Current training and coaching clients and collaborating organizations in our connecting opportunities.
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 with Regenerative Culture practices such as permaculture.
The Heart of Virginia ABCD Network grew out of our 2021 learning cohort and 2022 community of practice.
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. urban, rural, and suburban areas across the region.
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 - the youth of Prince Edward County. WUY is currently in the process of building out a youth center in the south Virginia Street community which will be a hub for youth development activities i
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 empower students to listen deeply and respond
Allison Crews is a cultivator of community networks through wellness, food & education.
Kaleidoscope Collaborative RVA LLC is a founding member of the Empower Communities Network, and Embrace Communities has been partnering with
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 passionate community builders who are dedicated
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.
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-building. She first learned the art of connection from her grandmother and mother and spent her teens experientially studying communal living and activism across the US.