iHOPE - Opportunity
National CHW Awareness Week
Greetings,
One of the things I value most about being a Community Health Worker is our ability to notice. We notice the gap between what a system offers and what a person can actually access, strengths within communities that others may overlook and relationships or solutions that are already present.
Very often, CHWs see opportunity before someone gives it a formal name. That is why today’s iHOPE focus is Opportunity.
Opportunity is not only about waiting for someone to open a door for us.
Sometimes opportunity begins when we recognize something that could exist and decide to move toward it, whether that is a new partnership, leadership role, business, community solution, training, policy change, or relationship between two people who needed to meet.
Today’s Scripture for iHOPE (Opportunity) says, “Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it?” — Isaiah 43:19 NKJV
That question stands out to me: Shall you not know it? What is beginning to spring up around you, what possibility are you noticing, and what idea keeps returning to you?
Then consider another important question: Who could help you move it forward? Today is where we lean deeply into collaboration.
I see what is possible
SHARE HOPE: Tell us about an opportunity you see
GIVE HOPE: If you have a resource, relationship, idea, or experience that could help someone move their opportunity forward, offer it
See an opportunity? Make a connection.
Join the conversation: https://bit.ly/iHOPE-discussion
Download the iHOPE identity card: https://www.chwstrength.com/ihope
Someone in this community may be carrying the connection that helps your idea grow and you may be carrying theirs.
with gratitude,
Stephanie Toney, CCHW, RN, BSN Visionary at CHW Strength
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