Shannon Hopkins

Co-founder & lead cultivator, RootedGood

Shannon Hopkins is a co-founder & the lead cultivator of RootedGood, a nonprofit that empowers institutions, social enterprises and entrepreneurs to create systemic change. A Texas native, in 2004 Shannon moved to London and founded the nonprofit Matryoshka Haus. In 2020, Matryoshka Haus became three organizations, including the U.S.-based RootedGood. Hopkins has launched or influenced the formation of 15 campaigns, projects, and organizations and trained over 200 social entrepreneurs. In 2008, Shannon was awarded the Women of the UN and UK’s Annual Woman of Peace Award for The Truth isn’t Sexy, a campaign that addressed the demand side of human trafficking.

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Shannon Hopkins

Co-founder & lead cultivator, RootedGood

When the river rises in the Hill Country: Memory, belonging and the work of repair

What happens when the church is turned upside down?

The church isn’t dying. It’s being remade

When friends become family

The gospel lived out in the company of friends

Increasing creative confidence one Lego brick at a time

Shannon Hopkins: 10 guidelines for faithful innovation by a social entrepreneur

Shannon Hopkins: How to lead when things are falling apart