H'Art of Hope Inspirational Arts Services was founded by a veteran educator, therapist, and workshop facilitator who has expertise in all areas of the arts! Founding Director, Jamilah D. Bowden, MA, LPC, has been serving hope to the community for over 20 years. She has a keen eye for the needs of the people and a heart for everyone to understand their own value, potential, and purpose. She understands that a portion of the challenges in our communities stems from a loss of hope and she has made it her life's work to help restore that hope. H'Art of Hope was founded on these principles and is based on all these areas of expertise.
Visiting and volunteering in hospitals, senior care facilities, pediatric units, shelters, mental health treatment centers, and the like, brought home the realities of oft-forgotten portions of our population. Due to physical, health, or mental health challenges, so many have lost or are losing hope in ever again being able to be of use as an individual or as a valued member of a team. H'Art of Hope taps into the healing power of the arts because of their ability to penetrate the soul. We seek to tear down these untruths in minds and hearts and to build up transformed lives that find purpose by inspiring those around them.