Pathways to Happiness are policy suggestions for communities using the Happiness Index and scoring low in an area. Each one suggests policies and programs for when a community scores low in one area.

1. Pathways to Happiness
for communities with low trust in government

2. in government
Pathways to Happiness are ways
trust
communities can
increase

3. Communities
everywhere
score
low
in
Government100= happiest

4. Let’s look at one aspect of government:
trust in government

5. On average,
people do not
trust their
government
a score below 40 means we do not trust our local government, below 60 means we feel indifferently

6. Courageous Policies

7. campaign reform
equality
return to core values of democracy
take back democracy
justice
liberty
personal sovereignty = individual people are the source of all government power

8. national campaign finance reform
https://ballotpedia.org/Campaign_finance_reform
corporate money = 1st
amendment protected speech
Citizens United, 2010:
information:

9. local campaign finance reform resources
https://stateinnovation.org/taxonomy/term/200
http://www.cacities.org/getattachment/bc330c98-c09f-436e-a77c-a2f8b1cf74bc/2-2008-Local-Campaign-Finance-Reform-Pras
examples campaign finance reform ordinances & laws
information on local campaign finance reform

10. compassion training for police
improve community well-being and police well-being
de-escalate volatile situations
better decision making

11. police compassion training resources
http://www.policechiefmagazine.org/magazine/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_arch&article_id=3059&issue_id=92013
https://www.positive.news/2016/society/justice/19927/us-police-compassion-training/
example program
information
https://compassionate.center/docs/WP-The_Impact_of_Police_Compassion_Competency.pdf
whitepaper

12. political festivals
3 day festivals with politicians, media, citizens
discussions, q&a, face to face
like in denmark

13. What’s it
going to
take?

14. get involved
vote
donate small
& don’t give up
campaign volunteer

15. own media
be the media
write, vid, #, @ your own
be choosey about the media you ingest
help build momentum for the media you trust

16. talk politics
talk to your friends
don’t fight. listen. and talk.
language is the dna of culture
talk to your family

17. Other policies in the Pathways to Happiness tool series
Campaign finance reform
Guaranteed basic income
Media reform
Massive public transportation
Local food reliance
Village living (cities and rural)
Multi-use zoning
Public spaces
Political festivals
Participatory governance
Participatory budgeting
Anti-corruption policies
Transparency in government
Compassion training for police
Community-based monitoring
Sousveillance
Vote holiday
Vacation laws
Family leave laws
Sick leave laws
Flex time and job share laws
Telecommuting policies
Babies at work policies
Intergenerational care
Department of neighborhoods
Volunteer programs
Mindfulness practice in schools
Social justice awareness raising
Mental health –priority counseling

18. We envision a world where all beings can thrive.
Can you envision it too?
happycounts.org