learn more about our networks around the world.

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Let’s Invest in Communities Together.

Are you interested in becoming a funder or implementation partner? We can help you invest your resources into changemakers and change programs in a way that achieves real impact. Get in touch with us and we’ll set aside time to identify potential synergies.

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