Treetops Collective Blog

A Manifesto for Today
We belong to each other. Showing love to our neighbors takes more than a social media declaration of which side we're on. It involves the quiet and faithful stuff of showing up, knowing when to march and shout and knowing when to...
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Welcome Wear
Photo Credit: Emily Annett               Spreading the spirit of welcome indeed looks like cultivating friendships and growing jobs, but also speaking up to our neighbors about the kind of community we desire. We developed...
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Lessons Learned - A Treetops Internship
By Emily Annett I found out about Treetops Collective just by chance. I was surfing job websites for internships related to the field of communications and media, and I happened across a posting looking for a Photojournalism and Storytelling intern...
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Gukura means To Grow
Angelique and Claudine were the first girls who showed up to our teen girls group last summer. It only seemed right that they name the group they were helping us create. They chose Gukura, which means “to grow” in their...
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