As we welcome the new year, we take stock of our goodbyes and hellos here at Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH). Read about DASH’s developments over the past year and all that is to come – all in the name of promoting health equity through multisector data sharing.

The Incubator’s goal is to advance equity in data ecosystems – and in grantmaking – by lifting up the priorities and leveraging the expertise of community-based organizations, and, crucially, of the community members they serve.

Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH) is excited to introduce the Incubator, a unique grant and support program, available for past grantees, that will advance equity in data ecosystems.

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.

We love expertise. It entertains us. It gives us hope. We trust it. We love expertise so much, we even quantified it: 10,000 hours of practice. That’s what it takes to become an expert. Strangely enough, there’s an important part of life where we don’t trust the experts to make decisions for us. But that might be changing in the State of Washington.