Nani Perry shares her supportive experience from Umoja Community, which focuses on the African American Diaspora and others who are interested in the African American Diaspora. She states that Umoja provides students with college tours, conferences, and resources, and helps students choose their classes. She emphasizes that Umoja helped her to bring out her social skills, recognize her strengths, develop her leadership skills, and connect with other people in the community. She also explains that Umoja is a place for the students to talk and share about their everyday issues and make them feel supported, understood, and heard.
For more information about the Umoja Community at Berkeley City College:
Berkeley City College Umoja: https://www.berkeleycitycollege.edu/communities/umoja
Umoja Community at Berkeley City College: https://berkeleycity.umojacommunity.org/
Below is a written transcript of the video:
"Hi, my name is Nani, and my major is Social Work and Human Services. I'm currently in the Umoja Program, which focuses on the African American Diaspora, and it's a space to be supported as an African American student or anyone who's interested in the African American Diaspora. They provide you with college tours, you can go to conferences with Umoja students from all around, like from LA to San Diego to Texas, and also they provide you with resources if you need help with choosing your classes, or you need friends, or you need a place to just feel safe. Umoja is a great program. It really helps me bring out my social skills. It has allowed me to become more comfortable with talking to different types of people. It has also helped me recognize my strengths as well as things that I can improve in as well as wanting to develop my leadership skills, as well as connecting with other people and helping other people, as well as informing them on the services that are at the school. It's a place for people to come and talk about everyday issues and just have a space to get reassurance or to feel supported and understood and heard."