Features:
UMOJA Publisher/Editor: Spinning Wheel Fly
When I open my eyes most mornings, I blow God a kiss, and then my mind starts racing. What time is that planning meeting today?
The Law of MAAT
These past two years have been crazy and stressful. Learning to cope and adapt to the pandemic shutdown stretched everyone to new limits.
Using Poetry, Community Ties to Fight Alzheimer’s
In September, two drug companies announced that an Alzheimer’s drug they’re developing slowed the rate of cognitive decline in 27% of participants in a clinical trial.
A Health Letter to Teenaged Me…
While I know you are truly enjoying your teenaged years — schools, parties, dates — I wanted to write to let you know somethings you should be preparing yourself for.
Calling all artists!
Put your artwork on a UMOJA cover! Works selected will fit the monthly editorial topic and reflect the county’s unique stories, history, and people.
UMOJA Inside:
Mind, Body & Soul
The Ultimate Fall Books to Put on Your 2022 Must-Read List
Looking for a good book to curl up with this chilly autumn? Here are a variety of books by Black authors that are sure to pique your interest.
UMOJA Shorts
Ketanji Brown Jackson Inaugurated as First Black Woman on U.S. Supreme Court Agence France Presse The first Black woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, was inaugurated on Sept. 30, at a ceremony in Washington attended by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Jackson, who was nominated to the [...]
Cover Artwork
Health 2022 — Music, Medicine for the Soul
Cover: Illustration:Rhapsody in Rose Artist:Jerry Jordan
Publishers Note
UMOJA Publisher/Editor: Spinning Wheel Fly
When I open my eyes most mornings, I blow God a kiss, and then my mind starts racing. What time is that planning meeting today?
Feature
These past two years have been crazy and stressful. Learning to cope and adapt to the pandemic shutdown stretched everyone to new limits.
Feature
Using Poetry, Community Ties to Fight Alzheimer’s
In September, two drug companies announced that an Alzheimer’s drug they’re developing slowed the rate of cognitive decline in 27% of participants in a clinical trial.
Feature
A Health Letter to Teenaged Me…
While I know you are truly enjoying your teenaged years — schools, parties, dates — I wanted to write to let you know somethings you should be preparing yourself for.
Mind, Body & Soul
There Is No Health Without Mental Health
My work in developing a treatment for clinical depression is motivated by an experience I had shortly after moving to Madison for graduate school.
Mind, Body & Soul
Black Women, It’s Time To Step Into Your Soft Era
When it comes to taking a break or doing the bare minimum, Black women all over are not familiar with that concept or lifestyle and it’s because unfortunately, we were not given the opportunity to do so.
Mind, Body & Soul
7 Foods That’ll Boost Your Happiness, According to Science
We spend a lot of time chasing happiness. We try new things to improve our mental health like therapy, new exercise routines and meditations. And when we think about the things that make us happy, our diet isn't usually at the top of the list.
Mind, Body & Soul
Black women are turning to this traditional practice to support weight loss and as a complementary treatment for anxiety, hot flashes, fibroids, diabetes and pain.
Community Profile & Events
Ask Percival Matthews about his vision for what equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) work across the UW–Madison School of Education should look like, and he pauses for a moment.
Community Profile & Events
Breaking the Chains of Poverty
One by one they stepped to the podium to share how they shielded naysayers and remained steadfast to follow their dreams.
Community Profile & Events
South Madison Celebrates 1930s Community Pioneer Willie Lou Harris with Honorary Street Sign
The house was located at 405 Bram St. on the southside of Madison. Dust swirled above the unpaved streets and kids crawled through the sewers for fun.