Embrace’s mission is to strengthen communities from the inside out. We do this by training, coaching, and connecting community cultivators through regional, national, and international learning cohorts, communities of practice, workgroups, and networks.   

2023 Summary:  

2022 Year in Review 

Over the past year Embrace has seen tremendous growth in the number of ABCD practitioners who are not only learning ABCD principles and practices through our learning opportunities but an increasing number who are finding on-going support they need to successfully implement an ABCD strategy in communities across the globe. 

The Empowered Communities Network is hosting this Power Shift - Foundations Series Training event through multiple learning cohorts

There are some exciting developments happening in the Rural ABCD Community of Practice! Below are some of the developments happening for the group in the new year.

2021 Outcomes

This past year has been filled with new opportunities that have helped us forge new relationships and deepen existing ones.

Has this ever happened to you? You come across a new way of doing something that resonates with you, and you want to make the change. Then, you take a training on it, or maybe, you read all the books and articles on it that you can find. The more you learn, the more excited you are about the impact it could have on your life and your work.

Over the past year, we have been embracing the vision of helping to cultivate stronger communities across the nation and beyond.

Please join Embrace Communities as we celebrate the graduates of our first ever Network Sponsored Introductory Power Shift Training Series that was held this fall!

We are excited to announce that the pilot Soul Care group that emerged from this summer’s listening project h

This summer, Wendy McCaig and Cheryl Groce-Wright concluded Phase I of the Soul Care For Community Builders Initiative.  Through a listening project, Wendy and Cheryl discovered what helped the community builders survive and thrive through the many challenges of the past year and a half.