… experience is generative and performative. In a live learning situation, the exact content and learning experience are not known before the class session begins. Surprise and original language burst out all over the classroom; the instructor … artists and spiritual leaders. Umoja sees individuals like Phyllis Wheatley, David Walker, Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells Barnett, Robert Johnson, W.E.B. Dubois, James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Alan Locke, Thelonious Monk, Malcolm X, Romaire … as leaders, are empowered to partner with faculty in the spirit of dual commitment-" I commit to you, you commit to me." When we embrace our posit ion, Umoja becomes more than a program; it is a privilege that will be leveraged, a power base …