Community Conversations: Ujamaa Collective - Fair Trade, Cooperative, Nonprofit

Ujamaa Collective, An Experience That Lasts! Fair Trade | Meaningful Work | Community | Creativity | Wellness FEATURED GUEST: FRANKIE HARRIS, BOUTIQUE MERCHANDISER/SPECIAL EVENT DECORATOR
 Ujamaa Collective is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded with a social mission to act as a catalyst to advance Africana Women by providing a fair trade marketplace for cultural, artistic and entrepreneurial exchange through cooperative economics in the Historic Hill District and beyond. “We lift as we climb.”

The mission of Ujamaa Collective is accomplished through an artisan boutique, pop-up marketplace events, arts and entrepreneurship programming, and advocacy on health and wealth. The boutique operators, LaKeisha Wolf, Executive Director and Frankie Harris, Boutique Merchandiser/Special Event Decorator, have a  passion for cooperatives, rooted in values of meaningful work, creativity, community and wellness. Ujamaa Collective is located in the Hill District, an historically African American community in Pittsburgh PA.
"The Hill, or "Little Harlem" as it was referred to from the '30s thru the '50s, was one of the elite African-American neighborhoods in America. It was home to one of the most vibrant jazz scenes in the country, as well as one of its hottest clubs, The Crawford Grill, which was owned by Gus Greenlee."— Randy Fox, HuffPost Contributor, Writer and Photographer