Black communities have looked to martial arts as both a recreational practice and a means of self defense for decades. Martial arts refers to all of the various systems of training for combat, with origins in East Asia, Africa, and South America, and it’s estimated that 9% of martial arts…

Introducing #HowWeWork, 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 our team of economy-builders. We know the nonprofit space is overwhelmingly White — 80% of the industry, to be exact…

Black Market was established in 2017 as a nascent pop-market with a vision to help close Boston’s $247,500 wealth gap and mission to reignite Roxbury’s creative economy. The Marketplace was widely accepted as one of Boston’s premiere spaces to gather, meet and shop, understanding the need for micro-business founders to…

Partnership. Creativity. This quarter for our Spring 2022 Investor Update, we sat down with a group of five esteemed Ujima Fund Investors. Reverend Mariama White-Hammond is the founding pastor of New Roots AME Church in Dorchester. White-Hammond has extensive background in embedding equity and environmental justice into Boston’s communities. She…

Partnership. Creativity. This quarter for our Spring 2022 Investor Update, we sat down with a group of five esteemed Ujima Fund Investors. Eric Leslie is a Cambridge, MA-based father and founder of Union Capital Boston. During high school in the 1990’s, he fell in love with community organizing after joining…

Partnership. Creativity. This quarter for our Spring 2022 Investor Update, we sat down with a group of five esteemed Ujima Fund Investors. DaVan Johnson is originally from Detroit, MI but has spent most of her life in Boston. She is a mother, a holistic health practitioner, and an organizer. Tell…

Partnership. Creativity. This quarter for our Spring 2022 Investor Update, we sat down with a group of five esteemed Ujima Fund Investors. Mirella Cruz is a Union Capital Boston member, and Ujima Fund investor. Tell us about yourself. I’m a Puerto Rican mom with two children, and I work as a…

Partnership. Creativity. This quarter for our Spring 2022 Investor Update, we sat down with a group of five esteemed Ujima Fund Investors. Nneka Hall is a proud mother of four based in Boston. As a maternal and fetal health advocate and full-spectrum doula, she is committed to the health and…

I can imagine what Colin Kaepernick thought when he decided to kneel during the national anthem in 2016. In the vein of Jackie Robinson’s own battle with racial discrimination in professional sports, it was likely: “I cannot stand and sing the anthem. I cannot salute the flag; I know that…