Part 4: Partnerships and You
The success of any large scale initiative or social change movement comes down to people working together to achieve shared goals. Healthy relationships are at the core of the work, and these include those working within the 100% New Mexico initiative and with our partners in the public and private sectors.
Concept 17: Partnerships
To get anything of substance accomplished, we must build relationships and partnerships with the leaders and stakeholders on the state, county, city levels, including schools, higher education, nongovernmental organizations and foundations.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- Describe the elected officials and other stakeholders you may need buy-in from to support your projects
- Describe how you create an “elevator pitch” to start a dialogue about funding and support from potential partners
GETTING ANSWERS AND INSIGHTS
STEP 1: Watch
STEP 2: Consider
We require partnerships and 100% collaboration in each county to survive and thrive. Heroes unite to defeat the hydras.
STEP 3: Read
100% Community: Part 4, Chapters 11-28
Concept 18: Public-Private Sector Partnerships
The 100% New Mexico initiative will be developing and launching innovations and projects, many of them requiring public-private sector partnerships. Business professionals and entrepreneurs often think very differently about projects and the value of getting to measurable results. In the private sector, if results are not achieved, businesses cease to exist. This is not always true for the public sector. Most public sectors projects require the engagement of people from the private sector.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- Describe how the public sector and private sector can support projects
- Describe how the values of those working in each sector might be different
GETTING ANSWERS AND INSIGHTS
STEP 1: Watch
STEP 2: Consider
If the public sector can date the private sector, I see a beautiful relationship and our chances of survival greatly increased.
STEP 3: Read
100% Community: Chapter 27
Concept 19: Roles, Responsibilities and Rewards
The 100% New Mexico initiative is a countywide process, working like a machine with many moving parts. The initiative is guided by a radically simple idea and hypothesis: if county leaders and stakeholders ensure that the ten vital services for surviving and thriving are accessible to 100% of county residents, the health, safety, education and job readiness increase while long-standing challenges such as health disparities, substance misuses, childhood trauma, hunger, home insecurity and lack of a livelihood decrease. The initiative is a first-of-its-kind countywide program with the capacity to help all residents transition through pandemics and economic disruptions. At its heart, the initiative works because the people working within it are committed to respectful partnerships.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- Describe the hypothesis guiding the initiative
- Describe why this initiative is needed
- How does this initiative impact social adversity and ACEs
- How is this initiative informed by research focused on the social determinants of health?
- Describe why leaders would not support the initiative
- Describe why leaders would support the initiative
GETTING ANSWERS AND INSIGHTS
STEP 1: Watch
STEP 2: Consider
The 100% New Mexico initiative is based on one question and answer. What percentage of people should be able to access vital services for surviving and thriving?
Concept 20: Self-Care
We don’t underestimate the importance of self-care while a local champion works on the 100% New Mexico initiative or any community work. The initiative is long-term work, requiring that all participants prioritize their health as they develop local projects and interact with both heroic leaders and obstructionists.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- Describe self-care and why it matters, related to involvement in the initiative
- Describe opportunities for self-care
GETTING ANSWERS AND INSIGHTS
STEP 1: Watch
STEP 2: Consider
