Community Development

A community-wide virtues initiative is a powerful way to apply The Virtues Project. Launching a Virtue of the Month campaign in a school, a church, or an entire town ignites community spirit. It sets a tone of optimism and unity. After community members in Enfield, Nova Scotia identified their four core virtues, this small Canadian town invited students to design virtues banners that hung over flower baskets throughout the town. The Virtues Strategies are being applied in First Nations communities throughout the world to heal violence with virtues and to restore traditional values.

Schools and villages in Fiji have replaced traditions of caning children and excluding women from decision making with restorative discipline and inclusive virtues practices. Moses Lake, Washington and Pocatella, Idaho used The Virtues Project to heal after student murders. It was used throughout the U.S. Essence Cares community projects as a mentoring tool. It was introduced by the First Lady of Saipan into the national justice system, and is being applied in Health Canada's national Father Involvement Initiative: Building Our Children's Character.