Vision

At We Can Do Better, we envision an Oregon where healthcare, education, mental health, disability services, and other systems work in harmony to foster a meaningful, vibrant, and thriving life for all.

Mission

We Can Do Better connects the lived experiences of Oregonians and the insights of community-led organizations with policymakers and system leaders. Through open, bi-directional communication, we help build mutual understanding, driving meaningful collaboration.

Together, we challenge the silos rooted in structural racism, ableism and other bias by creating inclusive spaces for engaging, informing, and empowering communities. We Can Do Better promotes systems change for a more equitable future for all.

Our work focuses on taking complex information and making it understandable to the public, so that weighing in on these important issues does not feel so daunting. It’s why we hold workshops and our annual conference. We believe that people want to engage effectively, but sometimes need a translator along the way.

A small group of staff provides core support.

In 2008, we endorsed the Triple Aim, which guides our strategies and areas of policy focus. Three objectives must be approached simultaneously  in order to transform the health system:

1. improved health of a defined population;
2. reduced (or contained) per capita costs; and
3. an improved experience of care for the users of the system.[divider]

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