Co-Founder/Executive Director
CONTACT:
Queen Mother Falaka Fattah
House of
Umoja, Inc.
(215) 473-5893
E-Mail: falakafattah@aol.com
Website: www.houseofumoja.net/pressroom
PHILADELPHIA, PA (USA) – 14 March 2022 – Cognizant
of the fact that solutions, much like wisdom, comes from all places, the House
of Umoja, Inc. (www.house
ofumoja.net) is reconvening its weekly
solutions-based community dialogues commencing Saturday, 26 March 2022 from
12:00 P.M. (E.S.T.) through 1:00 P.M. (E.S.T.) at 5625 West Master Street in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The House Of
Umoja, Inc. is ushering in Spring by reconvening its weekly solutions-based
community dialogues convened on Saturdays commending Saturday 26, March 2022
will serve as a pathway for exploring,
designing, and implementing antidotes for, among other things, gun violence,
the school-to-prison-pipeline, structural racism, gentrification, blight,
criminal justice and prison reform, and inequities in education, health, and
economics.
“Spring is synonymous with rebirth, rejuvenation, regrowth, resurrection and
renewal. ,With that in mind, the House
Of Umoja, Inc. is bringing together our community’s healers, thinkers,
visionaries, griots, entrepreneurs, activists and youths to exchange and share
ideas and solutions that will transform our community into an economically,
spiritually, psychologically, and emotionally vibrant oasis that protects its
most vulnerable members – Our Children, the Next Generation Of Leaders,
Husbands, Fathers, Wives, and Mothers -- and Our Elders, the jewels of our community. Solutions, much like wisdom, come from all
places. Each Saturday, beginning on Saturday, 26 March 2022, the House Of
Umoja, Inc. is bringing together souls in our community who have ideas and
solutions that will bring about rebirth, rejuvenation, regrowth, resurrection,
renewal, and peace in our neighborhoods.
Every idea is important. Every
voice must be heard and dialogue can bring about healing and peace,” remarked Queen Mother Falaka Fattah, Co-Founder and
Executive Director of the House Of Umoja, Inc.
Established in 1968, the House of Umoja, Inc. is an internationally acclaimed institution that has, for five decades, designed and implemented timeless Global Models for eradicating violence, fostering community development, creating economic sustainability, and addressing many of the key challenges that prevent boys and adolescent males from reaching their full potential and maturing into productive and successful adults. Its successful track record of positively transforming the lives of approximately 3,000 male adolescents and reducing gang violence, moved universities and institutions to seek the House of Umoja, Inc.’s expertise. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Prevention and the Center for Disease Control were among the institutions that sought the House of Umoja, Inc.’s expertise on gang violence reduction, youth programming, and community organizing. Former United States Presidents The Honorable James Earl Carter, Jr. and the late Honorable Ronald Wilson Reagan recognized the House of Umoja, Inc. for its pioneering work that has been documented in published articles such as “A Summons To Life,” by Robert Woodson of the American Enterprise Institute (www.aei.org) in 1981 and “The Violent Juvenile Offender,” by Paul DeMuro and Richard Allison of the National Council On Crime and Delinquency (www.nccdglobal.org), in 1984.
To learn how you can participate in the weekly solutions-based dialogues scheduled for Saturdays and orchestrated by the House of Umoja, Inc., commencing Saturday, 26 March 2022 from 12:00 P.M. (E.S.T.) to 1:00 P.M. (E.S.T.) at 5625 West Master Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, call (215) 473-5893 or send an e-mail to: falakafattah@aol.com.
For further information about the House Of Umoja, Inc., visit its website at www.houseofumoja.net.
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