The WE-Empower Family Ecosystem​​
The WE-Empower Family Ecosystem guides households and students on a connected journey of healing, growth, and leadership. Through family coaching, school-based support, and continuous alumni engagement, participants build resilience and identity. Alumni receive ongoing coaching, mental health support, and pathways to collective ownership through Return to Black Wall Street.
The WE-Empower Family Ecosystem is Village-Connect’s integrated, culturally grounded system of family and community transformation. It begins with the WE-Empower Family coaching intensive, extends into youth development, and flows into alumni leadership with pathways that sustain growth for generations.
1. WE-Empower Family (Core Coaching Intensive)
WE-Empower Family (WEF) is a 10-week coaching intensive that strengthens family bonds, builds resilience, and equips caregivers with tools for healing and advocacy. SIMBA/NALA Playgroups provide culturally grounded enrichment for children ages 5-10, with rites-of-passage activities that build literacy, identity, and emotional expression, while preparing ages 11-15 as junior facilitators and future leaders.
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​For more information on WE-Empower Family (Core Coaching Intensive), click here.
2. WE-Empower K-12
WE-Empower K-12 is an academic coaching and cultural development for K-12 students, strengthening identity, school performance, and social-emotional growth.
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For more information on WE-Empower K-12, click here.
3. Alumni Infrastructure
The WE-Empower Family Alumni Association provides monthly coaching, peer mentoring, wellness activities, and leadership pathways. Licensed clinical support offers optional group and individual sessions for continued healing. ​
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For more information on WE-Empower Family Alumni Association,
4. Expansion Pathways
Expansion pathways extend alumni growth through immersive retreats, family conferences, and pursuing cooperative development. Monthly refresher courses create immersive spaces for deeper healing, cultural celebration, and movement-building.
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Please click here to join the monthly refresher courses.
5. Return to Black Wall Street (RBWS)
Return to Black Wall Street (RBWS) is an alumni pathway anchored in WEFAA leadership yet open to the broader community. This eight-week cooperative economics curriculum equips participants to design and launch community-owned enterprises, practice shared wealth, and build a culture of collective ownership. RBWS offers the practical steps needed to establish, build, and sustain cooperative enterprises that strengthen community resilience.
More information on Return to Black Wall Street.
Return to Black Wall Street (RBWS) is an alumni pathway anchored in WEFAA leadership yet open to the broader community. This eight-week cooperative economics curriculum equips participants to design and launch community-owned enterprises, practice shared wealth, and build a culture of collective ownership. RBWS offers the practical steps needed to establish, build, and sustain cooperative enterprises that strengthen community resilience.
More information on Return to Black Wall Street.
