Initiatives

All-In Cincinnati, a Cincinnati-born coalition, has partnered with the Policy Lab at the Institute for Racial, Ethnic and Socioeconomic Equity (Equity Institute) at the George Washington University, embedding its local framework into one of the nation’s most respected research institutions to shape public policy that begins with community voice.

For more than five years, All-In Cincinnati has worked alongside residents, judges, city officials, and grassroots leaders to win real policy victories in housing, health, education, and economic mobility. Now, in partnership with the Policy Lab at GW’s Equity Institute, that work is being rigorously evaluated, strengthened, and prepared for national replication. 

The Equity Institute (EI) has partnered with the Center for Community Resilience (CCR) to develop an innovative framework, first piloted in Cincinnati, to close the nation’s wealth gap by aligning place-based investments that improve economic, health, and social outcomes.

Through close collaboration with public and private partners, the CCR-EI framework provides actionable strategies, measurable goals, and an innovative tool – the Opportunity Dashboard – to simulate and track the impact of investments aimed at driving economic and social mobility.

The Equity Institute is launching a new Summer Institute—a two-week residential program at GW in partnership with researchers from Harvard and Drexel. Designed for students nationwide, the institute will offer hands-on training in systems science methods like group model building and system dynamics modeling to address the root causes of disparity in health, wealth, and wellbeing. With limited formal training programs in this growing field, the Summer Institute will help build a pipeline of future researchers and changemakers to expand this vital body of work. Stay tuned for more details.