Unity Programs
Building wealth where we live, and across the diaspora
Our programs teach financial skills, grow community-owned food and land, advance African women and girls, and connect investment across the continent and the diaspora.
Education
Financial and business workshops
Practical sessions for individuals, artists and community leaders.
Financial education
- Get Your Money Right
- Artpreneurship 101 and 102 (art and business)
- Tax basics and business taxes
- Bookkeeping basics and financial reporting
Business education
- Executive Leadership SkillUP for Community Visionaries
- Residential Project Leadership (RPL) Development
Food systems
Community-owned food
Helping Black communities own the food supply chain, from cooperative stores to value-added products.
- Black food cooperative development and education
- Agricultural and food supply chain ownership and financial sustainability for women
- Value-added food production
- Governance of food co-op collective funds
- Advising on local food ecosystem transformation
- Food systems research facilitation
Women and girls
Equity advocacy for global African women
Representation and leadership on international platforms for women of African descent.
- Chief facilitator, Addis Roundtable on the 10-year African Union Diaspora review
- UN Commission on the Status of Women: five years participating, three presenting, three organizing
- Global African SHEROES Union: chair and international host
- Global Africans Against Slavery: vice chair
- National coordinator, Million Woman March 20
- Innovation and technology in land and food rights for African women and girls
Land
Land development
Turning land into lasting community assets, at home and abroad.
Neighborhood Greenspace Development Training
Training for residents and organizations developing neighborhood land into productive, community-owned green space. Contact us for the next session dates and training materials.
International land development and sustainable housing
Partnerships for sustainable housing solutions across the diaspora.
International
Investment matchmaking
Connecting diaspora capital and expertise with enterprises on the continent.
- Centers of Excellence development
- Wine business
- Transportation and youth entrepreneurship
- Research and development in food manufacturing and production
Featured partnership
Financial Unity Center of Excellence, Tanzania South
A leadership skills development program at Rungwe International College of Business and Entrepreneurship Development (RICOBED), a community college registered by Tanzania’s National Council for Technical Education.
The partnership also established the Unity Education and Development Fund for single mothers, women and business leaders.
Partnership goals
- Build a first-in-class international leadership program with educational exchange
- Fund the Unity Education and Development Fund
- Establish manufacturing to grow an agribusiness sector led mostly by women
What the program does
- Trains single mothers, women and business leaders in self-awareness, entrepreneurship and finance
- Encourages women and leaders to invest and to prepare development projects
- Runs seminars and training courses
- Helps young women who have lost parents, or face illness or poverty, secure sponsorship for certificate and diploma study