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Community-led Public Mural Debuts in Hemet
This resource covers a community-led public mural project in Hemet that brought residents, artists, nonprofits, businesses, and local government together to strengthen community connection, neighborhood pride, well-being, and creative opportunities.
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Inland Empire Vital Conditions Network
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.
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Inland Equity Grid (IEG)
The Inland Equity Grid is a collaborative platform that connects organizations, resources, and community data to strengthen resilience, advance equity, and support coordinated action across the Inland region.
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MicroEnterprise Collaborative: Inland Southern California
This resource connects small businesses and microenterprises in Inland Southern California with vetted assistance, financing, training, and other resources to help them start, operate, and grow successfully.
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Belonging Begins in the Body: Beginning with the Body and Going Deeper
This resource explores how body awareness, nervous system regulation, and contemplative practices can strengthen belonging, authentic relationships, and collaborative leadership within communities and organizations.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story
This TED Talk explains how relying on a single narrative about people or cultures creates stereotypes, while embracing multiple perspectives fosters empathy, understanding, and equity.
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Belonging and Civic Muscle Primer
This resource explains how cultivating belonging, civic muscle, and shared stewardship can strengthen communities, advance the Vital Conditions for Health and Well-Being, and enable people to work together across differences […]
READ MORERAIN Method Practice
This video teaches the RAIN mindfulness method as a practical tool for recognizing bodily reactions, regulating emotions, and responding to difficult situations with greater self-awareness, compassion, and connection.
READ MOREThree Centered Awareness Practice
This video practice introduces Three-Centered Awareness, a simple mindfulness exercise that helps people check in with their head, heart, and body to increase self-awareness, emotional regulation, presence, and connection with […]
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Shared Stewardship: How We Build a Thriving Democracy Together
This resource explores how shared stewardship can strengthen democracy, build civic muscle, foster belonging, and help communities thrive together.
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Thriving Together Through Shared Stewardship
The webinar hosted by the Rippel Foundation focuses on the role of “system stewards” in addressing significant crises in health, race, and economics in the U.S. It highlights the belief […]
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The US ‘Loneliness Epidemic’ Persists. Former Surgeon General Sees Progress in Lexington
This resource highlights how former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy identified Lexington as a model community addressing the national loneliness epidemic through strong local businesses, civic engagement, and intentional efforts to […]
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The Children Are Not the Story. They Are the Measurement.
This article argues that children are the victims, not the story, of systemic failures in housing, food security, and healthcare, and calls on adults to act as stewards to transform […]
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The Port Says It’s Sold 79 Of The Almost 200 Homes It Bought From An Institutional Investor
The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority has successfully transitioned 79 of 194 former investor-owned rental homes to local, first-time homebuyers. This initiative aims to increase neighborhood stability and combat […]
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Everyone Can Be a Steward
This article from The Fulcrum advocates for “shared stewardship” to foster an equitable future by prioritizing collective well-being over individual interests. It defines stewards as collaborative agents working to transform […]
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How are the Children
This website calls to protect and uplift Black youth by mobilizing volunteers, community members, and resources to create safe, joyful, and supportive environments rooted in care, cultural grounding, and community […]
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Who Belongs? A Podcast on Othering and Belonging
The Who Belongs? podcast is Othering and Belonging Institute’s official podcast.
READ MORECommunities Rising: Thriving Together in a Divided World
This article highlights how the North Sound Accountable Community of Health (ACH) in Northwest Washington unites 247 cross-sector partners, including eight Tribal Nations, to foster community well-being through inclusive, whole-person […]
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15 Years of Building the Future of Health Leadership in the Inland Empire
This resource highlights 15 years of the Randall Lewis Health and Policy Fellowship’s impact in building locally rooted public health and policy leaders who advance community health, equity, and well-being […]
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Facilitating Social Transformation Through Self and Collective Healing: A Collection of Insights, Resources, and Practices
This resource is intended as a practical resource for individual and collective care designed for practitioners and leaders who bring forth Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) processes in their […]
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Healing Systems
This article from Stanford Social Innovation Review argues that treating trauma as a systemic issue, not just an individual one, can transform organizations and drive effective social change by incorporating […]
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The Future of News is Happening Where no one is Looking
This resource argues that the future of journalism in 2026 will be driven less by traditional newsrooms and more by trusted, informal community information networks—especially within immigrant communities—focused on clarity, […]
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Rebuilding Local Journalism at Scale: A Field-Level Analysis of Infrastructure Needs
This resource analyzes field-wide data to identify systemic infrastructure gaps limiting the scale, coordination, and long-term sustainability of local journalism and to inform more strategic philanthropic investment.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Inland Empire Immigrants Rights Advocates Prep for ICE Raids
This article is about Inland Empire immigrant rights groups preparing rapid-response networks and legal support to protect immigrant communities from ICE raids, especially in the warehouse and agricultural sectors.
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Solar Incentives are Vanishing, but Inland Empire Institutions Already Locked in Big Projects
This resource discusses how Inland Empire institutions have invested in large-scale solar projects to ensure cost savings, resilience, and sustainability even as federal and state incentives for solar adoption are […]
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Inland Empire Child Care Workers do Vital Job but Rarely Earn Good Wages
This resource highlights the challenges faced by Inland Empire childcare workers, emphasizing low wages, poor benefits, and the need for public investment to ensure quality early childhood education and fair […]
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Our ZIP Code Shouldn’t Determine Our Health: Environmental Inequities Affecting Riverside’s Black Community
This resource is about how environmental inequities—measured through tools like the Healthy Places Index—are driving worse health and shorter life expectancy for Riverside’s Black community, showing that ZIP code, not […]
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