Wellbeing
The purpose of this hub is to bring together resources from across different places and spaces to create one central hub where our network can come to find tools to help us as a collective adapt to and thrive through, the rapid changes in our political, economic, and social environment.
Latest Resources
From burnout to balance ❤️
Hear from Warren Duncan from People Incorporated about how he's seen a shift in the way our sector thinks about compassion fatigue (for the better!) and why naming the hard things we're experiencing helps give us the power to combat them. Learn more in this August 2025 edition of our monthly Workforce Digest!
The power of knowing your roots
Hear how Francisco Segovia, Executive Director of COPAL leads with his values, and how staying connected to his roots as an El Salvadoran immigrant guides his work to build a community where many worlds can co-exist! Learn more in this October 2025 edition of our monthly Workforce Digest!
Joy and Boundaries as Essential Leadership
Tune in to hear Khadijah Cooper, Director of Education Services for Annex Teen Clinic share how she balances joy, boundaries, trauma, and community care as a Black woman leading in a time of escalating violence and crisis. Learn more in this February 2026 edition of our monhtly Workforce Digest!
Why Rest is Personal, Political, and Possible
What if rest isn't just about sleep but about being fully seen, safe, and at ease in your own body and community? Sook Jin Ong, consultant, coach, poet, and storyteller, joins us for a conversation that will make you slow down, breathe deeper, and rethink everything you thought you knew about rest. Learn more in this April 2026 edition of our monthly Workforce Digest
How Employee Support Helps Orgs Flourish
As we open Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month join us to hear from Sipra Jha, Asian Women United of Minnesota’s Executive Director! Being an immigrant herself and working alongside refugees throughout her journey spending close time with domestic violence survivors and refugees, she shares about the power of compassion, teamwork, and staying committed to helping others. Learn more in this May 2026 edition of monthly Workforce Digest!
On Identity, Belonging, and the Fire That Sustains
What does it look like when an organization doesn't just talk about values — but builds them into the very bones of how it works? This month's episode offers a powerful, living answer to that question. Learn more in this June 2026 edition of our monthly Workforce Digest!
Workforce Digest: How are you…really?
When was the last time someone asked how you were doing and actually wanted a real answer? Marlee James thinks that simple act (ask twice to get past the default “I’m good”) and then really talking about it, might be one of the most powerful things a leader can do. Learn more in this August 2026 edition of our monthly Workforce Digest!
How Are You…Really?
Marlee James, licensed clinical counselor, trauma therapist, and founder of Reviving Roots, joins Laurel Hansen MACC's Program Director, for a conversation on what it really takes to build psychologically safe, trauma-informed workplaces. From soul care groups to the power of asking "how are you" twice, Marlee offers practical tools any team can start using now — and a clear-eyed reminder that burnout is a structural problem, not an individual one. Whether you're a frontline staff member or an executive director, this episode has something you can use today.
