Umoja Community Partners

07/29/2017

07/27/2017

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Meck United Kickball tournament will be played at Smithville Park located at 19710 South Ferry Street, Cornelius.

The schedule is as follows:

Friday, July 28
6:30 - Green - vs - Red
7:30 - Blue - vs - Green

Saturday, July 29
8:30 - Red - vs - White
9:30 - White - vs - Blue
10:30 - Red - vs - Blue
11:30 - Green - vs - White
1:00 Championship

Team Colors
- Green Team - Smithville
- Blue Team - Reggie Johnson
- White Team - Shawan Gabriel /Marconi Robinson
- Red Team - Tabatha (Missy) Stanback

Hope to see you there!!! Feel free to contact us for more info.

07/17/2017

07/15/2017

The Umoja Community Partners participated in the Smithville Community Prayer Vigil this morning! What an awesome call to prayer this morning!

03/15/2015

Education is the tool that can fix the world.

Poem by our very own Jaylen Pledger c/o 2017.

12/23/2014

"To handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching. "

Carter G. Woodson
-The Mis - Education of the Negro

09/15/2014

In the coming weeks we will be starting a free Internet café in the West Charlotte/ Beatties Ford area for students that don't have Internet access. In order for this to be a success, we will need other males to volunteer an hour or two every other week. Please contact me if you may be interested in helping. We will also need people to prepare the computers, check homework and provide life skills workshops. Thanks in advance.
"Be the change that you would like to see in the world."
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03/23/2014

We had an awesome time yesterday. I was so excited that I forgot to take pictures until the last workshop. Hope to see you at the next one.

03/21/2014

Tomorrow, we will be having the first of our bimonthly workshop series, "Restoring the Village." There will be activities for the entire family. The program will be held at Torrence Chapel AME Zion (21517 Torrence Chapel Church Road, Cornelius) and start promptly at 10am. Small business owners bring your business cards. Hope to see you there!!

07/23/2013

Has money muted the modern day athlete?

By Monte Poole The Oakland Tribune With most of the protests and violence in the aftermath of the George Zimmerman

01/01/2013

Experience Senegal

Upcoming Cultural Immersion Incursions sponsored by OBSIDIAN Travel & Treasures

April 1-10, 2013

Spring Break Educator’s Immersion Experience

Convene with educators from the US to explore Senegalese life & culture from an education perspective. Visit primary, secondary, trade schools, universities. Interact in the public and private school setting. Enjoy personal interactions with faculty, staff, and students. Build relationships with growth potential. Experience all of the sights, the markets, the people, & the life. An experiential education you will not forget!

April 13-24, 2013

Sene-Gambia Homecoming Duo-Delight

Come home to West Africa through this horizon broadening incursion. Taste Senegalese life & culture sprinkled with that of the Gambia. This is a great introductory experience for the first time visitor and an enlightening follow-up to welcome others back home. Experience two countries in two weeks and memories that last for a lifetime.

These programs are coordinated by OBSIDIAN Travel & Treasures specializing in _Integrated Tourism_ that immerses travelers in the life of the culture visited. Group size is intentionally limited to ensure that incursions are intimate experiences. Additional customized programs are also available for individuals, couples, families, and large groups (reunions, churches, conferences, etc.) at any time by special arrangement.

Please contact: OBSIDIAN Travel & Treasures at [email protected] or 202.657.5589 for details.

OBSIDIAN Travel & Treasures is a project of Fondation Tabax Subë " The Council of the Obsidian West Africa