Leading Positive Community-Driven Change

We believe if we empower people in the places where they live, lifting their voices and building their power to shape the services and programs that affect them, lead to community-driven solutions. By amplifying community voices to drive locally determined solutions, this strategy aims to influence systemic racism and discriminatory practices by influencing inequitable policies, systems, and structures that improve health and well-being for all.

Goal One

Build on community capacity and leadership to increase personal responsibility, voice, and skills that influence systems, policies, and distribution of community resources.

Goal Two

Stimulate philanthropic, government, and individuals to co-invest in public-private partnerships to advance community health.

Let’s Talk: Community-Designed Solutions 2023 Presentations

Background:

In November – December 2022, over 100 members of the Greater Coatesville community convened and developed seven challenge questions for the Let’s Talk: Community-Designed Challenge relating to economic development, behavioral health, health recovery, education, workforce, and housing. The challenge questions were informed by publicly available data and a content area expert.

Let’s Talk: Community-Designed Solutions:

The Alliance annually invites community members at all levels of experience to submit ideas and solutions to the below challenge questions for financial awards. Whether you are a seasoned educator or know your community needs, we’re supporting you and students to design and present a solution through various trainings held by The Alliance. We will select seven (7) ideas and solutions for each event date in the Let’s Talk Allyship series on November 16 (Health and Mental Health), January 23 (employment, education, and small business development), March 26 (housing), and May 29 (healthy environments). Each idea selected will be provided with free training to explore, test, adapt, and fine-tune their respective community-created solution.

Each person will have a maximum of 5 minutes to present their idea which will include a Gap Analysis, financials, team profiles,  and timeline. The best ideas determined by 1. the public in attendance and 2. a cross-section of government, nonprofit, business, and community sectors will result in various financial awards.

Prizes for each Let’s Talk: Community-Designed Solutions are:

• 1st Place: $2,500
• 2nd Place: $1,000
• 3rd Place (3): $500

Challenge Questions by Topic:

• Health: What is your idea(s) on giving Greater Coatesville families and residents what’s necessary to live a healthy life?
• Well-Being: What is your idea(s) on giving Greater Coatesville families and residents what’s necessary for the emotional well-being and care they need?
• Education: What is your idea(s) to give Greater Coatesville students the support they need to graduate?
• Employment: What is your idea(s) to give Greater Coatesville workers the support they need to earn higher wages and remain living in Greater Coatesville?
• Housing: What is your idea(s) to give Greater Coatesville families and residents the support they need to become a homeowner in Greater Coatesville?
• What is your idea(s) to give Greater Coatesville families and residents the support they need to increase utilization of healthy resources in Greater Coatesville (ie. parks, park programming, and healthy food)

Community Reports by Category:

1. Health
2. Well-Being
3. Education
4. Employment
5. Housing
6. Economic Revitalization

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Location: The Brandywine Center (744 East Lincoln Highway, Coatesville, PA 19320)