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LOCAL LEADERS. GLOBAL SOLUTIONS.

Empowering Underserved Communities by Investing in Local Leaders Through Training, Resources, and Networking.

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Three-Year Strategic Plan
(2025-2027)

DreamRoot Brazil Headquarters

An Equipping Center in Recife, Brazil to Empower, Connect, and Mobilize

Imagine a place…

 

A place where you don’t just visit, you become part of something.

 

Where possibility becomes reality through an entrepreneurial accelerator and mentorship.

 

Where young people build job skills, entrepreneurs launch new ventures, and kids roll on jiu jitsu mats instead of in the streets.

 

A place where bold ideas and innovation come to life. 

 

Where business leaders become mentors to budding entrepreneurs, where everyday people lead transformational workshops, where jiu jitsu practitioners come to train and teach.

 

Where recent grads take gap years, interns gain hands-on experience, and visitors teach English while building lasting relationships.

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Where international visitors are welcomed by local leaders to co-create something bigger, together.

 

That place is becoming a reality.

Funds Needed:
$250,000

​We're raising $250,000 through the end of 2025 to purchase, renovate, and furnish a permanent center where this vision can come to life. This investment will create a financially sustainable space that offers high-quality programming while remaining accessible to low-income participants

Why Leadership Development

An individual who is empowered with a dream and equipped with the tools and support has immense power to transform their own lives and those around them.

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Our Story

DreamRoot Leadership Institute was established by Amy and Tony Passos to design outreach programs in leadership coaching using jiu jitsu as a tool. With the organization's roots dating back to 2008, the formal launch was in 2019. 

Our Model

DreamRoot’s leadership development and entrepreneurship accelerator identifies proven leaders and high-potential changemakers in underserved communities, equiping them with training, coaching, resources, and networks to launch local initiatives that create social and economic impact and to multiply leaders who will sustain and expand that impact.

Success Stories

Countless stories of transformed lives emerge as leaders multiply and create a ripple effect. Explore a snapshot of amazing successes.

Our Impact

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Over 15 countries impacted, including: Brazil, Haiti, Costa Rica, Philippines, the United States, and Ivory Coast.

2000+

We’ve administered over 2,000 training and coaching hours to established and emerging leaders.

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We’ve built and renovated 4 training centers throughout Brazil and Haiti.

 

20,000+

Over 20,000 hours of local leader programming has been provided to community members. 

160+

DreamRoot has invested in and partnered with over 160 local leaders in over 30 communities.

 

1,500+

Over 1,500 students and their families benefited from DreamRoot local leader initiatives.

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Core Focus Areas

youth and education
Youth & Education
community capacity building
Community Capacity-Building
entrepreneurship and economic development
Entrepreneurship & Econ Empowerment
equity and inclusion
Inclusive Development

Explore Our Community of Leaders

Check out how the DreamRoot leadership team is equipping local leaders who are in turn raising up other leaders and impacting families, cities, and creating opportunities for generations to come.

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Invest in Local Leaders in the U.S. And All Over the World

Supporting DreamRoot programs enables local leaders in dire circumstances to get the resources they need to unleash the dreams and talents laying dormant in overlooked communities at home and abroad.

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