Transformative Changes

Transformative Changes Defying the status quo in pursuit of justice and human liberation. We are the change. We ignite change through a holistic model! Equity mitigates inequality.

Transformation of self, relationships, and the community. We believe that achieving social justice and equality is an internal and external process. After all, you cannot change the world without transformation of self. We specialize in mitigative and transformative change as the goal is always justice, which can only be achieved when we seek true equality. Justice eliminates the barrier so all pe

ople are innately equal. We apply the following change model and are home to Stay Yoked (Transformation of Self), Blackity Black (Transformation of Relationships), and WOKE Literacy Institute (Transformation of Community).

We talk a lot about healing at Transformative Changes, not because we believe healing alone changes systems, but because...
08/29/2026

We talk a lot about healing at Transformative Changes, not because we believe healing alone changes systems, but because we know what happens when people are asked to fight systems that harm them while carrying that same harm in their bodies, families, and communities.

These graphics reflect a core part of how we approach our work. We believe care, rest, healing, and community belong alongside organizing, advocacy, policy change, and power building. The people most impacted by injustice should have the resources and space to not only respond to what is happening to them, but to imagine and shape what comes next.

We don’t want to build movements that require people to sacrifice themselves for the possibility of a better world. We want to build movements that allow us to become more whole in the process.

As Give 8/28 comes to a close, we’re asking you to help us continue building that kind of work alongside Black and Brown youth, families, femmes, caregivers, and communities. Our goal is to raise $15,000 to continue creating spaces where healing and justice meet and where our communities are resourced to build what comes next.

Don’t just fund our survival. Fund what becomes possible when we thrive.

Click the link to donate! https://www.give828.org/organization/Transformative-Changes

08/28/2026

Investing in Black-led organizations? It’s kind of chic. 🖤

This Give 8/28, we’re raising $15,000 to resource healing, community power, Black imagination, and the futures our communities deserve.

Supporting Black-led work that reimagines how we care for one another and create change? Yeah…we think that’s pretty chic.

Give 8/28 to Transformative Changes.

Donate to Transformative Changes by clicking the link! https://www.give828.org/organization/Transformative-Changes

08/28/2026

Before Transformative Changes became an organization, it began with a question: Who am I when my purpose isn’t tied to what I can produce, fix, or do for other people?

In this story, our Founder, Chlo’e Edwards, shares how her own journey of returning to rest, cultural wisdom, community care, and healing helped shape the vision for Transformative Changes— a different way of approaching systems change.

This Give 8/28, invest in Black-led work that believes how we get free matters just as much as getting there.

Support Transformative Changes this Give 8/28.

Click the link to donate! https://www.give828.org/organization/Transformative-Changes

They say the movement will not be televised, and that’s because the movement was never a trend.It’s not a flag you simpl...
07/15/2026

They say the movement will not be televised, and that’s because the movement was never a trend.

It’s not a flag you simply hang in your front yard. Our shirts are not fast fashion. Our hashtag is not a badge of honor.

Being chosen for this work was never meant to be glamorous. To be chosen means walking through tribulation before triumph. Our testimonies are often stories of struggle, grief, sacrifice, and pain.

We are called to be messengers in the midst of chaos, sounding the alarm that where there is no justice, there can never be true peace.

This calling is not for a season. It’s not for a headline or an award. It is purpose, legacy, and a lifelong commitment to love, truth, and justice.

Congratulations to our very own Chlo'e Edwards, who is recognized as the Black Lives Matter Dreamers & Disrupters Award’s Advocate of the Year alongside these amazing people, proof that this represents not just her journey, but the countless organizers, elders, freedom fighters, and community members whose courage continues to light the way.

Because we ain’t gonna let nobody turn us round. Like Harriet, we’ll keep on marching and talking, singing and shouting until we get to freedom’s land.

📅 Come back July 17 to learn more about Chlo’e.

✨ Learn more about everyone at:
blacklivesmatter.com/program/2026-dreamers-disrupters-awards/

👋🏾 Hey friends,🗳️ Vote for Transformative Changes & Chlo'e Edwards!We’re excited to share that Transformative Changes an...
06/23/2026

👋🏾 Hey friends,

🗳️ Vote for Transformative Changes & Chlo'e Edwards!

We’re excited to share that Transformative Changes and our founder, Chlo’e Edwards, have been nominated for the 2026 Visit BLK RVA Rising Community Impact Award.

Since 2023, we’ve worked to center the leadership, lived experience, and cultural knowledge of Black and Brown communities through healing justice, leadership development, arts and culture, and community-driven systems change.

This nomination reflects the collective work of every young person, caregiver, artist, organizer, community leader, partner, and supporter who has helped bring this vision to life.

❤️ We would be honored to have your vote.

✅ Voting is unlimited
🗓️ Voting is open through July 13, 2026
🔗 Vote here: visitblkrva.com/community-voting (or click the link in our bio)

As a grassroots organization, every vote helps elevate healing-centered, community-driven work in Richmond and beyond.

Please vote, share, and tell a friend to tell a friend. ❤️

“Drop a butterfly 🦋 🩵 in the comments after you vote!”

The person who cast the MOST votes will win a Transformative Changes Ubuntu Rest Box as a taken of our appreciation. Happy voting! 🗳️ 🏆

Transformative Changes was honored to join the West Piedmont Trauma & Resiliency Network at their Surviving to Thriving ...
05/23/2026

Transformative Changes was honored to join the West Piedmont Trauma & Resiliency Network at their Surviving to Thriving Conference. Together, we explored the historical ripple effects of systemic harm, disinvestment, and systems that were never designed for collective well-being in the first place.

But we also reflected on what becomes possible when we move beyond only reacting to harm and begin building cultures of care, connection, and repair by returning for what was left behind by centering cultural wisdom, collective healing, and uprooting injustice at its root instead of only treating its symptoms.

As an organization rooted in transformation, Transformative Changes continues to evolve. Last year, we intentionally slo...
05/14/2026

As an organization rooted in transformation, Transformative Changes continues to evolve. Last year, we intentionally slowed down and pressed pause alongside RootSpace Consulting to imagine what a liberated future rooted in healing justice could look like in this political moment. At the time, it was just Carissa Henry and Chlo'e Edwards plus Leo, our therapy dog. 🐶

Just one year later, we’ve implemented our strategic vision and expanded into a growing community of leaders committed to justice and liberation. We’re honored to welcome our incredible Board of Directors:

• Bria Gambrell MPP, MA — Executive Board Chair
• Kimberly Embe, LCSW — Executive Vice Board Chair
• Angela M. Lovelace MBA, MPA — Executive Board Treasurer
• Fadumo Abdi, MPH — Executive Board Secretary
• Briana Hunter, MPH
• Curtis Corbitt, MEng
• Sarah Leppert
• Niko Centeno-Monroy, M. Ed

We’re also excited to welcome Zachary Kopciak as Development Director as we continue building sustainable healing justice movements rooted in the leadership, lived experience, and cultural knowledge of Black and Brown communities.

Learn more about our team and board! https://transformativechanges.org/our-team

We hope you enjoy it!!
05/07/2026

We hope you enjoy it!!

Thank you 🙏🏾 Transformative Changes
“Ubuntu- I am because you Are ❤️”

Join our Co-Executive Director, Chlo’e Edwards, on May 12 from 9 AM–4 PM at the West Piedmont Trauma and Resilience Comm...
05/06/2026

Join our Co-Executive Director, Chlo’e Edwards, on May 12 from 9 AM–4 PM at the West Piedmont Trauma and Resilience Community Network Conference: From Surviving to Thriving!

Chlo’e will be presenting Building Healing-Centered Communities in Times of Crisis — a timely space to slow down and examine how historical patterns of harm continue to show up in the places where we live, work, and organize, while exploring what it means to build systems grounded in collective care, resilience, and community well-being.

✨ Staying Whole in the Work: A Wisdom Walk + WISE Council PracticeHosted by Crisis to Care: Black and Brown Healing Just...
04/27/2026

✨ Staying Whole in the Work: A Wisdom Walk + WISE Council Practice
Hosted by Crisis to Care: Black and Brown Healing Justice Circle

🗓 April 28, 2026
🕛 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM ET

A 30-minute space to pause, breathe, and reconnect while navigating racism, trauma, and injustice at work.

Featuring:
Bria Gambrell, Associate Director of Talent and Culture, GIFFORDS & Executive Board Chair, Transformative Changes

Register at transformativechanges.org/get-involved

Address

11357 Nuckols Road, Suite 1341
Glen Allen, VA
23059

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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