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…
Callie Walker
Callie Walker is an United Methodist pastor, community organizer, and founding member of Central Virginia Agrarian Commons. Her and her husband donated 85 acres of Amelia County farm land in support…
Church in the Wild
We are excited to be partnering with Church in the Wild pastor Corey Turnpenny to launch a Regenerative Culture listening project. Corey is a 2024 Great Neighbor Award recipient and we are thankful…
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…
Embrace Centers for Community
Embrace Centers for Community is seeking to establish health-focused community hubs in under utilized United Methodist Churches in the western part of Virginia. The first such hub is up and running…
Family Connections
Family Connection sites are supported by the West Central Health District across more than a dozen counties is west central Georgia. The community based health and wellness organizations seek to…
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…
Tamarack Institute
Embrace is thankful to be a part of Tamarack Institute's 2024 ABCD workshop series. Our co-designed half-day highly interactive introduction to ABCD was a huge success with over 150…
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.…
Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church
The Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church hosted one Power Shift Learning Cohorts in 2024 with additional learning cohorts and an implementation focused Community of Practice launching…