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We believe every person should have the opportunity to live a life of meaning, and that the path there runs through the communities, classrooms, and workplaces across America where real change happens. Swipe to see what the Stand Together community is building ➡️

We believe every person should have the opportunity to live a life of meaning, and that the path there runs through the communities, classrooms, and workplaces across America where real change happens. Swipe to see what the Stand Together community is building ➡️

We believe every person should have the opportunity to live a life of meaning, and that the path there runs through the communities, classrooms, and workplaces across America where real change happens. Swipe to see what the Stand Together community is building ➡️

We believe every person should have the opportunity to live a life of meaning, and that the path there runs through the communities, classrooms, and workplaces across America where real change happens. Swipe to see what the Stand Together community is building ➡️

We believe every person should have the opportunity to live a life of meaning, and that the path there runs through the communities, classrooms, and workplaces across America where real change happens. Swipe to see what the Stand Together community is building ➡️

We believe every person should have the opportunity to live a life of meaning, and that the path there runs through the communities, classrooms, and workplaces across America where real change happens. Swipe to see what the Stand Together community is building ➡️

America built the Empire State Building in one year. Now permits take 14 years. @abundanceinstitute Senior Fellow @john.ac.hardin explains how fear replaced audacity, and how it’s not too late to rewrite the rules.

Dual enrollment just hit 2.8 million students nationwide, but homeschool families have been here for years. @kymkent1 of @extendhomeschool says what they learned along the way is something most parents have never been told. Stand Together supports education entrepreneurs building outside the system. Read more at the 🔗 in bio.

Dual enrollment just hit 2.8 million students nationwide, but homeschool families have been here for years. @kymkent1 of @extendhomeschool says what they learned along the way is something most parents have never been told. Stand Together supports education entrepreneurs building outside the system. Read more at the 🔗 in bio.

Dual enrollment just hit 2.8 million students nationwide, but homeschool families have been here for years. @kymkent1 of @extendhomeschool says what they learned along the way is something most parents have never been told. Stand Together supports education entrepreneurs building outside the system. Read more at the 🔗 in bio.

Dual enrollment just hit 2.8 million students nationwide, but homeschool families have been here for years. @kymkent1 of @extendhomeschool says what they learned along the way is something most parents have never been told. Stand Together supports education entrepreneurs building outside the system. Read more at the 🔗 in bio.

Dual enrollment just hit 2.8 million students nationwide, but homeschool families have been here for years. @kymkent1 of @extendhomeschool says what they learned along the way is something most parents have never been told. Stand Together supports education entrepreneurs building outside the system. Read more at the 🔗 in bio.

Dual enrollment just hit 2.8 million students nationwide, but homeschool families have been here for years. @kymkent1 of @extendhomeschool says what they learned along the way is something most parents have never been told. Stand Together supports education entrepreneurs building outside the system. Read more at the 🔗 in bio.

Every year, more than 15,000 young people age out of foster care with no family, no safety net, and no plan. Most will face homelessness, unemployment, or incarceration within years, but what actually changes those outcomes?

This National Foster Care Month, Stand Together supports the organizations proving that one consistent relationship changes those odds entirely. Learn more at the 🔗 in bio. #NationalFosterCareMonth

Every year, more than 15,000 young people age out of foster care with no family, no safety net, and no plan. Most will face homelessness, unemployment, or incarceration within years, but what actually changes those outcomes?

This National Foster Care Month, Stand Together supports the organizations proving that one consistent relationship changes those odds entirely. Learn more at the 🔗 in bio. #NationalFosterCareMonth

Every year, more than 15,000 young people age out of foster care with no family, no safety net, and no plan. Most will face homelessness, unemployment, or incarceration within years, but what actually changes those outcomes?

This National Foster Care Month, Stand Together supports the organizations proving that one consistent relationship changes those odds entirely. Learn more at the 🔗 in bio. #NationalFosterCareMonth

Every year, more than 15,000 young people age out of foster care with no family, no safety net, and no plan. Most will face homelessness, unemployment, or incarceration within years, but what actually changes those outcomes?

This National Foster Care Month, Stand Together supports the organizations proving that one consistent relationship changes those odds entirely. Learn more at the 🔗 in bio. #NationalFosterCareMonth

Every year, more than 15,000 young people age out of foster care with no family, no safety net, and no plan. Most will face homelessness, unemployment, or incarceration within years, but what actually changes those outcomes?

This National Foster Care Month, Stand Together supports the organizations proving that one consistent relationship changes those odds entirely. Learn more at the 🔗 in bio. #NationalFosterCareMonth

People often look to systems to solve poverty. But what if the real solutions are already within communities?

By empowering residents and addressing essential needs, Daron Babcock helped prove that lasting change starts with the people closest to the challenges.

In South Dallas, the organization he founded, @bontonfarms, helped transform a neighborhood once marked by concentrated poverty by creating jobs, expanding access to healthy food, and creating opportunities for people to rebuild their lives.

It’s the kind of bottom-up problem-solving highlighted in Believe in People. Get America’s 250th Anniversary Edition of the book and read more about Daron Babcock at the links in bio.

Half of foster families close their homes within the first year, not because they don't care, but because no one shows up for them.

This National Foster Care Month, Stand Together supports @mrs.susanramirez, @nationalangels, and the communities mobilizing around foster families so they don't have to navigate it alone. Learn more at the 🔗 in bio. #NationalFosterCareMonth

This #SecondChanceMonth, Stand Together actively supports the people working to understand what keeps people stuck and build targeted, informed solutions for their long-term success, like at @mttamcollege. Learn more at the 🔗 in bio.

This #SecondChanceMonth, Stand Together actively supports the people working to understand what keeps people stuck and build targeted, informed solutions for their long-term success, like at @mttamcollege. Learn more at the 🔗 in bio.

This #SecondChanceMonth, Stand Together actively supports the people working to understand what keeps people stuck and build targeted, informed solutions for their long-term success, like at @mttamcollege. Learn more at the 🔗 in bio.

This #SecondChanceMonth, Stand Together actively supports the people working to understand what keeps people stuck and build targeted, informed solutions for their long-term success, like at @mttamcollege. Learn more at the 🔗 in bio.

This #SecondChanceMonth, Stand Together actively supports the people working to understand what keeps people stuck and build targeted, informed solutions for their long-term success, like at @mttamcollege. Learn more at the 🔗 in bio.

This #SecondChanceMonth, Stand Together actively supports the people working to understand what keeps people stuck and build targeted, informed solutions for their long-term success, like at @mttamcollege. Learn more at the 🔗 in bio.

A hospital charges $100,000 for a procedure. The insurance company negotiates it down to $20,000 and calls it savings. Dr. Keith Smith, founder of the @surgerycenterok, calls it something else: a system designed to profit from its own dysfunction.

Smith's clinic skips the game entirely. Every procedure has a fixed, published price. A gallbladder removal costs $6,836 total, covering the facility, equipment, anesthesia, and surgeon. That figure is on the website before a patient ever walks through the door.

The bigger structural problem, according to Stanford economist Dr. John Cochrane, is that patients are shielded from prices at every turn. When buyers can't compare costs, competition disappears and prices have nowhere to go but up.

Dr. Josh Umbehr runs Atlas MD in Wichita on a different premise. "We don't try to buy gasoline with car insurance," he said. "It's not that insurance is bad; it's really more prepaid medical than it is an insurance product." His direct-care membership runs about $1,500 a year. The national average for family premiums exceeds $25,000.

When these models opened in 2010, only a handful existed. Today there are more than 2,500 direct-care clinics nationwide, with 30 to 40 more opening every month. The question these doctors are asking isn't whether affordable care is possible. They're showing it already is, at the 🔗 in bio.

It’s easy to get caught up in the negativity dominating today’s headlines. But that’s not the full story of who we are.

In this powerful conversation with Daniel Stid, Stand Together CEO Brian Hooks reflects on the enduring values that continue to define what it means to be American.

Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more. 🔗 in bio.

Most schools would have said no to a 7th grader who wanted to make a rocket. This one asked him what he needed to pull it off.

Becca Stevens started @thistlefarms in 1997 with a single house and a belief that women who had survived trafficking and abuse deserved more than a 90-day program. Nearly three decades later, the organization has become the largest justice enterprise run by women survivors in the country.

Real change starts with people.

The most powerful solutions come from individuals who care deeply about their communities and take action to make them stronger, not top-down systems.

As @aloeblacc shared:
“Believe in People reminds us that the power to change lives and strengthen communities lies within each of us. It's an inspiring call to lead with dignity, optimism, and connection.”

When we invest in people, we unlock potential that transforms lives — and builds a future where everyone can thrive.

Get Believe in People, America’s 250th Anniversary Edition at the 🔗 in bio.