Building broad local partnerships and collaborations among service providers, community agencies and residents is one vital part of driving health equity into action on the ground. I spoke to a tremendously interesting group coming together in the Jane-Humber area of north-west Toronto. I highlighted the experience and impact of the South East Toronto Organization, a community-based collaboration that has been working for over twenty years in south-east Toronto to address equity barriers, connect providers working in marginalized communities and address challenges such as access to dental service, non-insured people, homeless young moms, harm reduction and other fundamental equity issues (see an overview of South East Toronto Organization’s development and our review of comprehensive community initiatives). I also spoke to the overall potential of community level multi-sectoral collaboration and networks as one crucial ingredient in acting on health inequities.