About The collective
Meet our director
Hi friends! I’m Deborah (she/her), the Director of Hopewell Youth Collective. I live in Hopewell with my pups and love a weekend brunch at Chubby’s! I’d love to meet you, and find out how I can best support you and facilitate the Hopewell Youth Collective’s mission to serve and support the young people of Hopewell Valley.
Our Mission
Lead
We empower youth leadership by creating space for young people to share their passions and ideas and help organize community events and activities that support what our young people care most about!
Serve
We serve our community by listening to our neighbors’ experiences and stories and by volunteering and partnering with other local organizations that seek to address the needs that arise in our community.
Learn
We listen, share, and learn alongside our other youth leaders about what areas we want to invest more time learning about as a part of this Hopewell Valley community. Our five topics of focus for this upcoming year include racial justice, environmental justice, economic justice, mental health, and LGBTQ+ issues.
Our Goals
Safety and refuge
The Hopewell Youth Collective is a space that is safe for youth to be authentic, expressive, and honest. Because of this, youth are willing and open to taking risks by practicing vulnerability, trusting others, and trying out new ways of relating and communicating.
A stronger hopewell
We thrive when Hopewell thrives! Our mission starts and ends with our local community and neighbors.
Growing as leaders
When we become rooted in our sense of self, confidence in our abilities, and comfortability in our identities, we can grow as leaders. We believe that each of us can offer something unique.