As energy prices skyrocket, there’s some good news for Massachusetts residents. The state department of public utilities ordered providers like Eversource to reduce the price of natural gas for customers. This is a major win considering 28 percent of U.S. households experience some form of energy poverty and struggle to…

Gardens represent a community of sorts. The many allegories and analogies we make to plant life undergird our understanding of language, mathematics, and humanity more broadly. …

#HowWeWork is a series dedicated to how we get sh*t done at Ujima. We’ll unpack the inner workings of our culture, participatory processes, and how we advance our mission with a team of economy-builders. The Boston Ujima Project is a Black-led, democratic, member-run organization building a cooperative business, arts, and…

by Alula Hunsen I’ve lived in a couple of different areas across Greater Boston: Cambridge, Fenway-Kenmore, Somerville, Dorchester, and now Allston. The unifying thought I’ve had in each location is this: why does the MBTA suck so much? Whether an avid traverser of the B branch of the green line…

Last year, Hacking Hustling, a collective of sex workers, survivors, and accomplices working at the intersection of tech and social justice, hosted a conference on how sex workers are organizing around digital barriers to bring about policy change. Sex workers are adults who receive money or other forms of compensation…

Earlier this year, Kensington Corridor Trust (KCT) became an Ujima Translocal Member. Cierra Peters, Ujima’s Director of Communications, sat down with Adriana Abizadeh, Executive Director of Kensington Corridor Trust, to talk about the translocal membership program, cooperative investments, and making change with trust. Thank you, first of all, for joining…

Earlier this year, Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative became an Ujima Translocal Member. Paige Curtis, Culture & Communications Manager at Ujima, sat down with BCDI’s Executive Director, Michael Partis to talk about what the translocal membership means to them, and their vision for Black Liberation in the Bronx and beyond. Paige…

The family-owned and operated Nos Casa Cafe has been a fixture in the Roxbury community. Since 2010, Ana Maria and Joshua Filadgo, the mother and son duo, have been serving delicious Cape Verdean cuisine to the neighborhood, supported by an all-woman team. “Ana aims to give back to the community…

August 11, 2022 — Earlier this summer, we announced in our Investor Report that CommonWealth Kitchen (CWK) has joined the Ujima Good Business Alliance, joining seven other mission aligned enterprises in the group. CommonWealth Kitchen’s mission is to “transform the local food economy by strengthening capacity, creating connections, and unleashing…