Ujima Family Resilience Program

Building on the principle of “Ujima”, the Family Resilience Program will prevent justice system involvement among Black youth and their families in North Minneapolis and surrounding areas. 

Ujima follows the S.E.L.F curriculum, a trauma-informed psychoeducational group curriculum as a means to address the symptoms of trauma by providing education around trauma recovery and healing. 

​The program will be provided in partnership with culturally specific providers from throughout the Twin Cities.

Program Components:
With the support of our dedicated Program Coordinator, the “Ujima Family Resilience Program” provides youth & their families:

•     6 months of case management post successful completion of the program
•     13 week S.E.L.F Curriculum
•     $500+ Participant stipend
•     Transportation support
•     Childcare support during group

Ramsey County Target Population:

•  Families of any background with youth 6 years or older
•  Residents of Ramsey County

Hennepin County Target Population:

• Families with at least ONE child between the ages of 6-12 - Other children in the family are then allowed to participate
• Experience of traumatic stress
• Residents of Hennepin County (North Minneapolis residents given precedence)​

Curriculum

• S.E.LF Curriculum was written by Sandra Bloom, M.D.
• S.E.L.F. believes that trauma recovery begins with education.
• S.E.L.F works to address 4 fundamental domains of disruptions; Safety, Emotions, Loss and Future
• S.E.L.F. is nonlinear treatment modal. It is not constrained by gender, age, race, religion, or ethnicity because the domains of healing it represents are universal human experiences not bound by time, place or persons.

Session Outline:

• Group meets once a week at 6 pm (day of week is TBD)
• A warm meal is provided to families from local restaurants
• Families participate in activities starting at 6:30 pm; parents and youth go into breakout groups to provide further exploration into reflections
• Activities consist of a lot of self-reflection work through worksheets and larger group discussions. The goal of these activities is to support individuals in building self-awareness and psychoeducation around how trauma is held in the body and how to identify and manage those symptoms
• Session ends at 8 pm

Program Coordinaotr 
Isy Odor

Prevention Program Coordinator,
Ujima Family Resilience Program
[email protected]

Interested?
Contact Isy Odor:  [email protected] 
​ (612)- 481-2792
​Email Preferred

Referral Consent Form

Ujima Family Program Brochure