Jumuiya  (Ju-moo-e-ya) 

In community; to be unified, to community merge (Kiswahili)  

In our Communiversity, we educate and train people in the Black community to conduct their research and tell their stories on racial stress using Afrocentric methods to explore the impact of anti-black racism on Black wellness.

In partnership with the Black community, we offer African-centered research skills for career readiness and African Deep Thought identity education for intrapersonal and interpersonal agency.

Are you interested in learning how to conduct basic research from an African perspective?

 As a Research Assistant with Jumuiya Research Institute (JRI), you will learn 

• How to conduct a self-study participatory community-based research project 

• How to create strategies for reducing the negative impact of race-related stress. 

Projects will focus on studying racial stress affecting our Black community. 

• We will conduct a mixed-method study (quantitative & qualitative) 

• We will use an African-centered research methodology 

• We will use two theoretical frameworks: Dr. Adeeba Deterville's Sankofa Praxis and Dr. William A. Smith's Racial Battle Fatigue. 

Research Assistants will operate as both participant observers and researchers. 

• Phase I-As Participants, RAs will take race-related stress surveys, keep a reflection log, and participate in group conversations. 

• Phase II-As Researchers, RAs will learn about the research process- design semi-structured questions, and review the RBF survey questions.

•  Phase III-As Researchers RAs will administer a  Community Racial Stress survey and interview, record oral history narratives, analyze data and provide a final report. 

• Phase IV-As Presenters, RAs will present the results of the final report. 

Jumuiya Research Institute in partnership with Collective Impact is funded by the Dream Keeper Initiative under the Office of Mayor London Breed, the Office of Workforce Development Department, and the San Francisco Human Rights Commission.