“I am not who other people say I am;

I am who God wants me to be.”

Read about the Impact.

  • A woman with glasses, gold hoop earrings, and tattoos on her arm standing in front of multiple gas meters on a wall. She is wearing a black cap with white and green embellishments and a black t-shirt.

    Featured Community Member: Brenda Mosley

    "After getting clean and regaining custody of her daughter, Mosley began the process of opening a nonprofit to support children with disabilities and their families, like her daughter who lived with severe cerebral palsy. On the day she was set to finalize the process, her daughter passed away."- NKCDC

  • Children and a woman at a table outdoors under a canopy, drawing and coloring with markers. Some children stand, some sit, with surrounding greenery and a fence in the background.

    ‘Kensington: A Village of Soldiers’ highlights community resilience

    We have overcome, and by the spirit of God’s love, we healed. We are Kensington: A village of soldiers.

  • A group of women and one young girl standing together in an indoor gymnasium with a purple heart-themed backdrop, smiling at the camera.

    Grief and loss: These new programs in Kensington help mothers and fathers heal

    “You can [experience] a loss of many things: a pet, job, house, independence, loved ones. You learn how to process it in a natural way. There are stages, but loss is a lifetime process when you’re dealing with the loss of a loved one,” Mosley said.

  • Group of people gathered around a table decorated for Christmas, with a woman wearing a pink Christmas hat with sunglasses and a MY FRIENDS shirt, holding a phone, inside a room with blue padded walls and Christmas decorations.

    Using trauma-informed care to help communities heal: Q & A with Brenda Mosley

    "Everything around the neighborhood in Kensington is about trauma. The drug addiction. The abuse, the other problems. I know what they are going through because I have gone through it. And there’s no other way to introduce trauma but to say, “trauma,” and to let people know what it is so that they can recognize it because either someone is living in trauma or they are not. If they are in it, and that stress is not relieved, that stress is piling on and piling on and it becomes toxic."

The Testimony of

Brenda Mosley

Part 1 & Part 2 A Story of Recovery, Resilience, and Triumph.

Brenda shares her experiences of facing various struggles and challenges from childhood through adulthood. Despite being told that she would not succeed, Brenda drew strength from

Philippians 4:13,

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”.