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.

Meeting the Demands of This Decisive Moment

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — As we move and make our way through the troubled, treacherous and trap-laden waters of our time,...

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...

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...

Is Culture the Key Crisis in Black Life?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Mon., Jan. 13, 2025, Edition of Vantage Point On this episode of Vantage Point, Dr. Ron Daniels, also known as The Professor,...

Its Ongoing Struggle for Life and Liberation

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Part 1. In celebrating this the 221st anniversary of the world transformative liberation struggle and Revolution of the...

Intensifying Our Righteous and Relentless Struggle

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — This is a necessary revisiting of a critical issue, reclaiming King in the turbulent and taxing context...

Ready for Reparations in NY State?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).  December 16, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels talks reparations in New York State and opens up the...

How You Like Trump Now?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels Yes, elections have consequences. A major lesson to be learned from the stunning...

Washington Informer article cites rising overdose deaths in Black communities

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Expanding access, breaking stigma: Tracie Gardner and Daliah Heller highlight rising overdose deaths in Black communities and the urgent need for...

Vantage Point: The Cost of Living Index

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). February 3, 2025 Edition of Vantage Point: The Cost of Living Index | Trump’s Assault on the People’s Safety Net Jennifer Jones...

In its final days, the Biden administration delivers big time for America’s coastal communities

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous —  It may be the dead of winter, but when we think about our beaches none of us want...

National Reparations Rally & Malcolm X Centennial Celebration — May 17, 2025, Washington, DC

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:...

Malcolm’s Mama Lit His Fire

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Malcolm X, the fearless leader that the actor and activist Ossie Davis described as one of Harlem’s...

We Will Not Be Erased — By Dr. Julianne Malveaux

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — The 47th President has attacked our government like a bull in a China closet. He is doing...

Gratefully Offering Sacred Words and Water

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In this Black History Month II: Women Focus, I reach back to retrieve and share a hallowed...

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...

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...

Trump Loves Poorly Educated People

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — After he won the Nevada Republican caucuses in 2016, the current President crowed his victory. “We won...

Women raped in war-hit Sudan die by suicide, activists say

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ian Wafula, BBC — Warning: This story contains details some may find distressing. Several women have taken their lives in Sudan’s central...

Vantage Point: The Presidential Election

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). November 11, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels is joined by special guest Bill Fletcher, Author, Commentator, Veteran...

Kim Poole’s Tribute to Malcolm’ Mother + Where, Oh Where, Is Bev Smith?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). March 31, 2025Women’s History Month Edition of Vantage Point The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels, is joined by special guests Kim Poole, Founder...

The “Liberation” of California? — The MAGA dictator has moved us closer to a...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Trump administration’s big lie is that only the most vicious and violent of those in the country without proper documentation...

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...

Upcoming Event: “The 2024 Presidential Election: Progress or Disaster?”

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). You Are Here: Home » Blog » News & Current Affairs » Events » Upcoming Event: “The 2024 Presidential Election: Progress or...