State, national recognition helps Wello shine spotlight on local well-being efforts

This celebration is important to maintain and build momentum locally, as well as shine a bright spot on northeastern Wisconsin for our collaboration, innovation and drive to explore the possible...

...Wello and its community partners at Community Services Agency Inc., We All Rise: African American Resource Center, and Prevea will be part of a panel session called “Co-Creating Well-Being Through Community-Centered, Innovative Approaches.” This session will highlight our Brown County RISE project as an example of how to rethink how health equity work can be intentionally co-created and led by communities most impacted in an issue to positively impact overall well-being. The panel format will allow for a deeper dive into the importance of intentionality in how health equity work is developed, decided upon, approached and completed.

This will be the second time Wello presents at Toward One Wisconsin. The first was in 2021, highlighting our community’s collective signing on to the Wisconsin Public Health Association’s Racism is a Public Health Crisis declaration...