UMOJA
UMOJA is a student-initiated and student-run retention program dedicated to keeping African/Black identified students here at UC Santa Cruz.
Meaning “Unity” in Swahili, UMOJA’s goal is to have them graduate with having felt a sense of support and encouragement from other students, faculty, and their community.
We aim to address the needs of our community in hopes to hold accountable any and all programs/centers that fail to support our community by making sure that we receive what we deserve for a socially and academically balanced life here at UCSC.
We also aim to help unite and engage our community on different levels of being in college so that they feel the need to keep themselves and our community present at UCSC. Because without unity there is no community.
UMOJA Lead Retention Coordinator
Savannah Bowman Daniels
4th year, Education, Democracy, Justice (she/her/hers)
As e²'s Umoja Coordinator it's my responsibility to support student success by connecting students to campus resources, advocating for their concerns and collaborating with other student leaders in order to strengthen retention and foster community. In my free-time, I am really big on drawing, reading, playing bass guitar and photography!
Connect with UMOJA
✉️ E-mail: ucsantacruz.umoja@gmail.com
📸 Instagram: @umoja.ucsc
🔗 Linktree: linktr.ee/umojaucsc