TransAfrica Forum

TransAfrica Forum "is the oldest and largest African American human rights and social justice advocacy organization promoting diversity and equity in the foreign policy arena and justice for the African World." It was founded by Randall Robinson in 1977.


 * Former President, Bill Fletcher, Jr.

Directors (Accessed April 2008)

 * Danny Glover - Chairman International Human Rights Activist/Actor San Francisco, CA
 * Sylvia Hill - Vice Chair Professor of Criminal Justice University of the District of Columbia Washington, DC
 * James Davis - MD, Treasurer Washington, DC
 * Manthia Diawara - Secretary Director, Institute of African-American Affairs University Professor New York University New York, NY
 * Willie E. Adams - International Secretary-Treasurer International Longshore & Warehouse Union San Francisco, CA
 * Karen Bass - Majority Floor Leader State Capitol Office Sacramento, CA
 * Harry Belafonte - President, Belafonte Enterprises, Inc. Fresh Meadows, NY
 * Johnnetta B. Cole - PhD Chair of the Board, Johnnetta B. Cole Institute Greensboro, NC
 * Chuck D - Hip Hop Artist/Activist New York, NY
 * Adwoa Dunn-Mouton - Mouton Insurance Brokerage Washington, DC
 * James C. Early - Director, Cultural Heritage Policy, Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Washington, DC
 * Walter Mosley - Author New York, NY
 * Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. Jesse Climenko Professor of Law Founding & Executive Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA

Directors (Accessed July 2007)

 * Danny Glover, Chairman - International Human Rights Activist/Actor
 * Willie E. Adams - Secretary-Treasurer, International Longshore & Warehouse Union
 * Harry Belafonte - President, Belafonte Enterprises, Inc.
 * Chuck D - Hip Hop Artist/Activist
 * James L. Davis - Washington, DC
 * Manthia Diawara - Director, Institute of African-American Affairs
 * James C. Early - Director, Cultural Heritage Policy, Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
 * Sylvia Hill - Professor of Urban Affairs, University of the District of Columbia
 * Walter Mosley - Author, New York, NY
 * Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. - Jesse Climenko Professor of Law, Founding & Executive Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice

Contact

 * Web: http://www.transafricaforum.org

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