Our Mission is to end loneliness and empower belonging for all
BELONGING IS
ACCEPTANCE
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BELONGING IS
COMMUNITY
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BELONGING IS
HOSPITALITY
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BELONGING IS
LISTENING
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BELONGING IS
RESPONDING
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BELONGING IS
UNIVERSAL
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BELONGING IS
PRESENCE
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BELONGING IS
EMBRACE
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BELONGING IS
HEALING
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BELONGING IS
HUMAN
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BELONGING IS
MAGNETIC
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BELONGING IS
VALIDATION
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BELONGING IS
PERSPECTIVE
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BELONGING IS
KINDNESS
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BELONGING IS
LOVE
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BELONGING IS
EXPRESSION
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BELONGING IS
CONFIDENCE
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BELONGING IS
COLORFUL
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BELONGING IS
STRENGTH
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BELONGING IS
MOVEMENT
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BELONGING IS ACCEPTANCE ✦ BELONGING IS COMMUNITY ✦ BELONGING IS HOSPITALITY ✦ BELONGING IS LISTENING ✦ BELONGING IS RESPONDING ✦ BELONGING IS UNIVERSAL ✦ BELONGING IS PRESENCE ✦ BELONGING IS EMBRACE ✦ BELONGING IS HEALING ✦ BELONGING IS HUMAN ✦ BELONGING IS MAGNETIC ✦ BELONGING IS VALIDATION ✦ BELONGING IS PERSPECTIVE ✦ BELONGING IS KINDNESS ✦ BELONGING IS LOVE ✦ BELONGING IS EXPRESSION ✦ BELONGING IS CONFIDENCE ✦ BELONGING IS COLORFUL ✦ BELONGING IS STRENGTH ✦ BELONGING IS MOVEMENT ✦
The leading cause of depression is loneliness.
1 in 2 American adults experience loneliness
Cigna Corporation., 2021. Bruce LD, et al., 2019
The average time spent alone was 142.5 hours a month in 2003 and increased to 166.5 hours a month in 2020.
The average time spent spent engaging with friends was 60 minutes a day in 2003 and decreased to 20 minutes a day in 2020.
Less than 20% of individuals who often or always feel lonely recognize it as a major problem
DiJulio B, et al., 2018
Single-person households accounted for 13% of all U.S. households in 1960. It more than doubled to 29% of all households in 2022.
Our Plan
Belong Center has a preventative and joyful approach to ending loneliness, rather than medicating and pathologizing our human experience. In 2024 we will…
Launch Belong Benches across major markets to create public spaces for connection and belonging.
Build culture shifting campaigns promoting belonging as a fundamental human need through social media, events, and OOH marketing.
Fund and launch an academic study on the importance of collective dance and joy, in partnership with UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center.
Develop our Belong Circles program of in-person gatherings across the country as well as our Belong Corps team of volunteers to support and facilitate.
And more to come!
We are building a research backed, multifaceted roadmap to address loneliness and isolation in our cities.
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Volunteer
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VOLUNTEER YOUR OFFICE SPACE
Volunteer your office space and join the movement to end loneliness. Make it your office’s giveback!
How: Please contact human@belongcenter.org. Our online volunteer portal will be open soon!
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VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME
Volunteer your time with Belong Center and help build a community that truly gives back.
How: Please contact human@belongcenter.org. Our online volunteer portal will be open soon!
BELONGING IS
ACCEPTANCE
✦
BELONGING IS
COMMUNITY
✦
BELONGING IS
HOSPITALITY
✦
BELONGING IS
LISTENING
✦
BELONGING IS
RESPONDING
✦
BELONGING IS
UNIVERSAL
✦
BELONGING IS
PRESENCE
✦
BELONGING IS
EMBRACE
✦
BELONGING IS
HEALING
✦
BELONGING IS
HUMAN
✦
BELONGING IS
MAGNETIC
✦
BELONGING IS
VALIDATION
✦
BELONGING IS
PERSPECTIVE
✦
BELONGING IS
KINDNESS
✦
BELONGING IS
LOVE
✦
BELONGING IS
EXPRESSION
✦
BELONGING IS
CONFIDENCE
✦
BELONGING IS
COLORFUL
✦
BELONGING IS
STRENGTH
✦
BELONGING IS ACCEPTANCE ✦ BELONGING IS COMMUNITY ✦ BELONGING IS HOSPITALITY ✦ BELONGING IS LISTENING ✦ BELONGING IS RESPONDING ✦ BELONGING IS UNIVERSAL ✦ BELONGING IS PRESENCE ✦ BELONGING IS EMBRACE ✦ BELONGING IS HEALING ✦ BELONGING IS HUMAN ✦ BELONGING IS MAGNETIC ✦ BELONGING IS VALIDATION ✦ BELONGING IS PERSPECTIVE ✦ BELONGING IS KINDNESS ✦ BELONGING IS LOVE ✦ BELONGING IS EXPRESSION ✦ BELONGING IS CONFIDENCE ✦ BELONGING IS COLORFUL ✦ BELONGING IS STRENGTH ✦
Our Board
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Radha Agrawal
Founder and CEO, DAYBREAKER, Co-Founder, THINX, and author
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Dr. Mark Hyman
5X NYTimes bestselling author, leader in Functional Medicine
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Kimbal Musk
Entrepreneur, philanthropist and co-founder of The Kitchen Restaurant Group
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Lynne Twist
Award-winning speaker, author, fundraiser, and global activist
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Randall Mays
Philanthropist, businessman, investor, and CEO of Running M Capital
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Dr. James Pawelski
Director of Education in the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania
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Ping Fu
Co-Founder and former CEO of Geomagic, a 3D software development company
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Dr. Dacher Keltner
Professor of Psychology at the UCAL Berkeley, and the Faculty Director of the Greater Good Science Center
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Miki Agrawal
Founder, TUSHY & WILD, Co-Founder, THINX
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Eli Clark-Davis
Co-Founder, DAYBREAKER
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Timothy Patch
Co-Founder, DAYBREAKER
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David Yarus
Founder of J-Swipe, founder mllnnl
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Karine Plantadit
Former principal dancer at Alvin Ailey, lead cast in “The Lion King” and “Come Fly Away”
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Aine Kimsey
Breathwork practitioner, instructor, and community builder
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Paavo Siljamäki
Dance music artist and member of Above & Beyond
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