To ensure that higher education served as a site for critical engagement and a catalyst of social transformation, Dr. Manning Marable established Membership in the Institute for Research in African American Studies (IRAAS) to connect IRAAS to local and global communities and supporters. Today, we lean into this treasured tradition and ask for your support to keep the freedom project of African American and African Diaspora Studies (AAADS) growing and independent.
Opportunities to give will nurture graduate student fellowships; underwrite our free open-source journal and Black Study(ies) platform, SOULS; support for new community based initiatives including a Harlem Freedom School and Makers Workshops; renew our Summer Teachers and Scholars Institute; and endow professorships to continue to retain and attract world class Black Studies scholars. Your gift ensures this vital work continues and it assures our independence.
