Sparking Discourse

Expanding how decision-makers think about progress in order to transform priorities and actions.

What to know and what you can do right now.

In seeking to transform the U.S. food system leaders, from all sectors with diverse food system perspectives, developed a policy agenda and call to action.

Supporting advocates to build racial equity into public health policy.

Published in Stanford Social Innovation Review, this article discusses how five realities, including systemic racism, have made the U.S. public health sector’s response to COVID-19 even more challenging.

U.S. innovators use global insights to shift the well-being narrative and surface opportunities ahead.

To be truly effective, no social change initiative can be all things to all people.

Public will building is a powerful strategy for social change grounded in communication theory. It recognizes the incredible power that people possess to manifest change.

Narrative shapes our mindsets, what we see as normative, what we accept without challenge, and what we tolerate (or actively promote and protect) in the systems, policies and practices that surround and impact us.

Health equity means that everyone—regardless of who they are, where they live or how much they earn—has what they need to reach their best health and well-being.

Branding is part of every aspect of the organization’s work and the experience of those it touches, which is why it is essential to take a more expansive view with regard to social purpose branding.