Click here to donate to PACEM during September People and Congregations Engaged in Ministry (PACEM) was founded in 2003 by clergy and homeless advocates in response to neighbors sleeping outside Downtown. PACEM endeavors to alleviate the challenges of homelessness through compassionate support, relationship building, and facilitation of services. Our flagship...
Birth Sisters of Charlottesville is a women of color doula collective supporting women of color through their birth journey and into motherhood. Our aim is to amplify the resiliency of Black, Indigenous, Women of Color by drawing on life experiences, shared values, training, and sacred legacies to provide culturally rooted,...
City of Promise’s goal is to make a positive impact on generational poverty and support a culture of achievement through child-centered, dual-generation initiatives in Charlottesville.
Accessing services for persons with mental illness is challenging. That’s where Partner for Mental Health (PMH) comes in – providing Navigation to connect persons with mental illness and/or substance use disorder to community supports. Click here to donate to the June collection for Partner for Mental Health PMH partners with...
The Social Action Collection (SAC) is our congregation’s outreach to the larger community, both with monetary donations each month but also with engagement in the mission of organizations whose work reflects our values. This year we decided to choose the organizations not through a general call and then a voting...
Central Virginia Community Justice provides brave spaces for restorative justice practices in our community. In our three years of existence, we have primarily done this through criminal diversions away from prosecution.
The Food Pantry has 21 volunteers who distribute food received from the Food Bank each first Friday of the month. We also get donated fresh vegetables from Whole Foods and we purchase personal care products and cleaning supplies to distribute. We average about 57 customers each month.
This month, we invite you to consider giving to support the work of our Interfaith Organizing initiative – IMPACT. IMPACT is a multi-faith coalition of more than 30 local congregations, organizing to empower citizens to create significant change through direct action. This year IMPACT is focusing on housing, childcare and...
The Story of LilyPads Housing In 2015, Charlottesville local, Jen Koym, gave birth to a little girl with a very rare and serious heart defect. Her daughter, Lily, needed open-heart surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital and their family was left scrambling to find housing while Lily was hospitalized far from...
RISE will be a vehicle for giving voice to the voiceless, strength to the weak and support for the lost within the Black community. RISE will give hope back to the Black community. Read about Rise on their website “Change will not come if we wait for some other person...