Community Foundations for Civic Health, an initiative of CFLeads, the Rhode Island Foundation, the National Civic League, and other partners, is aimed at increasing the number of community foundations confidently engaging in strengthening civic health in their communities.  

Civic health matters. Strong, ongoing connections between residents, robust relationships between people and public institutions, and positive attachments between citizens and the places they live are highly correlated with a range of positive outcomes, from better physical health to higher employment rates to better resilience in the face of natural disasters.

Civic health is based on the quality of civic opportunities and the strength of civic infrastructure. When these supports are weak, people of different backgrounds and political perspectives are less likely to communicate or work together, which exacerbates partisan polarization. When these supports are distributed inequitably, they deepen economic and social inequities.

Please register for this event by September 12.