Celeta Hickman

Celeta Hickman is a co-founder of the Ujamaa Collective, a cultural historian with a focus on Africana Studies, and a teaching artist. Celeta vends jewelry and cards throughout the Pittsburgh area and gardens and composts in order to improve soil conditions in urban communities. Her work with blighted land in these communities has led her to collaborate with Find the Rivers/Greenprint, Hill District Master Plan Management Committee, New Hill District Business Association, and the Dwayne Cooper Garden of Hope (where she served as their first farm manager). Celeta also works with the United Negro College Fund to raise interest in land management and agriculture college programs among youth from the Hill District.