ABOUT
The Vital Conditions Network
Our Shared
Vision + Purpose
The Inland Empire Vital Conditions Network strives to reimagine our collective actions to advance equitable well-being for all who call the Inland Empire home. We are united by a common purpose: to build a future where all people and places thrive — no exceptions.
Shape a Shared & Living Vision for Thriving Together
We support the many facets of the IE community to evolve together and see themselves in a shared north star where all people and places are thriving. We will:
- Capture stories, experiences and shared aspirations through partner and resident engagement
- Develop a shared narrative and case for change
- Help groups see their role in one or more vital conditions for Thriving, including mapping various efforts through this lens
Build Capacity for Shared Stewardship
We collaborate in ways that will grow the capacity of community and institutional leaders to educate and engage as effective stewards and regional collaborators. We do this by:
- Leading, funding, and hosting workshops and webinars focused on applying stewardship strategies to vexing issues
- Ensuring peer coaching to sector specific networks like higher education, K-12; healthcare; philanthropy, and more
- Distributing knowledge and activating networks by coaching and support to key networks already tackling key Vital Conditions – i.e., the CA Jobs First tables working at the intersections of areas focused on an inclusive economy, or the Inland Empire Creative Corps working at the intersections of multiple Vital Conditions
Convene Diverse Stakeholders
We work to create generative space for diverse stakeholders, including residents of the IE, to build relationships, heal, dream, and generate solutions together. This includes bringing individuals and groups that have lived experience with shouldering the burdens of inequity together with anchor organizations to create solutions by:
- Hosting annual Thriving Together events including Inland Empire
- Community Foundation’s policy forum
- Supporting other network conveners to convene around Vital Conditions and shared stewardship practices
- Convening network partners to learn, plan and act in concert
Measure Regional Well-Being
It is critical to know where we have opportunities to address gaps in Vital Conditions and to better understand who is suffering, struggling, or thriving in order to direct effective actions. We will work together to regularly:
- Measure and offer public access to the Vital Conditions at the regional, county and sub-regional level
- Collect well-being surveys to capture the percentages of IE residents who are thriving, struggling or suffering
- Engage in shared meaning making with community residents and partners
- Use and track data to catalyze change
Foster Shared Advocacy and Innovation
We will endeavor to create generative space and seed capital or other forms of funding critical to tap into the generative potential.
- Innovation funding to support experimentation and collective action
- Shared advocacy agenda for funding to innovate at larger scale
- A Well-Being Investment portfolio for the Vital Conditions we seek to change and the thriving we seek to create
The Vital Conditions as
Our Organizing Framework
“We see the vital conditions framework as providing a common language and narrative framing for our media and storytellers as we rebuild our information infrastructure through collective journalism. As stewards of this region’s stories, the vital conditions can help us tell more nuanced and impactful stories of how our communities are not just surviving, but thriving in place.”
Paulette Brown-Hinds
Founder, IE Journalism Innovation Hub + Fund
We are organizing around the Seven Vital Conditions for Health and Well-Being as a valuable framework. The Vital Conditions framework provides a common language, platform for collaboration, and alignment of our efforts as a diverse network of nonprofits, stakeholders and change-makers to create change for a thriving Inland Empire.
We encourage and support the efforts of individuals and organizations to apply and implement vital conditions in their own work, as those efforts complement and contribute to our shared vision and goals. We seek alignment and strategic collaboration among all endeavors as we work together to advance and amplify greater impact throughout the Inland Empire.
We commit to improving all vital conditions in our community so all people can reach their full potential, and strengthen their sense of belonging and civic muscle that is necessary for the equitable success in all facets of our collective work together.
“The vital conditions framework is not just a tool for addressing immediate needs; it is a long-term strategy for sustainable development and equity in the Inland Empire. Arts Connection- at the Arts Council of San Bernardino County, we are committed to embedding this framework into our core practices and advocating for its widespread adoption to ensure everyone thrives.”
Alejandro Gutierrez Chavez
Executive Director
Arts Connection | The Arts Council of San Bernardino County
“We all know that what’s required to advance thriving in the Inland Empire is immensely larger than what any one institution or sector can accomplish working alone, yet when we do come out of our “silos” to “work together” it is often still done within the sectors in which we work (education, healthcare, government, etc.). Just one of the benefits of using the Vital Conditions Framework is that it naturally fosters the cross-sector integration that we need to move the needle on well-being in our region.”
Damien O’Farrell
Chief Executive Officer, Parkview Legacy Foundation
NETWORK MEMBERS
Arts Connection Network
Athrúvity, LLC
Autism Society Inland Empire
BLU Educational Foundation
Boys & Girls Clubs of Coachella Valley
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Inland Empire
California Desert Arts Council
Center for Nonprofit Management
Center Against Racism and Trauma
Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce
Community Action Partnership of Riverside County
Community Health Association Inland Southern Region
The DVL Project
Education Justice Academy
El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center
Fair Ontario
Family Service Association
Family Promise of Riverside
Foundation of Youth Wellness Organization
Fred Finch Youth & Family Services
From The Land
Gateway College and Career Academy
Girls on the Run Riverside
Growing Inland Achievement
Habitat for Humanity Riverside
Healing Living Systems
Healthy Valley Foundation
HC2 Strategies
High Desert Community Foundation, Inc.
Hope Through Housing Foundation
IEHP Foundation
I.E. Rebound
Inland Counties Legal Services
Inland Empire Community Collaborative
Inland Empire Community Foundation
Inland Economic Growth & Opportunity
Inland Empire Health Plan
Inland Empire Journalism Innovation Hub + Fund
Inland Empire Ronald Mcdonald House
Inland Empire United
Inland SoCal Housing Collective
Inland Southern California United Way
Institute for Ecological Civilization
Jurupa Mountains Cultural Center
The LaunchPad Collective Inc.
Lift To Rise
Loma Linda University Health
Love Riverside
Making Hope Happen Foundation
MALO Motivating Action Leadership Opportunity
Mission Hope
Mountains Community Hospital Foundation
Museum of Riverside
ONE i/e
Parkview Legacy Foundation
Project Boon
Regional Access Project Foundation (RAP), Inc.
TODEC Legal Center
Reach Out
Rivers & Lands Conservancy
Riverside Arts Council
Riverside Community Health Foundation
Riverside Community Services Foundation
Riverside County Housing and Workforce Solutions
Riverside Medical Clinic Charitable Foundation
Riverside Unified School District Foundation
Rotary District 5330
SAC Health Foundation
SAFE Family Justice Centers
SBX Youth & Family Service
SCORE
Second Chance – A Place for Hope
Southern California Mountains Foundation
TreePeople
Tzunu Strategies
UCR IE Labor and Community Center
University of California Riverside
Voice Media Ventures
Voices for Children
World Be Well Organization
Youth Action Project
Youth Mentoring Action Network