Convening #3 – Highlights & Resources!
March 2026

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Designing from the Roots - cover slide

On Wednesday, March 18, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, the Ecosystem Advisory Team convened In-Person in San Diego, CA. 

Meeting Goals

  • Building Listening Capacity: Strengthen skills and confidence using the Listening Strategies Toolkit through guided training and coaching.
  • Center Voices that Matter Most: Collectively map the communities, voices, and stories that need to be centered now and over the next 1-3 years, and clarify what we are learning from them.
  • Move from Insight to Action: Develop a practical action plan to select a listening strategy for your current context and identify the relationships, resources, and supports needed for implementation.

Meeting Highlights

  • Ecosystem Connections w/Design Team, CDE & CAN
  • Building Listening Capacity Toolkit Training with Innovation Network
  • “Mapping What We’re Not Hearing Yet”  w/CAN 
  • From Insight to Action: Listening Strategy Action Plan Labs- w/CAN, CDE, ASAPConnect
  • Closing Circle w/Michael Funk

Resources