| Contact Us |
Main Office - Operations |
|
900 E. Broad Street, Suite 1502 |
The Office of Community Wealth Building
The mission of the Office of Community Wealth Building is to create policy and structural change resulting in a coherent ladder out of poverty for our lowest-income residents.
The Office of Community Wealth Building (OCWB) was established by Former Mayor Dwight C. Jones in the spring of 2014 and operated as a first-of-its-kind City office in the nation. In December 2015, City Council enacted Former Mayor Jones’s proposal to establish the Office of Community Wealth Building as a permanent department.
The office is the brainchild of the Mayor’s Anti-Poverty Commission and was later developed into the Maggie L. Walker Initiative for Expanding Opportunity and Fighting Poverty. The creation of the Office of Community Wealth Building was one of the central recommendations of the Commission.
Our vision is to build a coordinated approach that provides a consistent ladder out of poverty through access to quality employment and related supports and to create stronger neighborhood and educational opportunities to improve the life chances for all of Richmond’s children. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE.
This year, OCWB combined its implementation of OCWB Vision 2020 and pandemic response for community stability. As previously demonstrated in the Return on Investment and Impact Statements section, the OCWB and its partners have accomplished broader goals with significant community impacts. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE.
Click on each of our programs and services to learn more.BLISS Career Stations Eviction Diversion Mayor's Youth Academy Richmond Living Wage Certification Program Social Enterprise
|
Staff of the Office of Community Wealth Building:
|
Valaryee N. Mitchell, Director, Read More |
|
Caprichia Moses, Economic and Community Development Administrator |
|
Shawanda Clark James Davis Bernadine Doggett La’Tina Doughty Kelvin Harris Wilma Harris Calvin Headley Sherrilyn Hicks Quandra Holmes
|
Darcel Jones Lerone Joseph John Korusek Keith Lewis Erika Love Janette McGrady Pamela Newton Rae Obejero Lori Payne
|
Jenee Pearson Evette Roots Sandra Smith Suzette Street Derrick Wadley Travis Woods Darrick Young Mayra Zavala
|
Community Wealth Building Ambassadors
|
James Davis, Program Coordinator |
|
Yolanda Avery Zaheera Al-Bayina Ricardo Anderson Marquita Armstrong Cotina Brake Ailaher Brogdon Charmane Cunningham Anthony Forest Curtis Franklin Margo Greene Sherwood Hartso Claude Hodges Karen Imes |
Karen Jones Kiawanda Jones Heather Jones Jessica Jones Mark Lee Bryant Manuel Merle Mitchell Jessica Ortiz Preston Page Lafonda Page Porshe Pettaway Lawrence Robinson Marva Russell |
Ashley Singleton Brandon Smith Lalita Sylver Michael Stone Sharon Thomas Iyana Turner Alicia Watson LaVar White Christopher Willis Alkendrick Wright Joseph Wright Ian Young
|
Maggie L. Walker Citizens Advisory Board
|
The Maggie L. Walker Initiative Citizens Advisory Board was created as an independent citizen body tasked with ongoing monitoring of the city’s progress in implementing the Initiative agenda and related policies. On December 8, 2014, City Council passed ordinance §2014-234-215 formally establishing the Maggie L. Walker Initiative Citizens Advisory Board. |
|
Councilwoman Ellen Robertson, Chair |
|
Albert Walker, Co-Chair |
|
Kamala Allen Dominic Barrett Chanel Bea Avohom Carpenter Jewel Gatling Charles Hall Marthelia Hutchen
|
Saundra Laws Gina Lyles Patrice Shelton Carmen Simon Aquanetta Scott Valaryee Mitchell (non-voting)
|
|
|
The Legacy of Maggie Lena Walker
|
