OUR STORY
Uhuru was founded by two childhood friends from an under resourced neighborhood whose lives took different paths, one through incarceration as a college student, the other through college and entrepreneurship. Both were collegiate athletes. Both became business owners.
They saw firsthand how adult men returning from incarceration were expected to succeed without housing, work, or real support.
What started as youth detention and gun violence prevention evolved into a deeper focus on adult reentry housing, workforce development, and peer led support.
Today, Uhuru serves some of the same men they once saw struggling growing up.
OUR VISION
We imagine a world where incarceration no longer defines a persons destiny, and every justice impacted individual has the freedom, dignity, and opportunity to build generational stability.
OUR MISSION
The Uhuru Foundation disrupts cycles of incarceration by creating real pathways to housing, employment, and long-term stability for individuals impacted by the justice system.
We do this by:
Operating a peer led recovery house
Operating a transitional reentry house
Delivering workforce development & digital literacy
Providing mentorship, behavioral health, and recovery support
Offering youth prevention and workforce programming
