Our Vision
Healing communities by creating safe pathways through which we own our histories and discover new choices.
Our Mission
Hopeworks Camden uses education, technology and entrepreneurship to partner with young men and women as they identify and earn sustainable futures. Together we seize the opportunity to heal, grow and thrive in the midst of violence and poverty.
Hopeworks Description
Hopeworks Camden is a nonprofit that has been working in Camden, NJ since 2000. Hopeworks works with youth ages 16-24 and offers paid training in website design and development, GIS mapping, and other technological skills that will lead to paid internships either with Hopeworks, or with externship partners.
About Hopeworks Services:
As part of it's program, Hopeworks runs three businesses, offering a complete array of web site design, development, and maintenance, along with GIS mapping services, and finally trauma training to teach about trauma-informed care. These businesses help to generate over 50 youth jobs a year. You can find out more about Hopeworks services by visiting business.hopeworks.org.
Web Design: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/11455160/admin/updates/
GIS Services: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/11454198/admin/updates/
Hopeworks and Trauma
Hopeworks is trauma informed.. What does this mean? It means we believe that without addressing the unresolved traumatic issues in a youth's life, youth will not be able to take full advantage of opportunities in their lives. Healing is the key!
The Stepping Stones Foundation preserves the historic home and archives of Bill and Lois Wilson, co-founders, respectively, of Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon Family Groups, and commemorates their achievements in the field of recovery from alcoholism. The Foundation, created by Lois Wilson in 1979, maintains the historic home and its contents, the writing studio, archives, gardens, and grounds, and offers guided tours by reservation. Stepping Stones is a non-profit, tax-exempt and privately-run historic site. It received the honor of being designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2012 by the U.S. Department of Interior. "I felt right at home when I visited Stepping Stones. I can tell that Bill and Lois wanted us to visit. If the fellowship is an extension of my family then Stepping Stones is home." - visitor Arthur B. "It's as if a bell jar were put over the house...it's in the same condition as Bill and Lois left it. I learned so much from the tour guides and the other visitors about the legacy of the Wilsons that I can't wait to come back and learn more." - visitor Helen K. Stepping Stones is located about an hour north of Manhattan, NYC, by car or train to the Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York. See the "Visit" page to check tour availability (limited for 2018) and plan a visit.
Community Roots Charter School is a rigorous learning community where education is embedded in meaningful real-world contexts and children are deliberately taught to see the connections between school and the world. Community Roots students will meet or exceed the New York State standards and be prepared to excel in the 21st century by becoming independent thinkers and working productively within a diverse group of learners. At Community Roots, students learn to combine curiosity with appropriate application, which leads to deep understanding and the confidence to become who they want to be.