Community of Just Love

Preparing underserved youth living on the margins with an opportunity to create a self-sufficient future through economic and political parity.

At-Risk Children and Youth
Catalyst Grant, US $4,000

CCH seeks to expand Expressive Therapies including art, music, and drama therapy, yoga and meditation to use in tandem with traditional psychiatric or mental health services to improve the success of treatment, daily functioning and sustainability of kids who have experienced trauma.

Mission Area: At-Risk Children and Youth
Innovation Grant: $10,000

Young Change Makers is a ministry outreach of Just Love Church, designed to prepare local low-income, high school seniors on the margins, for a self-sufficient future that will allow for economic and political parity. The objectives of this ministry include college and vocational preparation, financial empowerment, enhanced civic participation, and the work of managing responsible adult lives. These goals will be achieved by implementing the second year of their seminar curriculum. The scope of topics includes addressing LGBTQ racial, ethnic, and religious diversities, developing the art of public speaking and advocacy, skills-building for financial literacy such as best practices for managing money, exposing predatory lending, and how to manage credit to name only a few. They also seek to educate on how government and legislation works and ways that people and the general citizenry can influence change. They will develop young people’s general life skills such as writing resumes and cover letters, to reviewing and signing leases for rental or buying property. They will role-play interview skills during a job search. They seek to also emphasize the importance of giving back to others through service projects in the community. Members of Just Love Church say their faith calls them to proclaim the gospel that lifts up all those who are being oppressed. The community is living into this gospel by building relationships with high school students and offering a host of Saturday seminars to expose societal issues that impact the community and the youth while providing tools to counteract the systemic trends from repeating.

Mission Category: Intergenerational – At-Risk Children and Youth, Older Adults

Innovation Grant: US $10,000

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Young Change Makers is an outreach project designed to prepare underserved youth on the margins for a self-sufficient future that will allow for economic and political parity. The objectives of this project include college and vocational preparation, financial empowerment, enhanced civic participation, and the promotion of altruism.

Mission Category: At-Risk Children and Youth
Innovation Grant: US $10,000