Join us for 12 Mo’ Angry Men’s partner workshop, Activating Empathy! Ujima Company and Buffalo State University’s Anne Frank Project are collaborating to bring a FREE workshop to the community on kinesthetically utilizing empathy in times of adversity. This workshop is followed by a discounted performance of 12 Mo’ Angry Men!

Frontline Arts Buffalo is hosting a workshop on, “How to Respond When Accountability Falls on Deaf Ears.” Buffalo received unprecedented funds through the American Rescue Plan. Though there was a lot of community buy-in in shaping the plan, what was ultimately received looks different than what we collaborated on. Learn more about how to be an engaged citizen as these funds become available to community organizations in early 2024.

Daniel Banks, in his essay, “The Welcome Table,” proposes that we create a communal space, where people of all cultures, backgrounds, and histories can come together to play, to explore, to learn in right relationship with one another. Shakespeare in Delaware Park invites you to join us in just such a space in collaboration with Ujima Company inc. at the Lorna C. Hill Theater

Ujima is a founding member of Frontline Arts Buffalo also known as FAB. Established in 2018, the coalition seeks to support frontline arts and cultural organizations in Buffalo in our transition from conditions of precarity to viability. We are a collaboration among artists, arts administrators, engaged citizens, justice advocates, and policy researchers.

Ujima is an active and participating organization of the Crossroads Coalition. The coalition is comprised of over ten progressive organizations committed to a just transition and building a new, community-controlled economy in Buffalo. The collective includes activists, creators, grassroots educators, organizers, and researchers who realized that all of today’s major battles for justice are linked, and equally important.

This year Ujima is partnered with Buffalo Public Schools’ Office of Culturally & Linguistically Responsive Initiatives to launch the inaugural Lorna C. Hill Speaking Contest. Students from across the district will compete locally at their respective schools in order to qualify for the final round of the contest which will be held at the Lorna C. Hill Theater this spring. We are so excited to see the next generation of great orators and performers follow in the legacy of our late founder.