OUR VISION
While our vision is focused on the city of Philadelphia, we’re plugging into our hub at The Story Factory, and creating the systems-in-place that will effectively channel positive collaborations beyond our current reach.
We will energetically and efficiently serve as a connection point to multiply resources, compassion, and sustainable change within our city.
WHAT WE DO
CitySpheres serves to provide collaboration, partnership, and resources from the eight spheres of influence
CitySpheres believes that we are more powerful together than alone, and that sustainable change requires collaborative, collective action.
CitySpheres provides pathways that lead the spheres of influence to collaborate and respond accordingly.
CORE VALUES
Vision Led.
Relationship Based.
Impact Driven.
Commitment Focused.
MEET THE TEAM
Elijah & Ashlee Hollis
Founders
Elijah and Ashlee Hollis are on a mission to creatively impact stories that will outlast them and to maximize their impact, together. Elijah is the Lead Pastor of CHANGE Church and the Chief Storyteller for Helm Creative Studio, an award-winning creative agency that is redefining what it means to lead one’s story and is certified women-owned, of which Ashlee is the President and Founder. Their most recent venture is the launch of The Story Factory, a space with a mission to “build stories out to build people up”, which has set in motion a new era of storytelling in the heart of Philadelphia.
With multiple degrees between them, Elijah has crafted a life to see the best in people while Ashlee has merged her intelligence with her empathy for others, the result being spaces where creatives can thrive and are inspired to see beyond what they create, to who they are creating for - the person on the other side of each project. Their decision to invest in work that results in massive social impact has broken barriers in creativity and is reconceptualizing the effects of a well-told story. Based in Philadelphia since 2018, Elijah and Ashlee brought the family to the City of Brotherly Love, and continue to be driven by the people whose lives can be made better through the process of storytelling, on-purpose, in order to leave a positive legacy for the generations to come.