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 strengthen local communities by responding to local concerns ranging from literacy to food, to access to health.
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 implementing an ABCD strategy in their community of Huntington Green in Huntersville, North Carolina.
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 vision of empowering families was the practice of hospitality.
Woodlake United Methodist Church has been a training and coaching client of Embrace Communities since 2019 and is a founding member of the Empowered Communities Network. Woodlake is a support partner to two Empowered Communities Network members:
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.
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. They are a space for community he
Our asset-mapping often reveals two of the most overlooked assets in community transformation – the young people, who have passion and energy – and the senior adults, who have wisdom and experience. Senior adults are the unsung heroes of our neighborhoods.
Union Presbyterian Seminary is a 2016 Training Sponsor with Embrace Communities. Union Presbyterian Seminary equips Christian leaders for ministry in the world — a sacred vocation that requires deep learning, commitment to service, and an ability to read culture and circumstance in the light of the rich resources of Scripture and theological tradition.
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.
Answering these questions is the goal of the “Together we Rise” project.