Focus Topic: Relationships

Visualization capturing insights exploring the ideation of purpose at a 2022 “purpose jam” hosted by Purpose Commons’ co-founders. Photo/art by Rio Holaday. I’ve always believed that great ideas often start when like-minded people come together to build community. It’s in community that collaboration takes root and real progress happens. That’s why I think it’s important for […]

Read Tommi Laitio's research brief with the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University.

The World Happiness Report just dropped, and it’s clear—our work at the Gambrell Foundation has never been more relevant. This year’s focus? Relationships.

Over the past few weeks, I, like many of you, have been inundated with news updates and alerts that have had me more attached to my phone than I would like. I can only imagine what the digital world must feel like for the young people in our lives right now. In recognizing the broader issue of our healthy (or unhealthy) digital habits and how they may limit our ability to live a Great Life, I want to introduce Larissa May, founder and CEO of #HalfTheStory, who is leading a digital revolution for our young people and creating an online ecosystem that works better for us all.