Kindfulness

Kindfulness is a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in Columbus, Ohio, USA, that promotes kindness and mindfulness to achieve justice by grounding in stakeholder representation

to provide linkage to resources and services

and to improve structures and functions of systems toward preventing and reducing major exploitation, illnesses, mortality, and enhancing self-advocacy and upward mobility through improved resource access & utilization skills for those in the unhoused, trafficked, reentry, military veterans, and LGBT+ communities.

Kindfulness, a blend of kindness and mindfulness, is driven by several core beliefs:

• See things as they are (mindfulness) and respond with well-wishing for all beings (kindness)
• Do Not Harm
• Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can
• Persons with lived experiences must be involved as participants or leaders in our operation
• Don't let decisions made about us without us

Using smart technology, mobile outreach, organizational collaboration, & service navigation, we address (1) systems/policy determinants of individual & community wellbeing, (2) resources access, & (3) self-advocacy skills to reduce referral leakage & improve coalition cost-effectiveness.