Our Active Partners
ABCD Institute
Wendy McCaig, Embrace Executive Director, serves as a member of the ABCD Institute training team in her capacity as a Faculty/Steward of the Institute. These trainings are offered periodically…
April Doner
April is a community-builder, storyteller, artist and connector who blends ground-level practices of asset-based community-driven development with writing, photography/video, teaching, and network-…
ARC
The Association for Regenerative Culture and Embrace Communities are partnering to develop a collaborative curriculum that brings together Asset-based Community Development principles and practices…
CHW Strength
The Executive Director of CHW Strength completed ABCD Training in the fall of 2022 and joined the Empowered Communities Network in January of 2023. Learn more here.
Coastal Bend Neighborhood Empowerment
Coastal Bend Neighborhood Empowerment (CBNE) has been a training and coaching client of Embrace Communities since 2017 and is a founding member of the Empowered Communities Network. They are…
Heart of Virginia ABCD Network
The Heart of Virginia ABCD Network grew out of our 2021 learning cohort and 2022 community of practice. This group hosted an ABCD Overview workshop and Learning Cohort in the fall of 2023 with the…
Kaleidoscope Collaborative
Kaleidoscope Collaborative RVA LLC is a founding member of the Empower Communities Network, and Embrace Communities has been partnering with Cheryl Groce-Wright, the founder and CEO of Kaleidoscope,…
Natural pHuel
Allison Crews is a cultivator of community networks through wellness, food & education. Her home base of natural pHuel, located in Farmville, is an extension of her mission, a space dedicated to…
Pace Center
The Pace Center has been a training and coaching client of Embrace Communities since 2017 and is a founding member of the Empowered Communities Network. Their mission is to equip and…
The United Methodist of Upper New York
The United Methodist of Upper New York cohort brought together eight of the most innovative leaders in the Upper New York Conference. The pastoral leaders were from a variety of contexts including.…