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The Umoja Curriculum: Linking The African American Experience With Relationship Skills Building, Jamye Hardy
The Umoja Curriculum: Linking The African American Experience With Relationship Skills Building, Jamye Hardy
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Literature on premarital counseling groups and five factors of the African American experience were researched to design a six-week premarital counseling group curriculum specifically for African American couples. The five researched factors of the African American experience were history, economics, education, structure of American society, and social life within the African American community. This program responds to the falling marriage rates within the African American community and the absence of services available to address the issue. The Umoja Curriculum was designed to equip participants of African descent with the skills necessary to build and sustain a healthy marriage utilizing psycho-educational …