What We Do

A Mother’s Love Initiative “Bringing Back the Village” is a grassroots organization made up of African American mothers, fathers, sons and daughters. Our team uniquely reflects the communities we serve, including members who were in prison, who have buried children and siblings due to ‘Violence With Guns,’ people who have children incarcerated for involvement with ‘Violence With guns,’ people who are single parents and parents of children within the LGBTQIA+ community.

We recognize that a simple argument and disagreement is sometimes, unfortunately, resolved with the use of firearms. In our approach to what we call ‘Violence With Guns,’ we recognize that a bullet destroys two families and eats at the fiber of a community. In an effort to change the narrative, we work to de-escalate those unfortunate situations.

We conduct Boots On The Ground outreach in communities most affected by violence and a multitude of other disparities. It is our goal to use our own life transformations to help meet people where they are in life and work to build strong families with strong futures.

We start the journey with outreach and prayer. From there, we offer listening circles and 8-week Workshops (one day per week) for fathers and mothers, as well as group/self-esteem building outreach activities for youth ages 8-18.

We are trained in:
• Mentoring
• De-Escalation Technique
• Trauma Care
• Sex Trafficking
• Procedural Justice
• First Aid/CPR
• Narcan Administration
• Peer Recovery (State certified)
• Harm Reduction
• Forensic Peer Recovery