“We feel like one family in one place,” explained Munira when asked how living at Hope has changed her life. Munira grew up in Sudan and moved to the United States in 1999. She and her three young children have lived at Hope since 1995. Her eldest child, Fatima is 14 years old and for the past four years has spent most Saturday mornings with her peers at Hope’s Youth in the City mentoring program. Her young brother, Yaisin, age 9, looks forward to Learning in Community where he spends time reading and writing with a mentor alongside his friends. Munira also has been active at Hope and is a community leader in Hope’s tenant group that organizes activities to bring neighbors together. For Munira and her family Hope has been much more than a place to live. She says it’s a place where people care about one another and where she has built a real home for her family.
Community Engagement
We believe in people. We insist that people in the community be seen as potential leaders who have opportunities and possibilities.
We create opportunity and possibility – hundreds of children, youth, adults, and families are involved each year in learning, leadership and community building opportunities. Our Community Engagement work impacts the broader community, not just Hope tenants, and is at the core of our community revitalization mission.
When a community has been devastated, rebuilding takes more than buildings. Our approach to neighborhood revitalization takes a comprehensive approach integrating physical development with extensive strategies to engage community residents in building better future for themselves, their families and their community. This work is accomplished with a multitude of formal and informal partnerships, connections and networks. All of this leads to the day to day reality that creates opportunity and a healthy environment.