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Your gift to Rooted: A Housing Empowerment Summit supports permanent, community‑rooted homeownership in Newport News.&nbsp; On Saturday, October 24, 2026 something important is happening in Newport News. 150 to 200&nbsp;of your neighbors, renters, aspiring homeowners, Housing Choice Voucher holders, and first-generation buyers who have been told homeownership is out of reach, are walking through the doors of Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center for a free, full-day housing empowerment summit built by this community for this community. They are not coming to sit through a presentation. They are coming to understand what a&nbsp;Community Land Trust is and why it matters for their block. They are coming to hear from national housing leaders who have done this work in Boston, Minneapolis, Richmond, and Houston. They are coming because Rooted is the &nbsp;event in Newport News that says directly: you belong in this conversation and we built this for you. Rooted: A Housing Empowerment Summit is co-presented by Charity Means Love Foundation, Empower All, and the East End Civic Association. It is free and open to every community member in Newport News and Hampton Roads. Your donation is what helps makes that possible. 🏡

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; -webkit-user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name , I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you. Truly. What you did when you donated to Rooted is something that does not always get said plainly so let me say it: you invested in your neighbor. In the person in Newport News who has been paying rent for years and wondering if homeownership is something that could actually happen for them. In the family who deserves to know their housing options, their rights, and their future. In the community that has been left out of too many conversations for too long. Rooted: A Housing Empowerment Summit is happening on Saturday, October 24, 2026 at Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center because people like you said yes. Your donation helps cover the lunch on the table, the resource guide in every hand, the microphone that carries every voice in that room clearly, and the experience that says to everyone who walks through those doors: we built this for you and you belong here. It is free for the community because you made it possible. That is not a small thing. We would love for you to be there if you are able. The event runs from 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM and it is open to everyone. Bring a neighbor. Bring a family member. Bring someone who needs to hear what is possible for them. With so much gratitude, Twylla LozadaFounder and Interim ED, Charity Means Love Foundation<a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:charitymeanslovefoundation@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">charitymeanslovefoundation@gmail.com</a>cmlfoundation.org Charity Means Love Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your contribution may be tax deductible. Please consult your tax advisor for details. A record of your donation has been sent to the email address you provided at checkout.

Your gift to Rooted: A Housing Empowerment Summit supports permanent, community‑rooted homeownership in Newport News.  On Saturday, October 24, 2026 something important is happening in Newport News. 150 to 200 of your neighbors, renters, aspiring homeowners, Housing Choice Voucher holders, and first-generation buyers who have been told homeownership is out of reach, are walking through the doors of Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center for a free, full-day housing empowerment summit built by this community for this community. They are not coming to sit through a presentation. They are coming to understand what a Community Land Trust is and why it matters for their block. They are coming to hear from national housing leaders who have done this work in Boston, Minneapolis, Richmond, and Houston. They are coming because Rooted is the  event in Newport News that says directly: you belong in this conversation and we built this for you. Rooted: A Housing Empowerment Summit is co-presented by Charity Means Love Foundation, Empower All, and the East End Civic Association. It is free and open to every community member in Newport News and Hampton Roads. Your donation is what helps makes that possible. 🏡

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