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.

Fighting Fascism, Then and Now — By Ted Glick

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ted Glick – “Veterans and military family members are being fired by the thousands from federal jobs. Our health care is...

Haitian women, recount brutal mass expulsions from Dominican Republic

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Pregnant and breastfeeding women among hundreds expelled amid hospital crackdowns and raids. By Edxon Francisque, Haitian Times — Before dawn, they come knocking...

The Real Truth Behind Ethiopia’s Current State

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Video Source: TechiLysta — Ethiopia looks stable on the surface, glittering skylines, shiny museums, and televised progress. But behind the facade...

Joint Center responds to unprecedented removal of EEOC Commissioners

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). WASHINGTON — In response to President Donald Trump’s decision to fire two commissioners of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the...

Honoring Louise Langdon Little, Mother of Malcolm X — Live from Grenada 5.17.25

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Live from Grenada — Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 11AM EST A historic tribute from La Digue, Grenada—marking Malcolm’s 100th and unveiling...

Landmark Slavery Disclosure and Redress Act introduced in Illinois

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Springfield, IL, January 21, 2025 — In a historic step toward economic justice and accountability, State Representative Sonya Harper of the...

Be Bold Biden: Bolster the Black Base

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Pardon The Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Marilyn Mosby, Esq., Jesse Jackson, Jr. and Political Prisoners Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr....

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...

Contribute to the HSP Haiti Crisis Fund

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Yes, I want to help the Haiti Support Project in its efforts to assist Haiti to resolve the current crisis and...

He Embraced Socialism and Class Struggle toward end of life

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Leading Pan-African and advocate for African unity By Milton Allimadi — Malcolm X—who would be very proud of Ibrahim Traore, the Pan-African president...

Tonika Lewis Johnson’s Reparations Are Due! exhibit and the National Resource Center for State...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By FirstRepair — Join us for an afternoon of creativity, history, and activism as FirstRepair presents Reparations Are Due!, an exhibit by...

The clock is ticking for the government to do what is right for this...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous — The state of Alabama destroyed their homes. Your federal tax dollars helped pay for it. We are checking back in...

Mapping Our Way Forward in Treacherous Times, Pt. 1

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Part 1. Certainly, no one can honestly doubt, accurately deny or innocently dismiss the fact that we are...

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...

Holding Trump accountable for a lifetime of anti-Black racism

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Holding Trump accountable for a lifetime of anti-Black racism. By Clarence Lusane, TomDispatch — Donald Trump was the worst president for Black people...

Reparation Information Thought Series – Staying Strong During Political Turmoil

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Watch this video of the Reparation Information Thought Series: Staying Strong in the Fight for Reparations During Political Turmoil, co-hosted by...

Selma, The Significance of the Blood on the Bridge

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). February 17, 2025 Back History Month Edition of Vantage Point The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels, is joined by special guest Atty. Faya...

National Reparations Rally in D.C. – May 17

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Reparations Activists to Host National Reparations Rally in Washington, D.C. on May 17, 2025 Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Malcolm X:...

What Is The Difference Between ICE and Police?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Understanding the roles of ICE and the NYPD can help immigrants better protect their rights. Overview: Documented reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs...

Rebuilding Altadena, CA After Wildfires

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). January 27, 2025 Edition of Vantage Point: Rebuilding Altadena, CA After Wildfires | Black History & Culture. Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Author, Political...

Black Lives Matter Grassroots Statement on the Election of Donald Trump

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). As we face the reality of another term for blatant racist and adjudicated rapist, Donald Trump, it is crucial to remember...

The Bishop Who Stood Up to Trump

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels In the spirit of resistance and transformation which I have been repeatedly advocating,...

Senate Democrats Cave on Disastrous Republic Spending Bill

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels It was shocking, shameful and demoralizing to witness a handful of nervous, spinless...

AfaLab Statement on Joint Commission for Haiti and the Case for Reparations

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). “Haiti demands reparations on its own terms, not France’s”: AfaLab statement on joint Commission for Haiti and the case for reparations. In...