Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center

The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, [The Shabazz Center] "honors the lives and legacies of Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz by promoting human and civil rights through knowledge of the history and culture of the African Diaspora; education and self-empowerment; family values; and racial and religious reconciliation."

"In 1995 Dr. Betty Shabazz set about to found an institution that would permit the courageous work of her late-husband El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz – Malcolm X to continue into the 21st Century. With support from the community Dr. Shabazz was able to negotiate an agreement between Columbia University and the Economic Development Corporation City of New York to retain up to 40% percent of original Audubon Ballroom. The Shabazz Center is a 501 c (3), established in 2005."


 * Executive Director - Dowoti Desir
 * General Counsel - Joseph Fleming, Esq.

Directors
Accessed August 2009:


 * Imam Al-Hajj Talib ‘Abdur-Rashid
 * Aisha al-Adawiya
 * Amir Al-Islam
 * John Arbogast
 * Daryl Davis, Esq.
 * Mark Harding
 * Robert Jackson, Councilman
 * Derek Lloyd
 * Zead Ramadan, Chairman
 * Gamilah-Lamumba Shabazz
 * Hajja Ilyasah al-Shabazz
 * Malaak Shabazz
 * James Small
 * Janet T. Stovin
 * Terrie Williams

Leadership Council
Accessed August 2009:


 * Princess Alai al-Hussein, Jordan
 * Maya Angelou
 * Howard Dodson
 * Michael Eric Dyson
 * Haki Madhubuti
 * Adelaide Sanford, Regent
 * Cornel West

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
Accessed August 2009:


 * Aspen Institute Global Initiative on Arts Culture and Society
 * Black Male Initiative Program, CUNY
 * Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute
 * Coalition on Political Assassinations
 * Cultural Equity Group
 * Children’s Art Carnival
 * Hip Hop Association
 * Harlem Arts Alliance
 * Malcolm X Commemoration Committee
 * Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
 * Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance [NoMAA]
 * JPMorgan Chase
 * Manhattan Mini-Storage
 * Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation (UMEZ) in New York

Contact

 * Web: http://theshabazzcenter.net

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