Yours, Mine & Ours Podcast
Ujima has teamed up with the Moonlighters' Club and Ujima's Business Support Member Team to produce a new podcast: Yours, Mine, and Ours! Our podcast spotlights the businesses of Ujima's Good Business Alliance, created for the community, by the community, with a special emphasis on Ujima's good business standards.
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.


Black Economic Justice Institute is a nonprofit organization that works to advocate and develop programs that address justice and economic opportunity for black and other people of color of Boston.
UJIMA STAFF TEAM

Nia Evans
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

James Vamboi, Jr.
CHIEF OF STAFF, COMMUNITY, AND CULTURE

Jock Payten
INTERIM MANAGING DIRECTOR,
UJIMA FUND

Cierra Peters
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, CULTURE & ENFRANCHISEMENT

Paige Curtis
CULTURE AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

JaNoah Daley
UJIMA FUND ADMINISTRATOR

Andre Bennett
BUSINESS ALLIANCE COORDINATOR

Natasha Shiku
COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATE

Mona Layne
COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATE

Shantel Miller
ARTS & CULTURAL ORGANIZING FELLOW

Paul Bingaman Jr.
FUND MANAGEMENT
FELLOW

Yusuf Alamutu
FUND INTERN
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Aaron Tanaka
CO-FOUNDER
JOIN THE TEAM
Full Time
Part-Time
Internships (Rolling)
Ujima Fund General Management Intern
See job opportunities from Ujima and more on our Jobs Board.
COMMUNITY STANDARDS COMMITTEE

Joyce Clark
Community Health Advocate,
NAACP New England Area Conference Chair on Climate Change

Luis Cotto
Program Manager,
Mass Cultural Council

Mea Johnson
Director of Community Organizing,
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative

Ellie Tiglao
Worker Owner,
Tanám

In Memoriam: The Late Chuck Turner
Former City of Boston District 7 City Councilor.
Served on the CSC 2018-2020.
UJIMA DELEGATES
Bo Opetubo
Bing Broderick
Chrislene DeJean
Edward Galan
Joyce Clark Henry
Kristen Halbert
Jamiah Tappin
Lisa Owens
Louise Baxter
Lyse Fedjanie Barronville
Matthew Parker
Michael E. Thomas
Myrna Greenfield
Nadav David
Salimata Bangoura
WaWa Bell
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
Alex Ponte-Capellan, Community Standards Committee
Julia Parker, Managing Director, Intentional Endowments Network
Jock Payten, Founder, Finance 100 Series
Kerry Bowie, Founder, Msaada Partners
Miriam Gee, Co-Founder, Co-Everything
Pat Miguel Tomaino, Director of Socially Responsible Investing, Zevin Asset Management
ADVISORY BOARD
Bithiah Carter, President, New England Blacks in Philanthropy
Jed Emerson, Author and Strategic Advisor to Family Offices
Rodney Foxworth, Executive Director, BALLE
Darlene Lombos, Executive Director, Community Labor United (CLU)
Brian Nagendra, Assistant Director, Catalyst Impact Funds at Living Cities
Jessica Norwood, Entrepreneur and RSF Social Finance Fellow
Jocelyn V. Sargent, Executive Strategic Consultant,New Commonwealth Racial Equity & Social Justice Fund
Morgan Simon, Author and Founding Partner, Candide Group
Mark Watson, Managing Director, Boston Impact Initiative
Kat Taylor, Co-Founder, and CEO, Beneficial State Bank
Michael Curry, Esq., Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Government Affairs & Public Policy, Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers