BOBBIES HOUSE
A SAFE PLACE FOR WOMEN + CHILDREN
THIS IS FOR OUR BLOODLINE
This is for my grandmother who taught me that strength is not loud, but it is unmovable.
Who taught me to protect others.
Who showed me that survival is not the end goal… building something better is.
▫️For the women who carried weight they never asked for.
▫️For the men who learned protection without ego.
▫️For the children who watched and absorbed more than we knew.
WE COME FROM POWER
Not polished power. Not privileged power.
▫️Earned power.
▫️Built power.
▫️Tested power.
We come from women who endured systems that tried to shrink them, and instead raised daughters and granddaughters who expand.
▫️We come from stories told at kitchen tables.
▫️From backyards where everyone was welcome.
▫️From hard seasons that sharpened us instead of breaking us.
This is for my children.
For my nieces and nephews.
For their children.
For every generation that follows.
Bobbie’s House is not just a structure. It is a continuation.
Bobbie Mae Godfrey was born into poverty in the Mississippi Delta, in a place shaped by economic hardship and the long shadow of racial hatred and systemic injustice. Her childhood was marked by struggle. She saw violence. She saw prejudice. She saw how power operated and who it left behind.
Pain was part of her early landscape.
BUT SO WAS GRIT.
She raised six daughters. Six strong women. Each of them carrying both scars and steel. Despite barriers. Despite limited access. Despite systems not designed for them. Those daughters went on to raise daughters and granddaughters and great-granddaughters of their own.
THE LINEAGE EXPANDED.
My grandmother opened her home to everyone. Neighborhood kids learned to swim in her backyard pool. She told stories; not romanticized ones, but real ones. Stories of poverty. Stories of oppression. Stories of watching hate up close. Stories of how survival required both toughness and tenderness.
HER HOUSE WAS REFUGE.
HER VOICE WAS EDUCATION.
HER PRESENCE WAS PROOF.
She did not use the word “equity.”
She practiced it.
She did not call herself a community organizer.
She fed people, taught them, listened to them, and made room.
That is where this begins. Housing. Mobility. Workforce Access. Safe Properties. These are not separate issues. They are interconnected systems.
When development is extractive, communities fracture.
When development is intentional, communities gain strength.
BOBBIE MAE GODFREY
1924 ~ 2021
Marianna | AR - El Centro | CA
BOBBIES HOUSE
A home for women and children. A legacy of strength. A blueprint for what comes next.
Bobbie’s House is a living tribute to generational strength. It is a place built from story, survival, and the radical act of opening your door when the world tells you to close it.
This home exists for women and children navigating transition; whether escaping abuse, rebuilding after financial hardship, or simply needing stability long enough to breathe again.
Bobbie’s House is not charity.
▫️It is restoration.
▫️It is dignity.
▫️It is infrastructure for strength.
Rooted under Callie Builds and aligned with ADO’s equity-centered design, Bobbies House transforms residential property into community-stabilizing support.
▫️Safe housing.
▫️Workforce access.
▫️School continuity.
▫️Mental health resources.
▫️Equine therapy partnerships.
▫️Transportation support.
▫️Real pathways forward.
Because stability is not a luxury. It is the starting line.
THE LOCATION PLAN
Bobbie’s House begins where all real movements begin… at home.
Phase One is a live pilot inside my own residence. Not theoretical. Not conceptual. Operational. Testing support systems in real time. Refining safety protocols. Measuring school stability. Tracking employment pathways. Documenting what works and what must evolve.
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• Who benefits?
• Who gains access?
• What barriers are reduced?
• How does this strengthen long-term
economic stability?
Phase One: Built at Home