Beloved Village (“Beloved”) was founded in 2020 by Young Women’s Freedom Center to create community-based housing solutions for women, girls, and trans people of all genders who have experienced violence, incarceration, poverty, and life on the streets. We provide dignified housing solutions that don’t further criminalize families but rather support their self-determination in the pursuit of the vision laid out in the Sister Warriors Freedom Charter.

To achieve this bold vision, Beloved collaborates with communities throughout California to develop creative groundbreaking housing and resource solutions that empower residents to determine their destinies, maintain the unity of families and communities, and enhance re-entry programs, alternatives to imprisonment, and group care. Our efforts aim to promote economic mobility and create a future that is free from systems involvement.