Posts by Sherrye Willis
Supporting Youth Mental Health Online: How Churches Can Help
Today’s youth are growing up with challenges that their pastors, parents, and teachers never experienced. We know that social media has its grip on the attention and mindsets of today’s…
Read MoreBuilding a Trauma-Informed Church for Real Healing
Even in the most turbulent times, the church continues to serve as a pillar of strength and guidance. However, when faith leaders approach new-world problems with an old-world mindset, those…
Read MoreTrauma-Informed Care: A Balm for the Black Church
As Black faith leaders, our worship has sustained us through the worst of times. It’s no secret that the congregants and communities we serve have endured untold traumas and survived…
Read MoreThe Future of Trauma-Informed Ministry: Equipping Leaders for a Compassionate Church
As we look to the future, trauma-informed care is set to transform how churches serve and support their congregants. At Alliance for Greater Works, we believe that the first step…
Read MoreFaith and Healing: How Trauma-Informed Care Can Help Transform the Black Church
By Sherrye Willis, Founder and President, Alliance for Greater Works When our physical bodies are in crisis, many Christians believe that God works through our doctors, medicines, and even our…
Read MoreNew and Updated Offerings for 2024!
Happy February 2024! I’m excited about the new opportunities Alliance will offer for you as a leader this year. Together with the board, staff and incredible partners, we have updated…
Read MoreAlliance Announces its 2022 Resilient Church Collective Cohort
Alliance For Greater Works (Alliance) is pleased to announce its 2022 Resilient Church Collective (RCC) Cohort: A Trauma-Informed Community Network. Over the past year, Alliance has engaged a team of…
Read MoreMessage from the President
Happy New Year: Alliance Looking Forward to Greater Works As we welcome in the New Year, Alliance for Greater Works is thankful for your friendship and support. In 2022, Alliance’s…
Read MoreShining a Light on the Health Disparities COVID-19 has exposed for Marginalized Communities
In the opening scenes of the movie Just Mercy, Alice Stevenson is forcefully sweeping the front porch of her family’s Delaware home, nervous about the danger her son Bryan could face in southern Alabama.
“What you are doing is going to make a lot of people upset,” she says after Bryan Stevenson finally gets his mother to sit and talk.
Bryan, played by actor Michael B. Jordan, gently reminds his mother that it was the example of her heart for others that set him on his path.
“You always taught me to fight for the people who need the help the most,” he said.
Right now, in our battle against COVID-19, we must fight for more justice and mercy on behalf of the most vulnerable in our society.
The painful reality is that African-Americans are more likely to die of COVID-19 than any other group in the U.S.
The objective for thousands of African-Americans during the current global pandemic is to simply stay alive.
The facts are oppressive.
Read MoreRequest For Proposals for Marketing Service
Summary With this Request for Proposal (RFP), Alliance for Greater Works™ (Alliance) seeks to acquire the services of a qualified marketing firm to support Its Healing Youth Alliance initiative. Alliance…
Read MoreTraining by Alliance for Greater WorksTM to bridge the gap in mental health resources for communities of color throughout Texas.
Healing Youth Alliance, a new program of Alliance for Greater WorksTM, is a faith-based training designed to support the mental health and wellbeing of our youth. Many individuals face long-standing…
Read MoreThe Women’s Alliance: Executive Leadership Pilot Program is completed!
What happens when you take fourteen women working in non-profit organizations who are eager to learn and mix them with a variety of outstanding professional women leaders? Success! The Women’s…
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