900 E. Broad Street
Suite 1502
Richmond, VA
23219 USA
Phone: (804) 646-3108
Email: AskCommunityWealthBuilding
What is the Office of Community Wealth Building?
|
The Office of Community Wealth Building (OCWB) is the Mayor’s initiative responsible for addressing systemic poverty in our local community. We are an interdisciplinary team of professionals and practitioners with experience in various sectors and industries: community development and community engagement, education, non-profit, workforce development, housing, human services, business development, enterprise and social justice and equity — among others. Our mission is to cultivate long-term relationships between government, nonprofits, companies, and residents in our community, implementing a strategy that will reduce poverty significantly and create economic mobility in the City of Richmond. |
Our History
|
The Office of Community Wealth Building (OCWB) was established by Former Mayor Dwight C. Jones in the spring of 2014 and operates 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 Mission
|
Our mission is to cultivate long-term relationships between government, nonprofits, companies, and residents in our community, implementing a strategy that will reduce poverty significantly and create economic mobility in the City of Richmond. |
Our Vision
|
A city where all residents will have access to equitable wealth-creating opportunities, education employment, housing, and training. |
Our Approach
|
Wealth Building Systems Transformation and Collective Impact |
Programs and Services
|
The Ambassadors Program BLISS Career Stations Eviction Diversion Mayor's Youth Academy Richmond Living Wage Certification Program Social Enterprise The Giving Wall |
Collaborations and Partnerships
|
CLICK ON EACH PARTNER TO LEARN MORE Community College Workforce Alliance (CCWA) Help Me Help You (HMHY) Office of Minority Business Enterprises Peter Paul Development Center Richmond Public Schools Re: Work Richmond Virginia Department of Health
|
|
The Legacy of Maggie Lena Walker
|
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 Patrick Graham Kelvin Harris Wilma Harris Calvin Headley Sherrilyn Hicks
|
Quandra Holmes Darcel Jones Lerone Joseph John Korusek Keith Lewis Erika Love Janette McGrady Pamela Newton 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 Capenter Cindy Chambers Elsie Harper-Anderson |
Charles Hall Marthelia Hutchen Ceonna Johnson Patrice Shelton Dwayne Whitehead
|
|