"After the impacts of the pandemic and a change in organizational leadership, Deaconess Foundation was called to reevaluate the ways we were advancing justice as an institutional advocate. As we began this process, we knew we had to engage our community as true partners. Without the wisdom of residents in the communities in which we live, work, and serve, we could not build a strategy that reflected both our community’s immediate needs and long-term hopes for our region."
