In episode five of Together for Change, StriveTogether Senior Manager of Policy and Partnership Christian Motley goes "upstream" with StriveTogether President and CEO Jennifer Blatz and Dan Heath. Dan, the author of Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen, explains why too often we're trapped in a cycle of reaction.

"If you want the outcome to change, you have to change the system," says Dan. He and Jennifer detail examples of how communities are changing systems by using continuous improvement.

Black people are often disproportionately harmed by systems -- often fatally -- which means we cannot shy away from address the roots of systemic racism.

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