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Ubuntu Project

Ubuntu Project

Ubuntu Project

The Ubuntu Project, funded by the California Department of Social Services, is a state initiative that supports the Stop the Hate Program, focusing on aiding victims and families affected by hate crimes. 

It operates in the high desert communities of Southern California, specifically targeting African American youth

The initiative is historic as it marks the first state allocation of funding to address hate and its consequences. 

Ubuntu derives from the African proverb, “I am because we are”.   

The project aims to provide support through engagement with arts, leadership, and healing-centered approaches to promote resilience and social and emotional wellness.

As a Stop the Hate Grantee, Ubuntu conducts healing circles, art projects, and community outreach, representing unity and a proactive response against hate, bias, and harm in the African American community.

Healing Circles

Provide the space to encourage personal healing journeys, share, and learn how to build relationships internally and externally

Bystander Training and Healing

Leadership and personal development opportunities for supportive professionals

Art Engagement

Engage youth in the arts as a tool for healing, expression, and connection

Youth Coalition

Engage youth in advocacy, leadership, and civic engagement

Ubuntu Circle

Ubuntu Healing Circles are facilitated gatherings where individuals come together to share their stories, feelings, and experiences in a supportive and non-judgmental environment.

The aim is to create a safe space where participants can feel heard, understood, and supported. Healing circles are typically facilitated by a trained professional, but they can also be led by community members.

We need to normalize Healing Circles. As a people we hold circle all the time. Family dinners, the beauty and barbershops just to name a few.

Youth Coalitions

Establish Youth Leadership Coalitions (YLC) in the High Desert Communities (Hesperia, Phelan, Adelanto, Victorville, AppleValley, etc.) for African American youth. Guide youth in engaging with their peers in the development and implementation of community solutions surrounding social justice issues, including the disproportionate suspension of African American youth and underperforming academic rates for students of color.

Art Engagement

With the support of African American Art Ambassadors, engage African American youth in art expression, such as painting, hot wax fabric art, spoken poetry, rap, song, theater and host an annual art showcase and exhibit around the topics of anti-hate and healing.

It’s SAFE to REPORT!!! For more information, see our RESOURCES tab below.

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Ubuntu Project

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The Importance of Reporting a Hate Crime

Hate crimes affect families, communities, and at times, the entire nation.

Why report hate crimes?

The Hate Crimes Reporting Gap is the significant disparity between hate crimes that actually occur and those reported to law enforcement.

It is critical to report hate crimes not only to show support and get help for victims, but also to send a clear message that the community will not tolerate these kinds of crimes.

Reporting hate crimes allows communities and law enforcement to fully understand the scope of the problem in a community and put resources toward preventing and addressing attacks based on bias and hate.

Events

Ubuntu Project

Events

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Ubuntu Project

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Nichole Williams-Artry Program Coordinator

Community Outreach & Prevention Education (C.O.P.E) Project

Community Outreach & Prevention Education (C.O.P.E) Project

COPE PROJECT

Who We Are

This project aims to actively engage with their surrounding communities to uplift, and support those who are deprived of certain services. The C.O.P.E Project is a regional response project launched by the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communication (OCPSC) in partnership with the California Health Collaborative (CHC). The program is currently working in Riverside and San Bernardino County with COVID-19 and ITIN. This project aims to provide COVID-19 harm reduction education, encourage community members to get vaccinated and assist with vaccination appointments. It also encourages the community to obtain an ITIN number to allow foreign nationals and other individuals who are not eligible for a social security number to comply with the United States tax laws and file taxes, open a bank account, start a business, build credit, get a driver’s license, and claim cashback tax credits for low-income workers.

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← Sex Ed Equity (S.E.E.) Project

Sex Ed Equity (S.E.E.) Project

Who We Are

The Sex Ed Equity (S.E.E.) Project is a program designed to help families share their values, create a family bond, and talk about the tough stuff – including sexual health and healthy relationships. Through the Linking Families and Teens (LiFT) program curriculum, teens (ages 13-19) are able to establish trust with their supportive adult* which allows them to get the support they need to make healthy choices and achieve their goals including: decreased rates of unwanted pregnancy, STIs, depression, drug and alcohol use; and increased school success. 

The main goals of the program are:

  • Increase the frequency and quality of communication about sexuality between teens and their supportive adults
  • Enhance the relationship between teens and their supportive adults
  • Increase teen confidence to prevent unwanted pregnancy
  • Increase supportive adults’ comfort with their youth receiving sexual health services 
  • Decrease unplanned teen pregnancy

*Supportive adults can include a biological parent, foster parent, caregiver, grandparent, aunt or uncle, or another important adult in the life of that teen.

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