African American Policy Forum

The African American Policy Forum (AAPF) is a not-for-profit organization that was founded in 1996,[1] as a media-monitoring think tank and information clearing house focused on issues of gender and diversity.[2] It seeks to build bridges between scholarly research and public discourse in order to address inequality and discrimination.[3]

The AAPF was co-founded by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, a law professor at Columbia University and the University of California at Los Angeles,[2][4] and Luke Harris, Chair of the Political Science Department at Vassar College.[5] Crenshaw is the AAPF's Executive Director;[2] the Chairman of its Board of Directors is George Lipsitz.[6]

The AAPF's projects include an Affirmative Action Research and Policy Consortium and a Multiracial Literacy and Leadership Initiative.[7] In 2007, it organized a ten-day international workshop, "Globalizing Affirmative Action", which was attended by twenty-five scholars and advocates representing five countries.[8]

References

  1. ^ Robin Morgan (2003). Sisterhood is forever: the women's anthology for a new millennium. Washington Square Press. p. 57. ISBN 9780743466271. http://books.google.com/books?id=1hYpAAAAYAAJ. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. (2000-11 - 2000-12). The Crisis. The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc.. p. 2. ISSN 00111422. http://books.google.com/books?id=HUMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA2. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  3. ^ Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher; Denise O'Neil Green (January 2009). The case for affirmative action on campus: concepts of equity, considerations for practice. Stylus Publishing, LLC.. p. 303. ISBN 9781579221034. http://books.google.com/books?id=59G9oHJMhh0C&pg=PA303. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  4. ^ Beverly Guy-Sheftall; Johnnetta Betsch Cole (1 August 2010). Who should be first?: feminists speak out on the 2008 presidential campaign. SUNY Press. p. 168. ISBN 9781438433752. http://books.google.com/books?id=13cR_jf6ovgC&pg=PA168. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  5. ^ Tommy Lee Lott; John P. Pittman (12 January 2006). A Companion to African-American Philosophy. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 9. ISBN 9781405145688. http://books.google.com/books?id=zIDurSWUi9QC&pg=PR9. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  6. ^ Gail Dines; Jean McMahon Humez (9 December 2010). Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Critical Reader. SAGE Publications. p. 667. ISBN 9781412974417. http://books.google.com/books?id=VkuM0JdHwhYC&pg=PA667. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  7. ^ Legler, Danielle (26 March 2010). "Smith lecture speaker's topic is educating all our children". The Arizona Republic. http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2010/03/26/20100326tr-crenshaw0326.html. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  8. ^ Narula, Smita (2008–2009). Equal by Law, Unequal by Caste: the 'Untouchable' Condition in Critical Race Perspective. 26. p. 255. http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:mD61O8TuklEJ:www.chrgj.org/publications/docs/wp/narula.pdf+smita+narula+Equal+by+Law,+Unequal+by+Caste&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESilxpWtZNunnheofUf6JeCKaG9-7smfoGzcxRz8jV7gkyWxU6oD2DNqovzv6jKpf6_kIB8N_uCTq40hMUIf6hrogYAOWzEBOt33InUKXn7IrHJ5UGPPXdeZB5u7OeiluvoBJXFf&sig=AHIEtbQaDIBwE4kSz9h-Rbw4SQbttOEfRg. 

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