Ujima

We are excited to welcome Zion to the staff! also graduated with Gio in The Sunflower Institute 2024 and 2025. In his new role as Program Coordinator Intern, he will bring a wealth of knowledge and skills as an artist, creative and chef. Last year Zion teamed up with Chef Queenie to create some incredible meals during our summer camping trip in Cuba, MO. Show him some love! ❤️‍🔥💪🏾🙏🏾

We also asked him, “what is he looking forward to most in his role this year?”

We are excited to welcome Gio to the staff! graduated from The Sunflower Institute in 2024 and 2025. This year he is returning as a Program Coordinator intern. He is also a senior at University City High School and graduating today! Show him some love!

We also asked Gio “What does food justice mean to you?” ❤️‍🔥💪🏾🙏🏾

We are excited to welcome Latitia to the staff! Since 2022 we have partnered with her catering company, . They have prepared so many amazing meals for events, our board, staff and other stakeholders, as well as taught cooking classes for TSI crew. Looking forward to growing the development team, building new relationships and strengthening our existing partnerships. Show some love!

Once she started with us in March we asked, “What does food justice mean to you?” ❤️‍🔥💪🏾🙏🏾

Happy Give STL Day! We’re raising $5,000 for Give STL Day to finish repairs on our kitchen + office after last May’s tornado.

We’re hosting a happy hour at Intertwine Wine Bar on 4710 VIRGINIA AVE from 6:30–8:30 PM—would love for you to come see us! 🍷

If you can’t make it, you can still support by donating via the link in our bio. ❤️‍🔥🙏🏾

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Join us next month! We are hosting our 1st happy hour of the year for Give STL Day at Intertwine Wine Bar. We would love for you to come through and celebrate with us! We are raising $5,000 to finish repairs on our kitchen + office after last May’s tornado. 🙏🏾❤️‍🩹🍷

If you can’t make it, you can still support by clicking the link in our bio.

If Ujima is pulling up, we are definitely eating good! (IYKYK) Shoutout to Siddik and for pulling up on us last minute for an amazing cooking class this past weekend. We enjoyed some jalapeño poppers, kale salad and hibiscus tea! I ate mine before I could take a picture. 😅

We missed you but you were definitely there in spirit! Looking forward to collaborating this summer!

We are looking for Youth Board Members to join the Ujima leadership team! Are you a young adult looking for professional development opportunities? Networking? Are you passionate about food justice, environmental stewardship or youth empowerment? Interested in attending local or regional conferences?

Compensation is $400/month, based on 20 hours of support per month. Member terms are 6 months OR 1 year based on interest and capacity. Candidates are ideally 18-24 years old and live in the greater St. Louis area.

Responsibilities include

- Collaboration with Ujima board and staff with grant writing as well as fundraising event planning
- Attending monthly The Sunflower Institute 2026 Programming and support with program strategic planning
- Attend monthly Ujima board meetings
- Support at Ujima’s urban farm site ( 👨🏾‍🌾)

For more information, DM or email us! 🌻❤️‍🔥

We just booked our camping trip for Labor Day Weekend! This year we are returning to Eminence and floating on the Current River like back in 2023.
Looking forward to more camping adventures and building supported spaces for Black folks in nature!
Peace and love. 💙🛶🏕️🌊🌻

See y’all next week! 💚

One thing we love about our annual Community Agriculture Conference is seeing all of our friends from the urban ag community. This year, on Saturday, February 21st, these local organizations will be joining us. 💚

🍎Seed St. Louis Young Friends Board
🌿Horticulture at STLCC - Meramec
🌳Forest ReLeaf of Missouri
🥦Ujima
🫛Urban Harvest STL
🍅EarthDance Organic Farm School
🌶️A Red Circle Nonprofit Organization
🪏Guns to Gardens
🌿STL Vacancy Collaborative
🫜Known & Grown STL
🥕MU Extension in St. Louis County
🌱Missouri Dept. of Conservation

Thank you to our 2026 sponsors!!
🍅BJC HealthCare
🍐Forrest Keeling Nursery
🥦Custom Foodscaping 🥬Branneky True Value Hardware
🫜DIG - Annuals and Perennials

Ujima is hiring this quarter! Join our team as we continue our fight for food justice, environmental stewardship and youth empowerment! 🌱🌻🌎

Job Openings:

- Development Manager (Part-Time): We are looking for a team member to manage our annual fundraiser event, build relationships with existing donors, formalize a new monthly giving program, support ED with grant research and foundation outreach as well as other relevant development tasks. Base salary is $40K, paid out monthly for 12 months.

- Administrative Assistant (Part-Time): We are looking for team members to support the Executive Director with managing calendars, scheduling, and meeting logistics, monitor shared inboxes, organize and maintain digital files, shared drives and support staff and leadership team as needed. Compensation is $25/hour.

- Alumni Interns: (Must be a TSI 2021-2025 Graduate) We are looking for interns to support our urban farm, teach agriculture workshops to youth and other Ujima programming support. Compensation is $20/hour.

If you have any questions, want more information or want to schedule a virtual interview, email us at [email protected] 🌞