Impact

We are collectively arriving at a watershed moment for transformational change in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County in 2024.

Community-led platforms are forming strong collaborative partnerships, elevating community consciousness, and building people power in unprecedented ways. Initiatives like We Heal Together, the Peoples’ Research Council, Our Opportunity to Love + Heal, Nourishing Forsyth, Island Culturz, Partnership4Prosperity, WS RISE, My Brother’s Keeper, and others are seizing this moment to build on past work, introduce community participatory approaches, and align with the emerging Thriving Together framework. Together, this coalition aims to create a robust and comprehensive community strategic plan in which everyone can see themselves. There is a broad recognition of the need to work in solidarity to achieve the shared vision of a more liberated community that can truly thrive together.

Metrics & Evaluation

Evaluating the Impact of the We Heal Together Initiative
Implementation Goal #6

Objective: Monitor and evaluate inputs, outputs and outcomes of activities and goals throughout the duration of the grant period. The evaluation will utilize a community based participatory action research approach, and will include process and outcome evaluation activities to assess impact. Forsyth Futures will oversee the evaluation process.

Metric	2024 Goal	Year to Date
Community Members Participating in CNRA	200	54
Youth and Families Served Through the Full Circle Program	50	56
Backbone Agency Champion Trainers of the Trauma Resilient Communities Model	0	0
Community Members and Agency Staff Trained in the Trauma Resilient Communities Model	100	16
First Responders and Other Community Members who Complete Youth Mental Health First Aid	40	11
Clinicians and Human Services Professionals Trained in Trauma Informed Approaches	0	0

Press & Media

Fox 8 – Winston-Salem nonprofits receive $4 million grant to help at-risk youth

WXII12 – The Local Vibe: We Heal Together: New community initiative begins in Winston-Salem Thursday

WSJS Radio

ABC 45 – We Heal Together program to take on issues in East Winston-Salem

The Chronicle – Local organizations receive $4M grant to collaborate on new initiative for East Winston

Winston Salem Journal – Front page story on Full Circle

NEWS

WSJS We Heal Together Interview

Learn more about our work.

We Heal Together Winston-Salem Holds Ribbon Cutting and Community Kickoff Celebration

A new initiative called We Heal Together Winston-Salem will host a celebration of community collaboration and change efforts. The celebration will focus on the initiative’s work to build upon the already existing assets of the East Winston-Salem community, further enhancing efforts to create and sustain trauma-resilience in the community.