African Diaspora Leaders

News that highlights the lives, visions, achievements, policies, and strategies of exceptional contemporary African Diaspora leaders across the globe in order to motivate, challenge, and encourage current and future generations of people of African descent to take initiative and offers guidance to those interested in Africa’s development.

Indigenous Communities Continue to Lead in Some of Our Most Crucial Environmental Fights

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous — Contamination from lead, arsenic, and the other toxins in Tar Creek in northeastern Oklahoma stole the potential of many children...

Black Led Rainbow Wave to the Rescue — Dedicated to Rev. Jesse L. Jackson...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Vantage Point VignetteDr. Ron Daniels, President, IBW-ACTION How is it that one of the most consequential presidential elections in American history is...

A True Revolutionary, Part II

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). October 7, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point On this edition of Vantage Point, host Dr. Ron Daniels aka The Professor is joined...

Thousands survived a brutal gang attack in Haiti that killed 70. Now they face...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Pierre-Richard Luxama and Dánica Coto, AP — Under the cover of night, dozens of gang members crept toward the small town...

The Unstoppable Rise of Black Women Voters

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Glynda C. Carr — As we approach this critical election season, a remarkable story unfolds across America. Young Black women are...

The senseless ‘requirement’ Spanish colonizers used to justify their bloodshed in the Americas

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Diego Javier Luis, The Conversation — Across the United States, the second Monday of October is increasingly becoming known as Indigenous...

National Reparations Strategy Session Urgent Call to Action

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). You Are Here: Home » Blog » News & Current Affairs » National Reparations Strategy Session Urgent Call to Action – October...

Harris’s appeal to Gen-Z and millennials serves as a bridge between generations

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By David W. Marshall, Trice Edney News Wire — It is refreshing to see a leader like Vice President Kamala Harris who understands...

Urban League Town Hall: Reclaim Your Vote for Democracy

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Urban League is organizing a virtual town hall event focused on the power of voting. The event will be held...

Vantage Point: Tribute to Don Rojas: A True Revolutionary

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). September 30, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point On this edition of Vantage Point, host Dr. Ron Daniels aka The Professor is joined...

Some Instructive Insights From the Odu Ifa

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In the midst of our and other ongoing struggles for liberation, freedom, justice and other indispensable and...

Upcoming Event: Tribute to Don Rojas: A True Revolutionary – October 15, 2024

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The post Upcoming Event: Tribute to Don Rojas: A True Revolutionary – October 15, 2024 is available on Institute of the...

Why is Trump Hating on Haitians?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). September 23, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point On this edition of Vantage Point, host Dr. Ron Daniels aka The Professor is joined...

Racism or Politics? “They’re Eating Cats and Dogs”

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). You Are Here: Home » Blog » Commentaries/Opinions » Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Racism or Politics? “They’re Eating Cats and Dogs” About Earl...

Marginalized Communities Need More Doctors

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Medicare policy must help address shortages—Not push physicians out of high-need areas. By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Unequal access to high-quality health services...

Tribute to Don Rojas: A True Revolutionary

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Internationally acclaimed journalist, political consultant and exemplary Director of Communications and International Relations for the Institute of the Black World 21st...

The Bio of a True Revolutionary: Don Rojas

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Don Rojas is the Director of Communications and International Relations for the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW), and...

Reparation Information Thought Series – Reparations Rising: California’s Next Steps

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Monday, September 23, 2024, 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT — Join us for Reparations Rising: California’s Next Steps to...

White people have never forgiven Haitians for claiming their freedom

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Behind the vicious Trump-Vance attacks on Haitian immigrants is a long history of making the people of Haiti pay for the...

Eddy Kenzo, Bobi Wine, Bebe Cool … musicians who turn to politics

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Musinguzi Blanshe, The Africa Report — Popular musician Eddy Kenzo (aka Edrisah Musuuza) was appointed to be Uganda’s new senior advisor...

America’s long history of anti-Haitian racism, explained

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The US has often singled out Haitian immigrants. GOP attacks are the latest example. By Li Zhou, Vox — This past week, Republicans amplified...

New data highlights ongoing economic disparities faced by Black people due to systemic discrimination

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA) — FPWA released a data update to our comprehensive analysis “A Look At the March on Washington...

NAACP unveils fresh data targeting 14.5 million Black voters following historic presidential debate

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). NAACP President & CEO: “Make no mistake, our lives depend on our votes.” During a September 13, 2024 press briefing, the NAACP unveiled...

REP Unveils Groundbreaking New Video: ”Reparations: From Concept to Reality”

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Reparation Education Project (REP) is proud to announce the public unveiling of its powerful new video, “Reparations: From Concept to Reality,” produced...