Cross-Cutting Workgroup

Community Engagement

Their Mission:

To build trust, strengthen relationships, and ensure that community members, especially those most impacted by inequities, are meaningfully engaged in shaping the decisions that directly impact their lives.

Objective

To develop and support inclusive engagement strategies that center lived experience, foster shared power, and create lasting partnerships between community members and systems leaders.

What We’re Doing

To build trust, strengthen relationships, and ensure that community members, especially those most impacted by inequities, are meaningfully engaged in shaping the decisions that directly impact their lives.

What Comes Next

To develop and support inclusive engagement strategies that center lived experience, foster shared power, and create lasting partnerships between community members and systems leaders.

Partners

Urban League of West Michigan
Grandville Avenue Arts & Humanities
Mindset Meals
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Kent County Food Policy Council
Dwelling Place
City of Grand Rapids
The Heikema Group