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On January 26, 2023 over 230 changemakers and community members gathered at the City Opera House for Stories of Change. Hosted by Rotary Charities of Traverse City, the event featured three initiatives using a systems change approach to address complex community issues—the Northwest Michigan Coalition to End Homelessness, the Healthy Food Access Partnership, and the Northern Michigan Community Health Innovation Region.

The event celebrated the release of a publication by the same name—Stories of Change: How a Systems Change Approach is Transforming a Region. Stories of Change shines a light on the many individuals, organizations, and initiatives who are experimenting with a systems change approach—one that seems capable of supporting changemakers in addressing problems at their source to change the odds for those who are most vulnerable to their consequences.

These stories of change are for community members, changemakers, organizations, multi-stakeholder initiatives, funders, and other social sector institutions who see the opportunity of this time to explore systems change as a pathway for addressing our most pressing social and environmental challenges.

They are for those who seek stories of impactful changemaking in action and pragmatic reflection on what purpose-driven collaboration requires.

Stories of Change is for anyone who seeks renewed hope in our ability to change the odds in favor of communities where everyone can thrive.

Learn more about each of the initiatives and download the publication at: rotarycharities.org/stories-of-change

00:00 Introduction
00:22 Welcome - Greg Luyt
02:34 Land Acknowledgement - Holy T. Bird
03:45 Intentions - Greg Luyt
05:14 Rotary Charities: From Charity to Changemaker - Sakura Takano
12:10 Grounding in Systems Change - Freya Bradford
16:45 Are we a system? -Freya Bradford
19:10 How do Northern Michigan changemakers describe a systems approach?
29:00 Audience Feedback: How might things be different?
30:48 Process of writing Stories of Change - Freya Bradford & Jessica Conrad
36:14 Securing Healthy Food Access in Northern Michigan - Mary Clulo, Taylor Moore, Meghan McDermott
51:37 Ending Youth Homelessness in Northwest Michigan - Ashley Halladay-Schmandt
1:05:05 Improving Health and Health Equity in Northern Michigan - Emily Llore, Erin Barrett
1:14:38 Panel Discussion - All Initiatives
1:22:49 Audience Q&A
1:47:54 Program Closing - Sakura Takano
1:50:49 Last Word: "Turning To One Another", Margaret Wheatley - Panel