Housed in the Leimert Park Village building made famous by Issa Rae's hit HBO show, Insecure, The Umoja Center is the home for Crenshaw Subway Coalition to operate our many programs and advocacy campaigns to resist gentrification and advance community wealth building, and our partner organization Liberty Community Land Trust.

Named after the Swahili word meaning "unity," umoja is the first principle of the Nguzo Saba and it is celebrated across the African diaspora on the first day of Kwanzaa.

In addition to being the headquarters of impactful organizations, The Umoja Center serves a broader purpose. Recognizing the profound needs of the Black community, importance of the geographic location and rich cultural history of the space, The Umoja Center is an unapologetically Black, culturally-grounded convening space for mission-aligned organizations, thought leaders, artists, and entrepreneurs to advance policy discussions and organizing, cooperative economics/social entrepreneurship, and artivism.

We seek to cultivate a synergistic space where conscious thought leaders and organizers in policy, business, and the arts are comfortable, safe and encouraged to come together in unity to combat the Black community’s challenges and build towards a brighter future. We look forward to The Umoja Center continuing to host powerful community meetings, conscious Black art exhibits and expressions, seminars, book signings, retreats, and pop-ups before the center’s beautiful Ndebele mural and liberation art.