Movement to Thrive Together
The Power is in the Movement
At The Rippel Foundation, when we discuss programs, partnerships, and initiatives to improve population health and well-being, we talk about the “Movement to Thrive Together.”
This focus on the broader movement – as opposed to isolated actors – is a foundational and essential part of our approach to changemaking. The transformational change that will be necessary to support thriving for all people in all places can only happen through the alignment and hard work of many people working together. It cannot be achieved by any group or institution working in isolation.
Collaborative and
Community Centered
Many traditional models of change rely on a “top-down” approach, in which an organization develops a plan, roadmap, or set of policies, which it then carries forth into a community to be implemented.
But the top-down approach suffers from some very critical limitations. Most importantly, it is developed and implemented from outside, rather than centering community voices and hearing what the community says it needs.
Rippel’s ReThink Health initiative focuses on providing stewards with access to the tools, resources, and frameworks to help them discover and implement the right courses of action for their own communities. After all, the exact path to a more equitable and sustainable system of health and well-being often differs greatly from one place to the next.
Residents and community members everywhere deserve the opportunity to shape their own future.
Visit our Learn by Topic page to explore some of the foundational concepts that guide our approach to systems change.
Explore Thriving Together Theater
Thriving Together Theater is a powerful tool that can help stewards gain a better understanding of the challenges they will inevitably face in their efforts to create transformational change and direct resources to focus on the vital conditions for health and well-being.
The immersive experience allows participants to experiment with different combinations of population health investments and observe the impacts of these investments on their communities over a simulated 10-year period.
