MOVING FORWARD
The Epitome of Innovation of Excellence. Self Ascension. A New Day.
Our
Story
BUILDING OUR STORY
THE STORY OF A MOTHER
SIMILAR TO BATHESHEBA AND KING SOLOMON. It began one morning, that the Founder of Umoji, the Mother of Doc. Z built a world of hope and love. She begins this journey with the call to mothers to come and build a world that approves of our sons and daughters.
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Founder, Jeroldine Kaiser
2020 DEER RIDGE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CLUB
Zhivago Rhodes, founder, and a group of men in the Deer Ridge Correctional Institution were approved to start an African American Cultural Club. At that point, UMOJA NI NGUVU was born. Forty-Four men, an executive board officers developed three events, by-laws, and membership packets for a 750-member institution. Three events were birthed from this BIG IDEA in a SMALL SPACE. The Juneteenth event, The KWANZAA, and the One FUNDRAISER BANQUET annually.
2023
UMOJI, The Global Community Hub was born as an off shoot of the UMOJA NI NGUVU. It is now a non-profit corporation.
NOW... we serve as a community hub virtually and within incarceration's walls. Soon, we would like to provide transitional programs, housing, and on-campus living in the near future. Until then, we are serving one Adult in Custody and one "Adult in Custody" at Release at a time.
2024, November
III International Corporation was born. We have expanded our community!
Highlights over the years
Our first community 2020-2024 Umoja Ni Nguvu a population of 800 men, Madras Oregon, Deer Ridge. Our second community is 300 population, 2023-present; Kingdom Builders partnership cohort. The third community, website, from 230 start-ups to present day, 2024, 5,068-10,058, representation of 90 countries, and over 4 M global reach. We have Supported over 2,000 Oregonians as a community.
Get to Know Us
Since 2020, UMOJI, THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY HUB has played a significant role in the Oregon community. Our community is a place of gathering where members can come together to socialize and engage in healthy activities together. At UMOJI, THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY HUB, our mission is to enhance the community’s quality of life by providing members with a wide range of recreational, and social activities that are both unifying and empowering.
We have been impacting the lives of our community members through our wide range of enriching programs and events. What started off as a big idea in a small space, has grown to be the hub for multiculturalism recreational empowerment, connection for resources, and community. We have a holistic approach to providing resources in the continuum/spectrum of the imprisonment/prison, jail, penitentiary, and corrections system (before, during, after, and breaking the cycles as well.
THE STORY OF
UMOJI
Script Title: The UMOJI Initiative
Logline: A group of ex-convicts, gifted with extraordinary abilities, are recruited by a secret organization to become superheroes and protect their city.
INT. PRISON CELL - NIGHT A dimly lit prison cell. JAKE, a hardened criminal with a troubled past, sits alone on his bunk. JAKE: (muttering to himself) Another day, another dollar. Or, in my case, another day, another cell. A mysterious figure, shrouded in shadow, enters the cell. MYSTERIOUS FIGURE: (deep, resonant voice) Your time here is almost over, Jake. But your story is far from finished. JAKE: (startled) Who are you? What do you want? MYSTERIOUS FIGURE: (stepping into the light) I'm here to offer you a second chance. A chance to be something more. [SCENE END]