The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is excited to announce the launch of our brand-new education program, Caring Communities: Guidance for Supporting Survivors of Suicide Loss. This program is a one-hour presentation available in person or virtually, and designed to provide participants with information, resources, and practical guidance on how to support someone who has […]
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 event will bring together local, state, and national leaders from across sectors to grow the social connections of older adults and people with disabilities. Participants […]
Explore effective ways for Utilizing Digital Space to Strengthen Social Connections by joining Healthy Places by Design’s webinar on September 24 from 3-4 pm ET. We live in a digital world and it is imperative that we utilize social media, online forums, and other technology in ways that support health and a sense of community. […]
Are you interested in bringing together individuals and organizations to advance social connection in your communities? Join coalition leaders across the country for a panel discussion and Q&A to learn […]
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 – […]
This fall, a set of in-person and live-streamed events shine a light on LGBTQ+ Vermonters whose stories and legacies serve to reimagine care for elders today and in the future. […]
Friendships matter, bringing joy and comfort during good times and bad! These short, friendship stories each tell the story of a pair of friends–one with and one without a disability. […]
This study, funded as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Systems for Action research program, investigates the impact of a novel independent practice association (IPA) formed among community-based social […]
