We Meet People Where They Are
About Harambee
Harambee was founded to address the needs of individuals experiencing housing insecurity, substance-use challenges, and chronic mental-health conditions in Rochester, New York.
What Guides Us
Our Core Values
We believe effective care begins by recognizing the whole person and the challenges they face. For many people, these challenges intersect where housing instability overlaps with poverty, healthcare barriers, untreated health conditions, trauma, incarceration, addiction, and limited access to information and support. Our work combines compassionate engagement with practical assistance, helping individuals navigate systems, connect with healthcare and community resources, pursue stable housing, and address needs that may otherwise prevent long-term progress.
Community-Focused Leadership
Meet Our Board
Chief Executive Officer
Sabrina Holmes
Sabrina Holmes is an experienced mental health and substance-use clinician with more than 20 years of service to underserved communities.
Her work focuses on trauma-informed practice, culturally responsive care, behavioral health, housing instability, and the integration of health-related social needs into service delivery.
As Chief Executive Officer, Sabrina leads Harambee with a commitment to dignity, self-determination, compassionate care, and sustainable community change.
- sabrina@harambeeaction.org
- 585-123-4567
Chair of the Board
Chaneisse Reaves, RN
Chaneisse Reaves brings extensive clinical expertise and leadership experience working with individuals affected by co-occurring substance-use and mental-health disorders.
Her background also includes supporting homeless populations living with chronic health conditions. Her leadership helps Harambee maintain a compassionate, holistic, person-centered approach to serving underserved communities.
- example@harambeeaction.org
- 585-123-4567
Vice Chair
Irene Wilson, CRPA
Irene Wilson is a Certified Peer Recovery Advocate who draws on lived experience to help support individuals navigating mental-health and substance-use recovery.
- example@harambeeaction.org
- 585-123-4567
Everyone Deserves A Path Forward
Help Build a Stronger Community
Your support helps Harambee Community Action Initiative connect individuals with housing, food, clothing, healthcare, recovery resources, benefits, employment support, education, and other essential services.