The United CORE Alliance (UCA) is an organization created by social equity advocates for the advancement of social equity in the City of Sacramento as well as the State of California. The UCA assists individuals within historically underserved communities by assisting community members with job training, personal development and equipping them with resources. Our Organization engages populations and communities most harmed by the War on Drugs to create pathways for job placement in emerging markets, facilitates educational opportunities to increase economic mobility, and organizes legal support to formerly incarcerated individuals. Khalil Ferguson, currently the president for the UCA centers his studies and advocacy around the intersections of economic development, the criminal justice system, and their impact on low income communities which are also drug war impacted communities.