Our Partners
Academy for Diaspora Literacy’s Partnership Model is based on the traditional African cultural ethos that centers on an authentic mutually beneficial collaboration with virtual training and support activities for African-centered schools, non-profit organizations and cultural entities to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of their operations to achieve sustainable impact and mission fulfillment. The African focused way of doing and being informs all that we do collectively and permeates the programs and practices of the Academy.
Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference
The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Inc. (SDPC) represents a cross section of progressive African American faith leaders and their congregations in the United States. Founded in 2003 as a 501(c)(3) organization, the SDPC was called into being to continue the rich legacy of the Black Church and faith community’s engagement in issues of social justice as well as honoring the remarkable life and courageous leadership of the theological and educational legend, Rev. Dr. Samuel DeWitt Proctor. Dr. Iva Carruthers is one of the three founders along with Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright and Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes and she serves as the General Secretary of the Proctor Conference responsible for the daily functioning of this venerable organization. SDPC’s mission is “to nurture, sustain, and mobilize the African American faith community in collaboration with civic, corporate, and philanthropic leaders to address critical needs of human and social justice within local, national, and global communities.”
IKG Cultural Resource Center
Anthony T. Browder founded IKG in 1981, as an educational organization devoted to the re-discovery and application of ancient African history, culture and wisdom. As the architects of civilization, ancient Africans developed the humanizing principles which established the foundation for world civilization. It is within this framework that IKG concentrates its research and disseminates its findings in an effort to demystify history and present knowledge that can be readily applied in a practical and personal manner. Tony has sought to challenge the distorted perceptions of Africa that are perpetuated in the media and in classrooms worldwide.
https://ikgculturalresourcecenter.com/
A Black Education Network (ABEN)
ABEN is the national successor organization of the California Alliance of African American Educators (CAAAE). Debra Watkins, founded and served as the executive director of CAAAE and now ABEN, which is uniquely positioned because of CAAAE’s almost 20 year track record of consistently demonstrated positive impact on the educational achievement of African American students, to help address the national crisis in Black education. ABEN’s mission is “to assist our children and youth in reaching their full potential by facilitating academic and cultural excellence wherever they are, using culturally informed research, technology, visionary parent education and networking in our communities here and in diaspora contexts.” Dr. Hassimi O. Maiga, a renowned expert in the African Songhoy language, and Dr. Joyce King suggested that the new organization be called, A Black Education Network (ABEN). In the Songhoy language, ABEN means “it is finished” or “the buck stops here,” a name we felt was most fitting for the radical stance we are taking to regain control over the education of Black children for true liberation.
NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN Reparations Commission
Established in April, 2015, the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC) is a group of distinguished professionals from across the country with outstanding accomplishments in the fields of law, medicine, journalism, academia, history, civil rights and social justice advocacy.
They are united in a common commitment to fight for reparatory justice, compensation and restoration of African American communities that were plundered by the historical crimes of slavery, segregation and colonialism and that continue to be victimized by the legacies of slavery and American apartheid.
https://ibw21.org/initiatives/national-african-american-reparations-commission/