Greetings Parents,

Thank you for choosing Umoja Health Wellness and Justice Collective for the H.O.P.E. 4 The Future After School Program. We are excited for the 2024-2025 school year and are looking forward to seeing new and returning faces.

Program Location: Trinity United Methodist Church, 587 Haywood Rd., Asheville NC 28806

Program Hours: Afterschool until 6PM.  Van transportation from school is available.

No Cost

Mission Statement: Creating Community through Connection and Culture.

Purpose: Umoja Health, Wellness and Justice Collective is a culturally-aligned, peer-led 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to create community through connection and culture by providing trauma-responsive and resiliency-focused services, training and courses using a compassionate, empathetic and equitable lens to address the public health crisis due to Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Social Determinants of Health.

Vision: Create a community in which people who have experienced personal, systemic, generational and historical trauma can collectively move through the healing process and receive the support that they need in order to access opportunities to live a healthy and productive life.

Values:

• Culturally-aligned.
• Trauma-responsive.
• Resiliency-focused.
• Collaboration.
• Peer Leadership.
• Compassion and Empathy
• Equity