Root Change

Statement of purpose for Root changeat Root Change, we are committed to strengthening democracy and civil society, empowering communities and families, and fostering youth development. We operate globally, tailoring our strategies to meet the diverse needs of our partners.key initiatives and collaborations in 2022:collaboration with the carter center: in 2022, we initiated a partnership with the carter center to support their domestic conflict resolution and democracy programs. Support for public health campaigns: we provided comprehensive support services for the public health initiative "vaccinate all 58 campaign" through contracts with state health departments and healthcare organizations. Our involvement included developing monitoring, evaluation, and learning frameworks, program evaluation, staff development, coaching, capacity building for community-based organizations (cbos), regional convenings, and network analysis of the cbo community involved in health outreach and mitigation.california office of community partnerships and strategic communications: we continue to assist this office with collective action planning, community-based focus groups, analytical digests, and direct assistance to regional program managers.robert wood johnson foundation grant: we were awarded a grant to support the global partnership exchange program. This project focuses on strengthening u.s.-based grassroots community groups working in health equity, aiming to enhance their collective action capacities, social capital, and opportunities for advancing health access and outcomes.youthpower youth excel program with irex: we continued our partnership with irex to implement the youthpower youth excel program, a global initiative by the u.s. agency for international development (usaid). This program empowers young people and youth organizations to drive local development using implementation research to strengthen development solutions at various levels.impact and outcomes:each project undertaken in 2022 has contributed significantly to our mission of strengthening systems and empowering communities. Specific outcomes include enhanced capacity of community-based organizations, successful convening of regional stakeholders for public health initiatives, and empowering youth leadership in local development across the globe.