Constellations of Well-Being Toolkit
The Constellations of Well-Being Toolkit move beyond narrow or clinical definitions of well-being to center culture, lived experience, and collective life. Each toolkit blends storytelling, reflection, and dialogue-based practices with survey tools that invite young people to define well-being in their own language, emotions, humor, and cultural references. Designed to be used with participants—not on them—the toolkits spark conversation, strengthen relationships, and support collective sensemaking. Because well-being tools are most powerful when used with intention, care and context, we provide toolkits that support collective reflection and meaning-making.
The toolkit includes support through a five step implementation pathway.
American Indian / Alaska Native Well-Being Brief
The American Indian / Alaska Native Well-Being Survey is grounded in community strengths and cultural knowledge and is designed to support the well-being of young people living in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. It helps communities gather and make meaning of data with young people, identify key gaps in youth well-being, and design culturally responsive strategies to better support young people’s holistic well-being.
Black Expressions of Well-Being Brief
The Black Expressions of Well-Being Survey, shaped by Black youth expressions of identity and connection, is designed to support the well-being of young people. It helps communities gather and make meaning of data with Black youth to understand how identity, belonging, and connection shape their well-being, identify key gaps, and design strategies that affirm Black identity and strengthen connection in young people’s lives.
Latine Bienestar Brief
The Latine Bienestar Survey, rooted in culture, belonging, and lived experience, is designed to support the well-being of Latine youth. It helps communities gather and make meaning of data with Latine youth to understand how culture and belonging shape their well-being, identify key gaps, and design culturally responsive strategies that honor lived experience
A Simple Implementation Pathway
Our implementation pathway is designed to help partners move thoughtfully from curiosity to action, centering relationships, reflection, and care at every stage.
1
Prepare
Our implementation pathway is designed to help partners move thoughtfully from curiosity to action, centering relationships, reflection, and care at every stage.
What this looks like:
- Orientation to the toolkit and approach
- Alignment on values, ethics, and purpose
- Planning for recruitment, timing, and facilitation
2
Engage
The toolkit is introduced and used with youth or participants through facilitated sessions and community-based activities. Engagement is designed to feel accessible, culturally relevant, and relational.
What this looks like:
- Facilitated conversations or workshops
- Reflective survey use grounded in dialogue
- Creating space for storytelling and expression
3
Reflect
Participants and partners pause to make meaning of what emerged. Reflection focuses on patterns, tensions, and insights rather than individual outcomes.
What this looks like:
- Collective sensemaking sessions
- Youth and staff reflection conversations
- Identifying strengths, gaps, and opportunities
4
Act
Insights are translated into concrete shifts in practice, programming, or organizational culture. Action is understood as iterative and ongoing.
What this looks like:
- Adjusting programs or facilitation practices
- Informing decision-making or planning processes
- Naming next steps and accountability points
5
Sustain
Partners identify ways to carry learning forward over time, embedding wellbeing into everyday practices rather than treating it as a one-time initiative.
What this looks like:
- Integrating tools into regular rhythms
- Ongoing reflection and check-ins
- Building internal capacity for continued use