As the DASH program office looked back at 2024, we found that some interrelated themes have emerged from the projects we’ve undertaken this past year in collaboration with our partners: intentionality as a key stance, relationship as a key orientation, and co-design as a key dynamic.

The first webinar of DASH’s four-part series on Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) offered an overview of the principles and tools used in the ABCD model. Registration is available for the remainder of the series.

DASH is looking forward to hosting a free four-part webinar series on Asset-Based Community Development, starting in March, 2024. The series will be presented by Darryl Answer of Verge Solutions and Ron Dwyer-Voss of Pacific Community Solutions, as well as their DePaul colleague Indigo Bishop.

Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH) released two workbooks to help communities recognize data as an important asset in improving health equity.

Focusing too much on the problems of a community makes it seem like residents are helpless victims who can’t take charge of their own lives. It implies that help can only come from the outside, which then prevents community members from defining their own future. Asset-based community development (ABCD) stands this narrative on its head.