About Our Guest:
As Executive Director, Rachel Peck combines a background in marketing with a passion for advocating for marginalized and underserved women to make a difference in Middle Tennessee. As one of the founders of 431 Ministries, she is an influential leader who tells stories that inspire action.
Under her leadership as Executive Director, exponential but sustainable growth has occurred within the ministry since its founding in 2018. Rachel has influenced a community to support an overlooked demographic and spearheaded the development of a unique program that exists to walk a woman from crisis to independence, leading to a permanent life change. She is an engaging speaker and passionate advocate who regularly speaks about best practices at churches, businesses, local clubs, and other nonprofits, directly tied to human services or nonprofit governance.
Rachel enjoys reading and writing in her free time, and is also a proud mother of two little girls. When she's not working or spending time with her family, Rachel can often be found tending to their family farm.
Connect:
rachel@431house.org
(931) 431-8363
facebook.com/431ministries
431house.org
About 431 Ministries:
The mission of 431 Ministries is to tend to the needs of the overlooked and underserved women of Middle Tennessee by providing safety and stability and offering hope and a plan for an independent future. More specifically, the mission for Haven of Hope, (the grant initiative and one of four 431 Ministries’ programs) is to empower the demographic of vulnerable 18-21-year-old women transitioning from crisis and/or lack of support to confident, successful independent living.
431 Ministries defines “overlooked and underserved” as women who, when encountering a crisis, have no services or resources available. The woman could be a widow who has recently lost her spouse and has no training or tools to run her household on her own, a young woman facing an unexpected pregnancy without the family or resources to raise a child, or a mother who has faced emotional abuse and is not eligible for abuse resources because no physical harm is apparent.
Services primarily focus on single-mother households as single motherhood comes through various crises. The need for help includes: Unexpected pregnancies, Emotional, physical, or financial abuse, Sudden deaths or divorces of spouses.
These crises can lead to issues of poverty, homelessness, isolation, and addictions, all causing trauma for mothers and their children. According to 2019 census data, in Maury and Davidson counties, 31% and 38% of all households in each county are single-parent dwellings.
To any woman needing services, 431 Ministries offers safety and stability. Immediate needs are determined and met. A series of processes help clients identify and implement tools, resources, and systems needed to create stability in their lives. Using the information taught, clients create for themselves and their families an environment that will be safe and stable long term.
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Legacy Coffee Co.
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https://legacycoffeecompany.com/
Yanahli WMA
Columbia, TN 38401
https://www.tn.gov/twra/wildlife-management-areas/middle-tennessee-r2/yanahli-wma.html
Puckett's Restaurant - Downtown Columbia
15 Public Square, Columbia, TN 38401
https://puckettsgro.com/columbia/
Duck River Books
12 Public Square, Columbia, TN 38401
https://duckriverbooks.com/
Ēlia
19 Public Square, Columbia, TN 38401
https://www.eliadayspa.com/
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Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
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