Treetops Collective Blog

Nov 09, 2018

Spreading Welcome from West Michigan to South Africa

Rewind one year: It’s October 2017, and I’m beginning my Communications Internship at Treetops Collective. It has been four months since I graduated college, four months of being a “real adult,” free of due dates and sleepy-eyed studying. In one...

Nov 09, 2018

How Children Can Learn to Welcome

Dana and I founded Treetops in the midst of a busy season of motherhood. With toddlers and babies in tow, we scribbled ideas on post-its, gathered the community for listening sessions, and took baby steps, and a couple of bold...

Mar 31, 2018

#WomenWho Campaign

All month long, we've celebrated #WomenWho inspire, lead, create, persist, love, build, dream… the many things women are and things women do everyday! Here are a few of the remarkable women who make our community the place that it is: Amina Mohamed...

Mar 28, 2018

#WomenWho Adapt

By Rita ZoumbatlisLooking around myself at Treetops Collective, I notice each woman I'm seated with – each representing her country and each with a unique background, story, voice, and creativity. We smile as we catch each other’s gazes, looking at...

Mar 08, 2018

We Are The Women We've Been Waiting For

By Tarah CarnahanDirector of Business DevelopmentLast fall, in the height of the hustle and bustle of our first major fundraising and sales season, one song, passed along by our team’s encourager-in-chief, Lauren, stopped us in our tracks. It was Michigan native...