ABOUT THE COLLECTIVE
BEFORE THERE WAS A COLLECTIVE THERE WAS A WOMAN.
THE ORIGIN
Aunt Liza
Everyone in Albion Mountain called her Aunt Liza. She wasn't a teacher, or a politician, or a nonprofit director. She was Kurtious' great-grandmother and she just showed up. For everyone. Every time.
She delivered children into the world, fed families who had nothing, helped clothe children so they could attend school, and raised generations of youth as if they were her own. No title. No recognition. No ask for anything in return.
The Loney-Walsh Collective exists because of what she modeled and because her community deserves to see that same spirit institutionalized and scaled.
Our Purpose
The Loney-Walsh Collective expands literacy, educational access, and opportunity for underserved communities. By partnering with schools, families, and local leaders, the Collective builds programs that promote learning, confidence, and opportunity. Through literacy initiatives, educational support programs, and resource distribution, The Loney-Walsh Collective works to empower the next generation of scholars and leaders worldwide.
THE FOUNDER
Kurtious
Loney-Walsh
I grew up connected to Albion Mountain, a small community in St. Mary, Jamaica that most maps don't bother to name, and the famous neighborhood of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. I watched children there who were brilliant, curious, hungry to learn, and I watched the world give them nothing.
I left. I built a life. And then I came back, because leaving without doing something felt like a betrayal of everything Aunt Liza had modeled for us.
The Loney-Walsh Collective isn't charity. It's investment in children who were always worth investing in. This community gave me everything, the Collective is how I pay that forward.
Meet the Team
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David Jones
PRESIDENT
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Kurtious Loney-Walsh
FOUNDER
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Kadeem Dick
VICE PRESIDENT