Author: Umoja Outreach

Say hello to Umoja’s new app! The keystone of the organization, the Umoja app ties together all of our branches – uGames, uAcacdemy, uMentor, and uCare – and puts everything they have to offer at your fingertips. The app is available for iOS and Android today! Download for iOS Download for Android Use the app for easy access to all of our amazing programs, and engage with them to support us in our mission to engage, empower, and educate our communities.   uAcademy: With the app, you can view details on the Academy in your city, including schedules and announcements. You can even share pictures from your academy from within the app. uMentor: Are you struggling to decide on a career path? Listen to our weekly career development podcasts, available from within the app, and browse a large listing of career paths. uLinks: Umoja’s new global Shi’a professional directory. From the app, you can opt in to the professional directory yourself or view a listing of fellow professionals. Videos: Stay up-to-date with Umoja’s latest initiatives by watching our promotional videos. Our upcoming Umoja Games docs-series will be premiering exclusively in the app! Umoja Pages: A Shi’a business directory where you can discover our community’s businesses right from the app! You can even sign up to display your own business, for free during 2020.

Umoja Outreach Foundation’s Financial Aid program has launched its latest initiative, the Charity at Home program! It aims to support local families affected by COVID-19. We’re all in this together, and you can help!  Support families affected by COVID-19 by shopping at your favorite stories, who will donate toward our Financial Aid program. To sign up: Visit www.flipgive.com or download the FLIPGIVE app Use the code NGW4BH for Canada or P66LPN to join the Umoja Flipgive team Buy gift cards at your favorite store and start helping

uMentor, our career development branch, is looking to change the way that networking happens within our communities. Every week, the team hosts a career development podcast, bringing on a professional to answer questions about their experience and help mentor students in their career journeys. Now, uMentor has launched a new effort to create a global Shi’a professional directory! Joining the directory will be an opt-in option for all users creating a new Umoja account. It’ll connect professionals to young people within our communities. Want to be a part of the professional directory? Opt in to it when you create your Umoja account, or sign in to your existing account and opt in in your account settings! To access uMentor’s career development podcasts, click here.

We like to call The Academy the heartbeat of the organization. Its role in paving the way for the future of Umoja is instrumental. The Academy is where we train the next generation of Umojis by developing soccer skills using our hand-picked coaches to teach our wide array of age categories. By partnering with the best of coaches, facilities and program offering, we can deliver much more than skills to kill a soccer ball. At the Academy, we are building a bigger family by enabling old relationships rekindle, new ones get formed and lay the foundations for the future generations – all on the backdrop of a soccer field. The Academy is currently available in New York, Orlando, Toronto, New Jersey, Allentown, and Chicago. #CROWNJEWEL