SCMM and 4C’s Project Ubuntu is a mentoring program for Black youth. Once a year mentees, UW student-athlete mentors, and parents get together to celebrate! We watch a video on African American history, and we have a panel discussion.
When these middle schoolers go to high school, they join the virtual Monday night Project Ubuntu group. This group focuses on having deeper conversations about life’s challenges and how to navigate them.
The 4C Coalition partners with Seattle CARES Mentoring Movement and the University of Washington to implement 4C’s Project Ubuntu.
Underwritten by Seattle city’s Best Start for KIDS, 4C’s Project Ubuntu is a mentoring program to help Black youth overcome toxic stress caused by family dysfunction, poverty, and structural racism.
Ubuntu is a Zulu word that loosely means, “a collection of values and practices that people of African origin view as making people authentic human beings.”
These middle school students graduated from the Seattle CARES RISING program. They attended the 2023 spring football game at the University of Washington.