Through a Gender Lens 2026: the Economic Security of Women and Girls in Forsyth County

Through a Gender Lens 2026: the Economic Security of Women and Girls in Forsyth County

Through a Gender Lens 2026: The Economic Security of Women and Girls in Forsyth County was produced using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) framework that centers lived experience alongside data. This report, commissioned by The Women’s Fund of Winston-Salem, was a collaboration between Forsyth Futures, Action4Equity, and a cohort of women and people with lived experiences aligned with womanhood from across Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. This report was shaped from start to finish by that cohort, who helped define what thriving means, identified the issues that mattered most, and interpreted the findings alongside researchers.

The Intersectionality of Black Life and Being: a Community-Based Research Pilot Project

The Intersectionality of Black Life and Being: a Community-Based Research Pilot Project

The “Intersectionality of Black Life and Being” report was produced with a community-based research (CBR) framework that departs Forsyth Futures’ traditional research approach. This report, commissioned by the Black Philanthropy Initiative of the Winston-Salem Foundation, was a collaboration among Action4Equity, Forsyth Futures, and a dedicated group of research participants from the Black community in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. Unlike conventional research, this community-based approach actively involved Black people from the local community as co-leaders and decision-makers, ensuring mutual ownership over many aspects of the research process.