Community Resources That Help Richmond Families Learn, Connect, and Lead
Richmond is full of resources that support families, preserve community history, and create space for people to learn, gather, and imagine what comes next.
FIERCE Advocates and the Richmond Museum of History & Culture recently came together to highlight two community spaces located just a short walk from one another. Through a collaborative video, Dulce Galicia from FIERCE and Evelyn from the Richmond Museum guide viewers through both organizations, sharing what residents can find, how these spaces can be used, and why they matter.
The video offers a welcoming introduction, and the message behind it is simple: community resources are most powerful when people know they exist, feel invited to use them, and understand how they connect to everyday life.
FIERCE Advocates: A Space for Families, Healing, and Leadership
FIERCE Advocates is located on 9th Street and Macdonald Avenue, across from Kaiser Permanente Richmond. Inside, community members can find a Health and Healing Center, a large gathering space used for FIERCE programs, sanctuaries, meetings, and community connection.
As Dulce shares in the video, FIERCE strengthens families, empowers caregivers, and creates thriving communities. The organization’s work includes leadership development, doula support, policy advocacy organizing, health and wellness, and programming designed to ensure families have a stronger future for themselves, their community, and their children.
FIERCE also offers space for the community to gather. For residents, partners, and groups looking for a place to connect, learn, or host meaningful conversations, this space can serve as a local resource rooted in care and community power.
At FIERCE, every family’s voice helps shape a stronger, more just community.
Richmond Museum of History & Culture: A Place to Explore Local History
Just a short walk from FIERCE is the Richmond Museum of History & Culture, located in the city’s first library building.
The museum is free and open to the community, offering exhibits that help residents learn more about Richmond’s people, neighborhoods, schools, and history. Visitors can explore the gallery, spend time in the research room, and discover materials such as photographs, directories, yearbooks, newspaper clippings, and primary documents.
The museum also offers a free field trip program for school and youth groups, giving young people a chance to learn about the city they live in through guided tours and activities.
Outside, the museum garden offers another way to connect with the space. Even when the museum is closed, community members are invited to enjoy the garden, have lunch, sit among the flowers, and reflect. The garden also honors Japanese Americans of Richmond, adding another layer of local memory and meaning.
Why Knowing Local History Supports Community Advocacy
One of the most meaningful parts of the collaboration is the connection between history and advocacy.
In the video, Dulce reflects on how visiting the museum helps residents understand what Richmond’s schools, neighborhoods, and community spaces used to look like. For FIERCE, that understanding supports advocacy because knowing the past can help communities make sense of the present and imagine a stronger future.
Local history helps people see how communities have changed, what has been preserved, and what still needs attention. It reminds residents that Richmond has always been shaped by people who cared enough to speak up, organize, create, and build.
When families and community members understand the stories of their city, they can advocate with deeper context and a stronger sense of connection.
Resources Meant to Be Used
Both FIERCE Advocates and the Richmond Museum of History & Culture are community resources, and this collaboration is an invitation to use them.
Visit FIERCE to learn more about programs, connect with staff, attend a gathering, explore leadership opportunities, or ask about using the Health and Healing Center.
Visit the Richmond Museum to explore local history, bring a school or youth group for a free field trip, spend time in the garden, or use the research room to learn more about Richmond’s past.
These spaces belong to the community, and they grow stronger when residents walk through the doors, ask questions, bring their families, and share what they learn with others.
Visit, Learn, and Stay Connected
FIERCE Advocates and the Richmond Museum of History & Cultureare proud to be part of a community rich with history, care, creativity, and leadership.
Watch the video, share it with a neighbor, and plan a visit to both spaces.
When we know the resources around us and understand the history beneath our feet, we are better prepared to care for our communities, advocate for what we need, and shape what comes next together.
