ECONOMY BUILDERS

GRASSROOTS

Ujima's Grassroots Partners

Our grassroots partners provide political leadership and root our work in ongoing struggles for housing justice, labor rights, youth empowerment, environmental justice, and more. Their expertise and membership bodies help to guide our process of creating community-led standards and investment plans for our local economy. Visit our Organize page for more information on how to support our grassroots parners.

Email nia_at_ujimaboston.com to learn about becoming a grassroots partner.

CITY LIFE / VIDA URBANA

City Life/Vida Urbana is a grassroots community organization committed to fighting for racial, social, and economic justice and gender equality by building working class power through direct action, coalition building, education and advocacy. Through organizing poor and working class people of diverse races and nationalities; we promote individual empowerment, develop community leaders, and build collective power to effect systemic change and transform society.

Community Standards Committee

Community Standards Commite

Joyce Clark

Community Health Advocate

Research Logistics Coordinator, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Luis Cotto

Cultural Worker

Former Executive Director,

Central Square Business Improvement District

Suntae Kim

Assistant Professor

Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Ellie Tiglao

Former Worker-Owner, Tanam

The Late Chuck Turner

In Memoriam: Former City of Boston District 7 City Councilor. Served 2018-2020

Translocal Members

The Ujima Translocal Membership is an action-oriented initiative to support peers outside of Boston in getting closer to creating economic democracy ecosystems where they are. Ujima's Translocal Membership is comprised of five components: partnership on Ujima's Quarterly Office Hours, joint fundraising, private organizational 1-on-1 support, whole team check-ins, and ecosystems exchanges. Membership in the Translocal Program is by invitation only.

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Kensington Corridor Trust

Philadelphia, PA

The Kensington Corridor Trust (KCT) seeks to foster the equitable economic revitalization of a commercial corridor and its surrounding neighborhood through local partnerships, strategic programming, and an innovative approach to moving real estate assets out of the speculative private market.