rooted. | issue 1
COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS: A PRACTICE IN COMMUNITY ADVOCACY THROUGH TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS
Community Ambassador Wildstyle delivering a keynote on being a Roving Illustrator and and Roving listener in his work as a Community Ambassador during the Learning Tree’s Common Ground Gathering at Witherspoon Presbyterian Church (photo: Le’Deana).
The Community Ambassadors’ work at The Learning Tree is rooted in a simple, powerful belief. Communities already possess the knowledge, relationships, and capacity needed to thrive. This program emerged from years of listening, walking alongside neighbors, and recognizing that trust is not built through transactions, but through presence. Community Ambassadors are not representatives sent into neighborhoods. They are neighbors who already hold trust, history, and lived experience within them. Their work centers on identifying gifts, surfacing local leadership, and strengthening the connective tissue between people, organizations, and systems that often operate independently. By honoring what already exists, ambassadors help institutions gain valuable insights on communities on a grassroots level.
COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS TEAM
ANNIE
LE’DEANA LEADERSHIP TEAM
BEATRICE LEADERSHIP TEAM
WILDSTYLE LEADERSHIP TEAM
LEADERSHIP TEAM
CYNTHIA
VALERIE
TEDD
SAYRA
LUNA
TERRI
CYNTHIA
EBONI
JAMIL
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