Franklin Park: How a Cross-Sector Partnership is Prioritizing Neighborhood-Level Belonging

In our previous episode, we discussed the place-based social impact movement and the meaningful results it is producing in neighborhoods around the country. We focused on the necessity for place-based efforts to be people-centered. This week, we offer a case study illustrating this approach. For the last few years, two of our team members, Producer David Park and Host Shawn Duncan, have had the joy of participating in some amazing work happening in the Franklin Park neighborhood of Allentown, PA. This week, Shawn speaks with two of the leaders shaping this phenomenal work. Dr. Samantha Shaak is the Executive Director of the Leonard Parker Pool Institute for Health, the organization serving as convener and backbone for this place-based partnership. Darian Colbert is the Executive Director of Cohesion Network, the local nonprofit that is the driving force behind the neighborhood engagement, connection, and organizing work. Listen in on this conversation about how a large healthcare system chose a place-based approach and how the partnership is catalyzing neighborhood-level belonging and shared action.