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Read MoreUmoja Village is preparing for four large events this year! We hope you make plans to celebrate all aspects of unity, community, education, and fun with us! Stay tuned for more details.
Read MoreStudents, there is an education scholarship trust fund program that is currently available for qualified families in South Carolina. This opportunity is available for 5000 students to receive $6000 per school year and is a first come first serve basis.
Read MoreTickets for Umoja Village's 3rd Annual Black History Month Community Celebration are $15. This event sells out each year. Purchase on umojavillage.com or at our center. Event takes place Sunday, Feb. 4th, 3 p.m., Lessie Price Senior & Youth Center. Includes meal. We are grateful to awesome sponsors who help to keep this event affordable.
Read MoreAfter 30 years of pastoring at Second Baptist Church of Aiken, Pastor Douglas Slaughter will retire effective December 31st. He plans to move to Dallas, Texas, to join his wife, Mrs. Kelley Cornish, who is president of the T.D. Jake's Foundation. However, he will still be active in Aiken and travel back and forth.
Read MoreGospel artist Rudy Currence will be the special guest artist for the "Jesus Is The Reason For The Season" Christmas concert this Saturday, 5 p.m., at the Ebenezer SDA Church, 1699 Olive Road in Augusta. Free admission.
Read MoreThe Richard Johnson, Jr. Umoja Village Resource Center is open for business. Our open house at our new location was nothing short of amazing! To God be the glory!
Read MoreOn tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 14th, 4:00 p.m., Mrs. PK Hightower will be sworn in on the Aiken County Council, at the Aiken County Government building. The public is invited.
Read More“What an awesome time this morning! Thanks to those who participated and actually attended. Judging by your comments, we know greater is coming as a result of the knowledge and interaction we encountered today. “ Donna Moore Wesby
Read MoreTonight at 6 p.m., please come out and support our own Dr. Walter Curry's "Ancestral Reflections: The Thompson Family Art Exhibit" and presentation, at the Center For African American History, Art, and Culture, 120 York Street in Aiken. No admission fee. Learn how he shares family connections through visual and audio storytelling. Great family event.
Read MoreWe thank our sponsors, donors, vendors, and all who attended one, two, or all three events this weekend. THIS IS WHAT UNITY LOOKS LIKE! To God be the glory!
Read MoreWe are asking all who can to attend tomorrow evening's Aiken City Council meeting at 7 p.m., as we present a request to name a city street in honor of Deacon Richard Johnson as part of several ideas that supporters are planning, 111 Chesterfield St., South.
Read MoreThe Imani Group, Umoja Village, and Solar United National, LLC, present the EMERGE/SUN Solar Energy Job Training Program. Accepting 20 applicants. Get paid while you train. Learn solar panel installation, electric vehicle charging station installation and maintenance, OSHA 10, and employability skills. 18 and older males and females can apply.
Read MoreLocal nonprofits in collaborative partnership, The Imani Group and Umoja Village, announce a collaboration with Solar United National (SUN), LLC., to present a first-of-its-kind program in South Carolina -- the EMERGE and SUN Job Training Program.
Read MoreTuesday, Sept. 26th, 6:30-8:30 p.m., the AKA's are hosting a candidate forum, Cumberland A.M.E Church, 111 Kershaw Street, SE, Aiken. Aiken City Council Dist. 1 and Aiken County Dist. 8 candidates have been invited.
Read MoreIf you live in Aiken County District 8 and former County Councilman Willar Hightower was your rep. Please vote in the special election on or before Tuesday, Oct. 17th to fill this vacancy, between Democratic candidate P.K. Hightower and Republican candidate James Hankinson. Both are Black Americans. Every vote counts and matters.
Read MoreGenerational wealth will be the topic on Oct. 22nd at the reception, film screening, and post screening discussion of "The Legacy of Black Wall Street," at the USCA Etherredge Center as part of Umoja Village's Unity Weekend.
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce that two of The Allstate Foundation Helping Hands Grants in the amount of $500.00 each have been awarded to Umoja Village. Thank you @AllstateFDN for the $1000 #HelpingHands Grants and for your support. Together, we will help communities thrive.
Read MoreTab's Professional Transportation presents Unity Unleashed this Sunday, Aug. 27th, 2-6 p.m., at the Citizens Park Office and Conference Center, Old Airport Road in Aiken. Free food, fun, music, and shopping.
Read MoreThe Matthews Foundation presents "All That Jazz with Preston and Weston," Saturday, Aug. 12th, 4-6 p.m., at Aiken Senior Life Services, 1310 East Pine Log Road, Aiken. Event is a charity fundraiser for homeless and displaced Aiken County Public School children. Get tickets on Eventbrite or click link on the Umoja Village Community Calendar. Prices are between $10-$20.
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