Join Healthy Places by Design on July 30, 3 pm ET for their next webinar on Improving Community Safety through Social Connections. Research shows that connected communities have lower rates […]
Want to strengthen your knowledge and skills to achieve impactful community improvements? Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from our partners at Healthy Places by Design about a menu of […]
Join Commit to Connect for the 2025 National Summit to Increase Social Connections, a two-day virtual event focused on this year’s theme: “Scaling and Replicating Effective Social Connection Programs.” The […]
In this three-part Reimagine series, Michelle Cassandra Johnson and special guests explore themes from her newest book The Wisdom of the Hive (Sounds True, 2025). By seeing honeybees as our […]
Big ideas don’t grow in isolation – they flourish through collaboration. The Foundation for Social Connection and Healthy Places by Design invite you to their 2025 Social Connection Conference – […]
Overview An online celebration welcoming anyone interested in loneliness, social cohesion and systems change Now, more than ever, we need community, togetherness, solidarity and hope. Our team has spent two years learning how to build connections within and between communities, through Steps to Togetherness - a national grassroots-led civil society movement, which we believe can […]
Make a warm cup at home and log into the virtual meeting space! Jenna Wilmer will start the event by spending about 15 minutes discussing the concepts of belonging and a "Virtual Belonging Cafe," then share a personal story of belonging. For the rest of the time, all others who attend are welcome to share […]
This keynote will be delivered as the 2026 Social Capital Conference, hosted by the International Social Capital Association. Speakers: Frances Kraft, PhD, Research and Practice Program Director, Foundation for Social Connection; Shamichael Hallman, Director of Civic Health and Economic Opportunity, Urban Libraries Council In recent decades, economic mobility has declined across the U.S., driven in […]
The Eisner Prize Fellowship incubates new leaders and ideas bringing people of all ages together to reduce social isolation and foster connection across generations. This session will showcase the impressive intergenerational projects of the 2025/26 cohort as their Fellowship comes to a close, followed by a short info session for prospective applicants for the 2026/27 […]
