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Imagine: Moving Beyond Four Walls
“to be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality” .
This is the bell hooks quote that motivates Tracey Williams, Founder and CEO of urban university. From it, the above 2023 leitmotif emerged. It is elevating our mission to new heights as we forge ahead to bring even more, expanded opportunities to deliver services to unhoused single mothers. An ever-widening inequity gap, poor or unaffordable health care, and an utter lack of housing make clear that true support for our participants will require more than shelter alone.
Now in our 25th year, urban university supports single mother led households by providing housing, professional training and supportive services, i.e. a pathway to upward mobility. We are collaborating in this beautiful mission with the single moms we serve and key supporters such as Oakland residents and leaders, the Oakland Transitional Housing Alliance, Alameda County Social Services, The City of Oakland Human Services Department Community Homelessness Services Division, and the Alameda County-Oakland Community Action Partnership. Concretely, the additional services we aim to provide and which require additional funding, are:
- Provide not just work but leadership opportunities for single mothers through employment and thorough training in our social enterprise business and board memberships.
- Strengthen the capacity of our organization by developing more talent and bringing on new leaders to take our mission into tomorrow:
- Survey single mothers and learn their current challenges, needs and opportunities
- Help participants build a peer community that will benefit them, the organization and the larger community
- Bridge participants to resources that will help them maintain their participation in well being activities and motivate them to reach their full potential
- House 3 more families plus employ and train 8 single mothers
Thank you for joining us in our Imagine campaign.
A Heartfelt Thank You!
urban university is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit. Donations are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.
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Imagine: Moving Beyond Four Walls
“to be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality” .
This is the bell hooks quote that motivates Tracey Williams, Founder and CEO of urban university. From it, the above 2023 leitmotif emerged. It is elevating our mission to new heights as we forge ahead to bring even more, expanded opportunities to deliver services to unhoused single mothers. An ever-widening inequity gap, poor or unaffordable health care, and an utter lack of housing make clear that true support for our participants will require more than shelter alone.
Now in our 25th year, urban university supports single mother led households by providing housing, professional training and supportive services, i.e. a pathway to upward mobility. We are collaborating in this beautiful mission with the single moms we serve and key supporters such as Oakland residents and leaders, the Oakland Transitional Housing Alliance, Alameda County Social Services, The City of Oakland Human Services Department Community Homelessness Services Division, and the Alameda County-Oakland Community Action Partnership. Concretely, the additional services we aim to provide and which require additional funding, are:
- Provide not just work but leadership opportunities for single mothers through employment and thorough training in our social enterprise business and board memberships.
- Strengthen the capacity of our organization by developing more talent and bringing on new leaders to take our mission into tomorrow:
- Survey single mothers and learn their current challenges, needs and opportunities
- Help participants build a peer community that will benefit them, the organization and the larger community
- Bridge participants to resources that will help them maintain their participation in well being activities and motivate them to reach their full potential
- House 3 more families plus employ and train 8 single mothers
Thank you for joining us in our Imagine campaign.
A Heartfelt Thank You!
urban university is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit. Donations are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.
