53 YEARS IN THIS COMMUNITY. THIS IS OUR STORY.
The Community Infusion Project was not built in a boardroom. It grew from 53 years of David's Chapel Missionary Baptist Church planting itself in Oak Cliff and refusing to leave. When the neighborhood was overlooked, the church stayed. When resources dried up, the community held on. That history is the foundation on which everything CIP is built.
Today, CIP operates as a standalone 501(c)(3) community development organization working across four domains: Health, Wealth, Living, and Learning. We own 9 acres in the 75232. We are not a program that comes and goes. We are infrastructure.
WHAT WE BELIEVE. HOW WE WORK.
Change does not come from the outside in. It builds from the inside out. CIP operates on the belief that the people who live in a community are its greatest asset. Our role is not to deliver solutions. Our role is to build the infrastructure that lets residents lead their own transformation.
COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION OVER OUTSIDE INTERVENTION.
POWER-BUILDING OVER SERVICE DELIVERY.
iNFRASTRUCTURE THAT LASTS OVER PROGRAMS THAT PASS THROUGH.
OUR LEADERSHIP
pastor Gregory r. Willis
Founder/President
I did not choose Oak Cliff. Oak Cliff chose me. I have spent the better part of my life planted in this community, first as an educator, then a youth leader, then a pastor, now as an organization builder, always as a neighbor. I watched this zip code get written off by people who never lived here and never planned to. I stayed because I believed then and I believe now, that the people here have everything they need to lead their own future. Community Infusion Project is not a program I built. It is a promise I made to this neighborhood. We are not leaving. We are building.
Executive Director
D’andra Willis
I came to this work because I believe administration is a form of service. The programs do not run without the infrastructure behind them. The grants do not get written without someone who knows the organization inside and out. That is the work I do every day. I oversee the operations, the partnerships, the finances, and the people that make CIP function. But more than any of that, I am invested in this community because Oak Cliff is not just where we work. It is where we are committed to seeing real, lasting change take root for the long term.
OUR PARTNERS
CIP does not work alone. These organizations stand with us in the 75232.
Dallas City Council District 3 Dallas Police Department Dallas County Health and Human Services Baptist General Convention of Texas Texas Small Farmers and Ranchers Soilutions Holistic Urban Farm Texas Christian University J&J Premium Construction Company
WANT TO PARTNER WITH US?
If your organization is working toward the same goals in Oak Cliff and South Dallas, we want to talk. CIP is actively building partnerships with organizations, businesses, churches, and institutions that are committed to real community transformation.