The health of our community—from our individual wellness to the strength and resiliency of our city—is shaped by the vastly different situations and environments in which our residents live, work, learn, and play. Building a more equitable future means bringing together people with different experiences and viewpoints and offering opportunities for them to learn, connect, and co-create, together, to achieve change.
In our Center, we forge connections, foster dialogues, and support collaborative learning about the social factors and conditions that shape our health and so that we can improve them.
Events at the Center
This is a space for learning and change. It’s designed to hold tough conversations and spark ideas. It’s meant to be used for the bold and messy and curious and collaborative points in our journey to a healthier, more equitable future.
In our Center, we strive to create experiences that spark change in the places and social conditions that shape our health. We’re interested in root causes and transforming systems through collaboration – and the Center is just one of the many ways that we, as a Foundation, engage.
If you have an idea for a way we could lead, fund, partner, or advocate together, please reach out to partnership@healthystpete.foundation to start the conversation.
Speakers Who Inspire
In our Center, we host our popular Speakers Who Inspire series, which connects local community members with nationally recognized speakers whose work relates to our mission. Through this series, we inform, inspire, and motivate action toward a healthier and more equitable community. Past speakers include Linda Villarosa, Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhummad, Dr. Jennifer Mullan, Heather McGhee, Richard Rothstein, Ibram X. Kendi, Glenn Singleton, Michele Norris, Gail Christopher, David R. Williams, Charles B. Dew and others.
Community Collaborations
We’ve collaborated with dozens of community partners to co-create experiences that advance health and equity in our community. With each experience, we invest our time and resources to create a positive impact that extends beyond the event itself. By collaborating with and supporting a broad cross-section of groups and people, we can build our local ecosystem, reach new audiences, and elevate learning opportunities for our community around systems change and the factors that shape our health.
Training Opportunities
Our Center is a space of learning and change. In 2024, we transformed the space to host seven free Catalytic Capacity-Building training sessions that we offered to our community free of charge. Topics included engagement and equity; legal and risk management; revenue building; data, reporting and impact; communications and public relations; governance and board development; and self-care/preventing burnout. Stay tuned for updates on additional learning opportunities in 2025 and beyond.
Data Walks
As a data-driven organization, we host data walks in our Center to explore research findings in a more personal, discussion-based environment. At Foundation data walks, participants engage with research findings at data stations throughout the room. At each station, they review high-level research findings in in a small-group discussion led by a Foundation team member or local researcher. Afterwards, participants regroup to share what they learned in table conversations and more.
Ways of Being
When we ask each other to show up at the Center, we’re asking each other to commit to a more intentional way of being in community with one another. This space and this work ask us all to:
Be Present
Show up with your authentic self and engage with this community.
Be Real
Know that your story and lived experiences have a place at the Center.
Support Growth
Know that we are all growing from different places at different paces. Experience discomfort as an opportunity for growth.
Make Space
Expand your circle and make room for the voices and stories that are heard less often.
