View Summary Action Report For communities at the margins, food has long served as a tool for self-expression, empowerment, and solidarit

We try our whole lives to avoid pain and suffering and when it does show up, we try to solve it.

Though it can sometimes feel like conflict and discord is human nature, our brains are actually predisposed to forming groups and working together

Does it feel like the quality of our national discourse has gone down in the last several years?

Hate has unfortunately been a part of the United States since the founding of the country.

Fifty-four percent of American adults report that not a single person knows them well.

For many people, the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown became an unexpected opportunity to take stock of our relationships.

In public forums and institutions all across America, people are arguing about what free speech means in the age of the internet.

Americans are living 21st century lives using 20th century infrastructure. Now is the time to get prepared for the next crisis as well as for the economic and technological changes ahead. Stakeholders have the insights and resources to address these challenges: we must work across sectors and silos, integrate equity and climate into every decision, embrace community input and data, pursue innovative financing mechanisms, and ground infrastructure in the dynamic needs of our citizens. Congress has green-lit the path ahead. Now it’s time to get creative and work together in this historic moment.