Umoja Village Announces the Recipients of its 2021 Inaugural Umoja Village Funding Allocation Process
December 20, 2021
Umoja Village is pleased to announce recipients of its inaugural Umoja Village Funding Allocation Process 2021:
Aiken County NAACP Youth Council, $1,500.00 (Leadership retreat)
Carolina Vipers AAU Athletic Program, $1,000.00 (Operations budget)
Choices: A Lifetime Development, Inc., $3,000.00 (Annual scholarship campaign for high school students)
Education Matters Nonprofit Corporation, $3,000.00 (2022 Technical symposium for adults and youth)
The Hankinson Boxing Gym, $5,000.00 (Operations budget and USA Boxing Nationals competition)
People of the World Holding Hands, $500.00 (My Neighbor's Table neighborhood event)
SuccessTeam, $10,000.00 (Leadership Academy for Young Men)
The selection committee conducted a very thorough process of reviewing 13 applications received, conducting interviews with each applicant who remained in the process (three applicants withdrew), and holding a thoughtful face-to-face deliberation with all committee members present. A grand total of $24,000 will be distributed this month to seven applicants for this cycle. Each recipient will be required to submit an accountability report.
Under alignment with the Umoja Village mission, these projects represent initiatives that provide empowerment opportunities for youth and adults in the Black/African American communities within the CSRA, especially in Aiken County, to help reduce crime, to educate, to assist in the creation of a more equitable and inclusive environment, and to make positive differences in the lives of the underrepresented, disenfranchised, marginalized, or who've been subjected to the effects of discrimination, bias, or inequities in many facets of life.