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Leaf Pattern Design

Resources for Your Community

The following resources have been developed over our 13+ year journey advancing wellbeing in local, national, and international contexts. We hope that others will iterate and make use of the learnings, case studies, and events captured here.

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Wellbeing Index Replication Guide

Our team developed the Wellbeing Index within Santa Monica City government. The Index and framework contextualized what wellbeing means for people in Santa Monica. 

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To get support for your community, email info@civicwellbeing.org.

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Community Wellbeing Program

The Community Wellbeing Program funds people, purpose, & possibility with grants for action-oriented projects in Santa Monica and the West LA area.

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To bring this program to your community, email info@civicwellbeing.org.

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Urban Inequalities: A Multidimensional and International Perspective

Published in 2024, this academic book conducts a review of international interventions to decrease community inequality. View our Santa Monica case study of how the science and practice of community wellbeing supports equity and civic leadership.

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Mapping Collective Wellbeing

Use this site as a resource to view the system of collective wellbeing in the United States, with a snapshot of the ways that 80 stakeholders, 120 organizations, and 140 resources connect. Peruse the learnings and recommendations from this process.

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Guide to Wellbeing in your Community

As part of our consulting services packages, we support your team through the attached guide. 

Coming Soon.

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Community Engagement Playbook

This Playbook was developed inside Santa Monica City government and seeks to align strong community engagement practices with strategies for meaningfully advancing racial equity.

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Wellbeing Summit, Santa Monica

In 2019, Santa Monica held its first ever Wellbeing Summit.

 

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California State Assembly Report on Happiness

From the report: "A decade before the California State Assembly began to study happiness policy, the City of Santa Monica was already putting happiness policy into action."

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Wellbeing in Action via Design Thinking

We worked with designmatters ArtCenter students to humanize wellbeing data with local Santa Monica residents.

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