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 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-…
Belmont Community Resource Services has been a training and coaching client of Embrace Communities since 2018 and is a founding member of the Empowered Communities Network. They started a food…
Better Days Farmville participated in our Fall 2022 learning cohort and joined the Empowered Communities Network in January of 2023. You can learn more about their great work here.
Caterpillar Ministries completed Power Shift Part 1 in the fall of 2023. Through this training, they discerned that a community wide listening project would be their next faithful step in…
Centenary UMC has been a training and coaching client of Embrace Communities since January 2022. CUMC is one of six downtown churches, partnering in the Downtown Community Ministry, providing a…
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 (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…
Communities In Schools Chesterfield has been a training and coaching client of Embrace Communities since 2019 and is a founding member of the Empowered Communities Network. Communities In Schools' (…
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 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,…
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…
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…
SAFE: Southern Alamance Family Empowerment completed Power Shift Part 1 in the fall of 2023. Through this training, they discerned that the small step that would be most helpful to them in their…
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.…
The Town of Crewe's community development department chair completed our Fall 2022 learning cohort and joined the Empowered Communities Network in January of 2023.
The Virginia Community Health Workers Association (VACHWA) has been a training and coaching client of Embrace Communities since 2019 and is a founding member of the Empowered Communities Network…
Virginia State Parks Association is an active training client and a key partner in community building efforts across the South Central Virginia region. Learn more here.
We Understand Youth (WUY) became a coaching & training client of Embrace in June of 2022. WUY is seeking to strengthen the Farmville Community by investing in our future community leaders…