1. Putting Social Capital to Work in Kansas! Stephen B. Fawcett Work Group for Community Health and Development University of Kansas

3. An Important Truth Our ability to change things is bound up in our relationships with others.

4. Today’s Conversation 1. The idea of social capital 2. Change through relationships 3. Personal reflection and planning

5. The Idea of Social Capital Story of Overbrook—Change through relationships  After-school program (safe places)  Senior Dance for youth and elders (caring relationships)  Community Service Club for 1 st – 3 rd graders (opportunities to serve)

6. The Idea of Social Capital Definition—Resources that flow from our relationships with others Relationships contribute to: Material resources Emotional resources Ability to change things

7. Social Determinants of Health and Development : 1. Social connectedness 2. Efficacy—ability to change things

10. Seeing—Focuses Attention on…  What is (assessment)  What ought to be (vision)

11. Seeing—A Common Vision in Overbrook Caring relationships between children and adults Safe places Service to others Youth as change agents

12. Personal Planning for Change— Reflection on “Seeing” What do you want to see in your community? Consider: the groups to benefit; the issues that matter to you If your vision were realized, what would things look like?

14. Connecting Strengthening social networks and ties Building bridges across groups

15. Personal Planning for Change— Reflection on “Connecting” Who will you connect with to make what you want to see happen? Consider the social networks and ties that may be important; the needed bridges to those outside the group What additional connections are needed to fulfill the vision?

17. Five Strategies for Change 1. Providing information and enhancing skills 2. Modifying access, barriers, and opportunities 3. Enhancing services and support 4. Changing the consequences 5. Modifying policies and broader systems

18. Personal Planning for Change— Reflection on “Changing” What specific change will you seek to address your vision? Consider the different strategies For this change to occur, what relationships need to be in place? If this change occurred, what would it mean to you? To the community?

19. Why change things? “We are connected in an inescapable web of mutuality.” --Martin Luther King, Jr. What affects any of us, affects all of us.

20. Discernment—Communicating Our Change Plan to Others 1. Does this plan for change feel right to you? 2. Does it seem right to others who care about you and your community? 3. Do you have the opportunity?

21. Path Toward Building Healthier Communities in Kansas  Seeing  Connecting  Changing For an electronic copy of the “Personal Plan for Making a Difference”, go to the KU Work Group’s website http://ctb.ku.edu/wg/ http://ctb.ku.edu/wg/