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Ujamaa Supplemental Resources

Lesson 1

SEL Core Competencies: Responsible Decision-Making, Social Awareness, & Relationship Skills

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Synergy - the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.  Synergy is when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.  Synergy requires a willingness to work together to produce a greater good. Synergy is the opposite of "crabs in a bucket."

Lesson 2

SEL Core Competencies: Responsible Decision-Making, Social Awareness, & Relationship Skills

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The gross national income of blacks in America - about $1.3 trillion ($1,300,000,000,000.00). Only 2% of that money, about $26 billion, is re-circulated in the black community.  Just 2¢ of the "average" black person's dollar is spent with a black-owned business (or the average black person spends 98¢ of every dollar supporting other people's communities). 


Imagine if black folks increased the re-circulation rate from (the current) 2% to 6% (from 2¢ to 6¢). That would be an extra $52,000,000,000.00 (billion) in our communities (that would be the equivalent of giving every black person [adult and child] living in the U.S. a $1,400.00 annual stimulus check).

Lesson 3

SEL Core Competencies: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Responsible Decision-Making, Social Awareness, & Relationship Skills

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Lesson 4

SEL Core Competencies: Responsible Decision-Making, Social Awareness, & Relationship Skills

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Black Wall Street

  • Tulsa's 'Black Wall Street' Flourished as a Self-Contained Hub in the Early 1900s
  • The Official Black Wall Street App
  • Greenwood Bank

Lesson 5

SEL Core Competencies: Responsible Decision-Making, Social Awareness, & Relationship Skills

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Strength to Career Template

Lesson 6

SEL Core Competencies: Self-Awareness, Responsible Decision-Making, Social Awareness, & Relationship Skills

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The Official Black Wall Street App

Shoppe Black

We Buy Black

Ujamaa Resources on Afrocentric.Info

Lesson 7

SEL Core Competencies: Self-Awareness, Social Awareness, & Relationship Skills

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The Ujamaa Collective

Social Emotional Learning

The Five Core Competencies

 Social and emotional learning (SEL) is an integral part of education and human development. SEL is the process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions.


The CASEL 5 addresses five broad, interrelated areas of competence and examples for each: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. The CASEL 5 can be taught and applied at various developmental stages from childhood to adulthood and across diverse cultural contexts to articulate what students should know and be able to do for academic success, school and civic engagement, health and wellness, and fulfilling careers.

Five Core Competencies

Self-Awareness

Responsible Decision-Making

Self-Management

The ability to understand one’s own emotions, thoughts, and values and how they influence behavior across contexts. This includes capacities to recognize one’s strengths and limitations with a well grounded sense of confidence and purpose. 

Such as:

  • Integrating personal and social identities
  • Identifying personal, cultural, and linguistic assets
  • Identifying one’s emotions
  • Demonstrating honesty and integrity
  • Linking feelings, values, and thoughts
  • Examining prejudices and biases
  • Experiencing self-efficacy
  • Having a growth mindset
  • Developing interests and a sense of purpose

Self-Management

Responsible Decision-Making

Self-Management

 The ability to manage one’s emotions, thoughts, and behaviors effectively in different situations and to achieve goals and aspirations. This includes the capacities to delay gratification, manage stress, and feel motivation & agency to accomplish personal/collective goals. 

Such as:

  • Managing one’s emotions
  • Identifying and using stress-management strategies
  • Exhibiting self-discipline and self-motivation
  • Setting personal and collective goals
  • Using planning and organizational skills
  • Showing the courage to take initiative
  • Demonstrating personal and collective agency

Responsible Decision-Making

Responsible Decision-Making

Responsible Decision-Making

 The ability to make caring and constructive choices about personal behavior and social interactions across diverse situations. This includes capacities to consider ethical standards and safety concerns and to evaluate the benefits and consequences of various actions for personal, social, and collective well-being.

Such as:

  • Demonstrating curiosity and open-mindedness
  • Identifying solutions for personal and social problems
  • Learning to make a reasoned judgment after analyzing information, data, facts
  • Anticipating and evaluating the consequences of one’s actions
  • Recognizing how critical thinking skills are useful both inside & outside of school
  • Reflecting on one’s role to promote personal, family, and community well-being
  • Evaluating personal, interpersonal, community, and institutional impacts

Social Awareness

Additional SEL Resources

Responsible Decision-Making

The ability to understand the perspectives of and empathize with others, including those from diverse backgrounds, cultures, & contexts. This includes capacities to feel compassion for others, understand broader historical and social norms for behavior in different settings, and recognize family, school, and community resources and supports. 

Such as:

  • Taking others’ perspectives
  • Recognizing strengths in others
  • Demonstrating empathy and compassion
  • Showing concern for the feelings of others
  • Understanding and expressing gratitude Identifying diverse social norms, including unjust ones
  • Recognizing situational demands and opportunities
  • Understanding the influences of organizations/systems on behavior

Relationship Skills

Additional SEL Resources

Additional SEL Resources

 The ability to establish and maintain healthy and supportive relationships and to effectively navigate settings with diverse individuals and groups. This includes capacities to communicate clearly, listen actively, cooperate, work collaboratively to problem solve and negotiate conflict constructively, navigate settings with differing social and cultural demands and opportunities, provide leadership, and seek or offer help when needed. 

Such as:

  • Communicating effectively
  • Developing positive relationships
  • Demonstrating cultural competency
  • Practicing teamwork and collaborative problem-solving
  • Resolving conflicts constructively
  • Resisting negative social pressure
  • Showing leadership in groups
  • Seeking or offering support and help when needed
  • Standing up for the rights of others

Additional SEL Resources

Additional SEL Resources

Additional SEL Resources

Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)

Black Child SEL @ SuccessfulAcademics.com

Additional Resources

Facing the Rising Sun

Coalition for African-centered Rites of Passage

Saint Rest Publications

49 Lessons

Saint Rest Publications

Coalition for African-centered Rites of Passage

Saint Rest Publications

Promoting Authentic Self

Coalition for African-centered Rites of Passage

Coalition for African-centered Rites of Passage

Coalition for African-centered Rites of Passage

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