Your Key to the Village
Launch in 2006
Urbanplaydates is the premier virtual village for parents and
caregivers who are raising children of color. Our FREE website was
created to be an interactive, easy-to-use Internet community and
comprehensive source of information.
Founder and
CEO, Njeri Santana wanted to create a broad-based effort that brought a
wide-array of viewpoints and perspectives. “I knew that there were a
host of “mom” websites, in fact, I joined many of them. But, I still
didn’t feel totally apart of the group. While there are universal
issues in raising children the reality is that there are unique issues
in raising children of color. I also found that these “mom” sites had
limited participation from fathers, family, and friends.” The reality
is that it truly does take a village to raise a child and I wanted to
develop a place where the village could connect.
Urbanplaydates’ mission is to provide visitors with a key to that
village that opens doors to resources, information, tools and support
for parents and caregivers. It is a village where you can share
opinions, forge friendships, network and learn about each other's
similarities and differences. The village is open to parents and
caregivers who are male, female, young, old, separated, divorced,
widowed, single, grand, foster, stay at home, new or have adopted.
Whew! That should cover everybody. The ultimate goal of Urbanplaydates
is to facilitate a community where real issues facing individuals and
families of color are discussed in an open and frank way.