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Dear friends,
The end of 2022 is approaching and for the staff at CARESTAR that means time to reflect on our work and assess how we did, and what we've accomplished.
This year was significant for our growth in many ways, and culminated in a wonderful celebration with our grant partners. On Friday, October 21, we gathered in Oakland for our first annual Partner Summit to celebrate our collective accomplishments, and to inspire and learn from one another.
By bringing our partners together, we sought to further strengthen our relationships and show our appreciation to those working in the field. It was also an opportunity to share the extent to which CARESTAR's vision is starting to take shape.
To that end, CARESTAR recently partnered with Justice Funders to define our Theory of Change - our intended path towards our vision, or our ‘how’. The resulting language articulates our beliefs in centering the most impacted and the significance of collective action. From these core beliefs comes the approach we will take in working towards our vision:
• We will elevate community voice and power
• We will activate a community and build a movement
• We will catalyze systems change
And we will do all of this with racial equity at the center of our work. In short, we want to inspire and support a growing movement of people wanting to see change in the way our state provides emergency and prehospital care. Our Partner Summit showed us this movement is starting to build, and there is a lot of excitement around deepening the work. We couldn't be more excited.
As always, if you feel inspired and aligned in our work, please reach out and join us! Read below for other exciting updates about our work and the field.
Happy holidays and cheers to a healthy and connected 2023!
Tanir Ami,
CEO, CARESTAR Foundation
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