Ujima Wellness

Students at Kuumba Academy Charter School embodied Ujima (Collective Work & Responsibility) by partnering with medical professionals to create a school-based health center in their school building.
Are you ready to take Better World Day to another level? If your school is in active partnership with EL Education, you can apply for a $2,000 Media Feature grant to share your Better World Day story with the world in two ways:
Students at Kuumba Academy Charter School embodied Ujima (Collective Work & Responsibility) by partnering with medical professionals to create a school-based health center in their school building.
This video features the EL Education 2022 National Conference presentation of Saniya Cunningham and Bishop Whitehead, from Kuumba Academy in Wilmington, Delaware.
We’ll work with members of the Student Advisory Council to select three schools to receive Media Feature grants. These schools will receive weekly guidance, support, and collaboration from EL Education staff. These meetings will begin mid-March and continue through EL Education’s 2023 National Conference in December 2023.
Applications for the Better World Day Media Features are now closed.
For questions about Media Features or the Media Feature grant application, please contact Jessica Wood, EL Education’s Associate Director of Experiential Marketing, at jwood@eleducation.org.