… is a semester to semester learning community open to all students but specifically designed to assist African American and Black students in transferring to four-year colleges and universities and earning their degrees. We hope that students will … we can bring our students inside the conscious experience of wielding language, all types of language-academic, standard, Black English, theoretical. Our classrooms can be a multilingual experience which provides an impetus for our students to … to an Umoja learning experience, for the students, the faculty, and the staff. Umoja practitioners intentionally call out and support students' talents in an effort to build community and self-esteem. By tapping the intellectual and …