Our Focus:

• Financial Education and Empowerment of all members

• Supporting minority business entrepreneurship

• Building relationships with committed grassroots and other community-focused organizations to raise capital and execute collective visions for community.

• Introducing collective solutions to community wide problems

OneTorch:

OneTorch was launched in direct response to founder Pamela Jolly’s experiences as a contractor with FEMA after Hurricane Katrina.  The organization, created in 2006 has focused on assisting residents and businesses in underserved communities return home and rebuild New Orleans with ownership and equity. In 2010, given the similarities of the impact of nation-wide economic downturn the organization expanded its efforts to work with various communities and faith-based organizations in pursuit of understanding and overcoming financial oppression.  

Our Method:

To transform community with community via Information, Formation, and then collective transformation.