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.

America, You Are an Extremely Unserious Country — By David A. Love, JD

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Lawmakers will band together to ban an app, raise their salaries or bomb Brown babies in a foreign country, but they...

When They Tell You About Their Own, Believe Them

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III — (TriceEdneyWire.com) – “I don’t know who you are and I don’t know why you like...

Vantage Point: The Blood on the Bridge

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). March 10, 2025Women’s History Month Edition of Vantage Point An open forum with commentary by The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels. Focus: “The...

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,...

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...

Chicago Inspector General asks state regulators to ban some CPD officers from law enforcement

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmnpdR6nouY Source: ABC 7 Chicago As the I-Team reported, at least a dozen CPD officers have been linked to the Proud Boys, Oath...

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...

America 5 Years After George Floyd’s Murder

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). WASHINGTON – Five years ago, at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in South Minneapolis, George Floyd died after...

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 Ugly Irony of Jan 6th: Certifying the Election of an Insurrectionist

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). You Are Here: Home » Blog » News & Current Affairs » Vantage Point Radio » Professor on the Soapbox: The Ugly...

Trump’s EPA is at War with the Americans it is Supposed to Protect

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous —  As they say in horror movies, the call is coming from inside the house. Under Donald Trump, the Environmental...

Harris Lost After Democrats “Abandoned Working Class People”

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). “The American people are angry and want change. And they’re right,” Sanders said. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont)...

Nigerian President Tinubu’s pardon of ‘Ogoni Nine’ draws ethnic group’s rejection

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ope Adetayo, Reuters — Nigeria’s Ogoni activists on Friday rejected a posthumous pardon for nine members executed three decades ago by...

Deep Meanings and Expansive Message

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — This year and each year, the coming of Kwanzaa causes us to come together in celebration, remembrance,...

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...

Revolution? — By Ted Glick

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ted Glick – I wonder how many people reading these words know the significance of April 19th to US Americans, and others,...

Walking, Spiritually Holding Haji Malcolm’s Hand

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — The murder and martyrdom of Nana George Floyd on May 25, 2020, and our 5th anniversary commemorations...

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...

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...

Trump The Inciter in Chief — By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Earl Ofari Hutchinson — On Tuesday, June10, I was at the National Guard deployment facility on Alameda St. in DTLA. The...

National Town Hall Meeting “Report Card on Trump: The First 100 Days”

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). You Are Here: Home » Blog » News & Current Affairs » Events » Fri 4.25.25, National Town Hall Meeting “Report Card...

Justice for Marcus Garvey: The Way Forward

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Date and time Wednesday, February 26 · 6 – 8pm EST Location Howard University School of Law2900 Van Ness Street Northwest Damon J. Keith...

Former U.S. Congressman Charles B. Rangel, dies at 94

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Charles Bernard Rangel, the former congressman from Harlem, and the last remaining founder of the Congressional Black Caucus, has died at...

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...