Love & Reverence Model City Ambassadors’ Meeting – March 30, 2026
Event Overview
The Love & Reverence Model City Ambassadors’ Meeting brought together a dedicated group of 12 to 20 Ward One community leaders, faith leaders, and UAFAH Ambassadors to move from inspiration to action. Facilitated by Holly Rodriguez, the meeting had one clear mandate: by the end of the session, the group would commit to three specific ways they would carry the Model City Initiative, the Community Pledge, and the Love and Reverence Movement into Ward One.
Event Details
- Location: Ward One, College Park, Georgia
- Organizer: United Action for the Advancement of Humanity (UAFAH)
- Facilitator: Holly Rodriguez
- Format: Working session with structured discussion, team formation, and strategic commitment
- Key Participants: Holly Rodriguez (Facilitator), Dr. Chisulo Akono Ajanaku, Dr. Jamelle McKenzie (Mayor Pro Tem), Pastor Wallace, Dr. Latasha, Dr. Volmalane, Dr. Oloye, and 12-20 Ward One Ambassadors
What Happened
This meeting marked a turning point for the Love and Reverence Movement in Ward One. It was not a lecture or a presentation. It was a working session designed to take 12 to 20 people who already believed in the mission and convert that belief into organized, trackable action on the streets and blocks of their own neighborhood.
Holly Rodriguez opened the meeting with clarity about its singular purpose: engage, get input, and plan how and who we want to reach regarding the Model City Initiative, the Community Pledge, and the Love and Reverence Movement in Ward One. Mayor Pro Tem Dr. Jamelle McKenzie was introduced and offered an opening prayer over a shared meal, grounding the session in community and spiritual purpose before the strategic work began.
Dr. Chisulo spoke, sharing the vision and the urgency. Then the room went to work. Holly led the group through structured discussion supported by Pastor Wallace, Dr. Latasha, Dr. Volmalane, Dr. Oloye, and Dr. Chisulo. The conversation moved through three essential questions: How do we want to engage Ward One? How do we carry the Model City Initiative and Love and Reverence Movement into the ward? And what are our first three concrete focuses?
The group mapped out the full landscape of where engagement could happen: one-on-one conversations at grocery stores and gas stations, door-to-door outreach on residential and rental-property blocks, Main Street businesses, schools, and religious organizations. Rather than trying to do everything at once, the Ambassadors committed to a focused strategy, selecting three priority areas where they would concentrate their energy and begin generating measurable accomplishments.
From discussion, the Ambassadors formed 2 to 3-person teams, exchanged contact information, and committed to an initial team meeting where each group would map out their specific plan of action. Every team agreed to track their activities and accomplishments and report them back to the group for collective documentation. The meeting closed with a clear picture of who would do what, where, and when in Ward One.
The Central Goal
“By the end of this meeting, we will make a decision on three specific ways we take this initiative into the community.”
This was not a visioning meeting. It was a deciding meeting. UAFAH and the Ambassador team had already done the work of understanding the mission and embracing the vision. This gathering existed to convert that shared belief into coordinated community outreach with real names attached to real commitments.
Session Structure
- Opening (8 minutes): Welcome by Holly Rodriguez, introduction of Mayor Pro Tem Dr. Jamelle McKenzie, statement of purpose, shared meal, and opening prayer by Dr. McKenzie
- Vision Sharing: Chisulo Akono Ajanaku speaks on the initiative and the vision for Ward One
- Group Discussion: Facilitated by Holly Rodriguez, with input from Pastor Wallace, Dr. Latasha, Dr. Volmalane, Dr. Oloye, and Dr. Chisulo. Three core questions explored: how to engage, how to carry the movement forward, and what our first three focuses will be
- Strategy and Decision: Identify target areas, determine realistic scope (3 to 4 priority areas rather than everything at once), and select an approach for community penetration
- Team Formation: 2 to 3-person teams formed with contact information exchanged, initial meeting dates set, and accountability structures established for tracking activities and accomplishments
- Tracking Framework: Established how teams would report their activities and accomplishments, and who would collect and consolidate the data for the broader group
Community Engagement Strategy
The meeting mapped every possible access point for community engagement. Anywhere people already gather and interact became a potential site for carrying the message. The group identified the following possibilities:
- One-on-one conversations anywhere life happens: grocery stores, gas stations, neighbors at home
- Residential blocks throughout Ward One (homeowners and renters both)
- Main Street businesses
- Religious organizations
- Schools
Rather than spreading thin across all areas simultaneously, the group committed to selecting a focused starting point. The guiding question: with 12 to 20 people, what is our realistic strategy? The answer shaped the three specific focus areas the Ambassadors committed to pursuing first.
Impact
- Established the first organized, team-based community outreach structure for the Love and Reverence Movement in Ward One
- Converted belief and enthusiasm into specific, trackable commitments tied to real people and real timelines
- Built accountability infrastructure so that accomplishments could be documented and reported, supporting future funding conversations
- Engaged Mayor Pro Tem Dr. Jamelle McKenzie, deepening UAFAH’s relationship with College Park elected leadership
- Laid the groundwork for a scalable ward-by-ward expansion model, starting with Ward One as the proof of concept
Connection to Mission
The Love & Reverence Model City Ambassadors’ Meeting represents the Model City Initiative doing exactly what it was designed to do: turning vision into organized action at the neighborhood level. The Beloved Community is not built from the top down. It is built block by block, conversation by conversation, team by team. Ward One Ambassadors left this meeting not just inspired, but equipped and accountable. That is the difference between a movement that grows and one that fades. UAFAH is building a movement that grows.