… and community. The Umoja community actively serves and promotes success for all students through a curriculum responsive to the legacy of the African and African American Diasporas. The Umoja Community also seeks to educate the whole student–mind, body, and spirit using the vital power informed by an ethic of love. Umoja works to deliberately engage students as full participants in the construction of … live learning demonstrates to the students that they are smart, deep. Language As Power: When we recognize and validate the language that our students bring to the classroom-that which they create amongst themselves-our students open up …