Centering Resident Voices to Co-Create an Equitable, Thriving Future

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Graphic recording by Rio Holaday, capturing NeighborWorks America's symposium. Some of the text: "Imagine the future. Today: Walk away with a vision of what it looks like. Everyone has a role! Different hats. Unified Strides. Collective journey. Kaleidoscope."
10/14/2024

Centering Resident Voices to Co-Create an Equitable, Thriving Future

Author(s)/Creator(s): NeighborWorks America

"Centering Resident Voices to Co-Create an Equitable, Thriving Future" re-imagines what is possible across healthcare, housing and community development. It shifts who is driving change and opens opportunities to center resident voices. Positioning residents as the drivers of community change is an essential and transformative foundation to advancing health equity.

Our report emerges from the national symposium we hosted in February 2024. The symposium offered new mindsets and new practices to test and strengthen co-creation with resident leaders to advance transformational approaches at the intersections of health and housing.

Questions to consider as you explore our report: 

  • What will the next 45 years at the intersection of health, housing and community development look like? 
  • If we are to imagine how to achieve healthy, equitable places, how must we grapple with barriers and limiting mindsets? 
  • How do we center the voices of residents to accelerate community transformation to create thriving, healthy places? 
  • What new mindsets and practices are needed to transform places and systems?
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