It was a warm summer day in 2005.  The place was Highland Park United Methodist Church, in the heart of the Highland Park community.  It was the first year of Embrace Richmond’s existence and this largely abandoned church in a severely distressed part of our city had become home to our...

As a 40+ year old, suburban, middle class, white,  female, many would find my new fascination with Hip Hop a bit puzzling.  Honestly, if you had told me a month ago I would be writing a post affirming Hip Hop music, I would have thought you were nuts.  Prior to last week, the only things I...

Monday we had more than 40 volunteers from 4 local congregations turn out to celebrate MLK Day with us in Hillside and Fairfield Court.  We had over 300 community residents participate in these celebrations.  It was wonderful to see black, white, people of means, people with limited means,...

Saturday was one of the largest Blessing Day Events we have had at Embrace Richmond in the four year history of the event, with more than 100 individuals from all over the city turning out to bless Hillside court.  MCV brought over a dozen health care professionals and students who assessed...

In December, I wrote a post titled “Stop the Insanity” in which I shared a story of how one of our elderly community members was attacked, beaten and robbed and how no one came to her aid.  This week another disturbing encounter took place between another one of our elderly community...