Acquiring timely and reliable data from different sources and/or sharing data can help develop effective strategies to improve conditions and outcomes for communities. But acquiring or sharing data often involves wading through a complex web of policies, systems, data types, partnerships, laws and agreements, all of which can create challenges for those unfamiliar with data sharing. During this session, Stephen murphy and Chris Alibrandi O’Connor from the Network for Public Health Law explored a structured approach to data sharing, outlined in a new resource from the Network for Public Health Law and Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH), Pathways to Yes: A legal framework for achieving data sharing for health, well-being, and equity, designed to get us from the data sharing “land of no” onto the data sharing “pathways to yes.”