Compassionate Communities,

a multi-generational community-wide healthcare movement

was created to rekindle cooperative responsibility

for the health of our communities,

advance health equity

& inspire compassionate action.

Our relationships provide a strong foundation and motivation for our work together.

Our common ground, the health of our shared community, is a sturdy and neutral bridge across partisan and cultural divides.

Indeed, what unites the two of us in friendship and collaboration is not shared politics or the same religion. It is something simpler:
a shared belief in compassion, in human dignity, in the intrinsic usefulness of every person to contribute positively for a better and more meaningful world.

Dalai Lama and Arthur C. Brooks

Our movement is evolving organically.

We create opportunities for people in our community to come together to respond to complicated public health issues with both integrity and compassion.

Our hashtag, Root Down Reach Out, reflects our vision for a healthcare movement with the foundational strength and potential of an engaged, inclusive community.

Our Compassionate Connections Community Health Forums are opportunities to strengthen relationships, enhance understanding and inspire compassion as we welcome the voices of the diverse members of our community to explore and address complex healthcare issues.

In 2025, we are offering a Root Down Reach Out retreat for the many people who are affected by and working diligently to address the impact of environmental events in Idaho on community health.

Will you join us?

To learn more about our vision for community health, please check out this story published in the Idaho Press Health Column and Treasure Valley Medical Professionals Magazine.

We also invite you to enjoy a story published in the Idaho Magazine with reference to our Compassionate Communities Healthcare Movement.