Institute for Collective Wellbeing

05/22/2023

The Institute for Collective Wellbeing and Civic Wellbeing Partners invite you to explore the results of our shared project, Mapping Collective Wellbeing!

The Collective Wellbeing Systems Map provides a snapshot of the collective wellbeing movement in the United States and globally. Explore recommendations, key learnings, stakeholders, case studies, resources, organizations, and more on the map.

This project was supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to better understand the wellbeing ecosystem in the United States, with learnings from initiatives from around the world.

https://mappingcollectivewellbeing.org/

04/06/2023

Huge shout out to our colleague, Warren Nilsson, from Organization Unbound, whose article “The Future of Teaching and Learning Social Innovation” was published on the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Congratulations!!!

You can read the article here:

Let’s send our organizations to school.

03/23/2023

Dear Collective Wellbeing Community,

We hope this message finds you well. We are writing to share that our Co-Director | Co-Founder Steve Gilchrist has transitioned out of The Institute for Collective Wellbeing (ICW) to pursue other career opportunities. His contributions to ICW are many, including his leadership to start our local Collective Wellbeing Stories initiative, his ability to ask powerful questions about the purpose of our organizations and society, and his commitment to co-create collective wellbeing for all. We know that this was not an easy decision for Steve, but ICW and partners sincerely thank him for his years of work and wish him and his family all the best.

ICW is taking a moment to reflect on Steve’s departure as a symptom of systems that have not yet recognized the value of collective wellbeing, or the changemakers within them. Working in service of wellbeing feels like a paradox at times – where the wellbeing we aspire for in the world can feel out of reach for changemakers who carry out the vision. Chief among our challenges is the chronic under-resourcing of individuals and organizations that co-create collective wellbeing in ways that are equitable and sustainable. Often there is a reality gap between ideas to address wellbeing and the resources, time, and energy it takes to birth them into life.

As our organization rests momentarily in this in between moment – the space between what was and who we dare to be – we ask for your support to resource our next chapter. We remain unwavering in our commitment to collective wellbeing as a paradigm for the emerging future, and we have several exciting updates that we will share in the weeks and months ahead.

In the meantime, would you consider making a donation (link in comments) to support our work? Ours is a shared vision that truly takes a village to realize. Please join us on the journey ahead.

Warmly,
Your friends at The Institute for Collective Wellbeing

03/20/2023

Our friends at BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute (BTCI),
Promega Corporation, and Usona are getting ready to host their 2033 International Forum on Consciousness, taking place May 18-19. From their website: "This year, we are exploring relationships of human society to the planetary environment and to the larger dimension of time and space. Nature, Earth, and Humanity: Evolution of Connection is our theme."

Learn more about this year's theme and speakers through this link: https://www.btci.org/events-symposia/international-forum-on-consciousness/

03/17/2023

Check out this virtual event from our friends at Midwest Mujeres Collective!

"This exclusive conversation is for inclusive leaders, professionals, non-binary individuals, women/femme-identified folx who desire to engage in honest and vulnerable conversation and glean related expertise from national Leaders, Award-winning Authors and Community Organizers, S*x positive Influencers, Curanderas (Mexican Healers), Scientists., Non-Binary and Q***r leaders, Poets, Business Coaches, and regional leaders!"

Who: Join over 14 Latine speakers and inclusionary leaders in Diversity and Inclusion.

What: A virtual Summit with National leaders celebrating inclusion and community.

When: Sunday, March 26th at 11 AM - 2 PM (Central Time Zone)

LINK:

Elevate your journey, and join deep relatable conversations with experienced leaders across different communities. Let's SPEAK UP!

02/06/2023

We are so happy to announce that we've been awarded a grant from CORE! Thank you to the CORE team for your support at this crucial time in our organization's growth!

01/31/2023

Vulnerability raises the frequency of connection.

01/26/2023

What if we didn't need to pretend that the world we desire could awaken within our organizations?

01/18/2023

How would you show up in your organization if you weren't afraid to bring all of who you are?

01/10/2023

Oh, but to be seen! Isn't it the most lovely thing...

01/05/2023

Sending a huge thank you to Forward Community Investments for being such a progressive and thoughtful partner to Institute for Collective Wellbeing. With your trust and unrestricted financial backing through the Health Equity Grants program, we were able to bring key initiatives to life last year that lay the foundation for our work ahead.

Supporting the wellbeing of people within organizations, as well as the wellbeing of those we serve, is the ultimate gesture of holistic care. And fueling the unsexy work of organizational operations is the most forgotten -- *and most vital* -- role of philanthropy today. To be seen and held in full awareness of who we are and what we bring to the work is an act of love. Thank you again, Forward Community Investments, for sharing your love with us.

01/03/2023

Safety is not only the absence of danger. It is the presence of trust.