OUR COMPANY
ABOUT US
EmPower All
——— BASED IN NEWPORT NEWS, VA
EmPower All is a Community Consulting Firm with a diverse team of community partners that have strong educational, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, allowing us to work closely and successfully in disenfranchised communities afflicted by economic barriers and violence.
We work with government agencies, non-profit organizations, small businesses, and community led organizations to collaborate more effectively in order to improve quality of life and well-being. Our greatest impact comes from collaboration, and real sustainable change takes all of us doing good work in our respective fields.
EmPower All has become recognized as an important part of the "come as you are" approach to community engagement, violence prevention, and socioeconomic change. Our proactive engagement strategies have even proven to bring the over all crime rate down by 30% in our targeted communities!
MEET THE TEAM
OUR LEADERSHIP
Yugonda Sample-Jones
FOUNDER & PRESIDENT
During her service as a community liaison for the Choice Neighborhood Initiative (CNI) grant, Yugonda experienced the lack of communication in her own disenfranchised neighborhood. She began walking door-to-door discussing reliable resources with neighbors. Yugonda found her passion was for not only organizing, but also connecting services to the people who need them most. She applied her community organizing, teaching and real life experiences, continued to learn and grow in her journey to provide equity in information and opportunities, overcame adversity and emerged as a Community Connector and Engagement Specialist. From these humble beginnings, love and tenacity, grew EmPower All.
Nikia Fisher
CHEIF IMPLEMENTATION OFFICER
With over fourteen years of experience in management and executive leadership, Nikia's energetic, operational skills have supported multiple non-profit and corporate organizations across Virginia. Nikia’s ability to lead and sustain large scale-projects with sound strategic guidance makes her one of the most sought after in her field.
Ms. Fisher works passionately against domestic violence and the empowerment of young women; leading several large campaigns and local search/rescue missions. Her love for people and earnest work ethic organically connected her with EmPower All.
OUR COMMUNITY AFFILIATES
ANA GRACE
East End Neighborhood Association
DAWN JAMES TAYLOR
Konsumer Konnections
DANIELLE JOHNSON
House of MKTG
LAMONTE WILLIAMS
My CFO
LAMIN HANNAH
Cultivus Agri-Enterprises
ENCOURAGE
We work with community partners to identify opportunities for families. Our dedicated and passionate team surrounds the community with mentoring, intensive in-home therapy, and support groups to address their needs of “self”.
EXPOSE
Our team educates and trains, how to identify and address socio-economic issues in their communities. Our participants engage with their neighbors and civic institutions, as well as hold leadership workshops and facilitate peer-to-peer conversations.
ENGAGE
We empower our community to become change agents in their own neighborhoods. We provide educational training on the art of conversation and lead educational community walks throughout several low-income to assist in bridging the communication gap in disenfranchised neighborhoods.
BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF
Love & Service
Integrity & Trust
Empathy, Humility & Respect
Collaboration
Responsibility