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 978-0-7434-6627-1. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 Poole, Shirley L. (November–December 2000). "Preface". The Crisis (The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc.): 2. ISSN 0011-1422. 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 978-1-57922-103-4. 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 978-1-4384-3375-2. 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 978-1-4051-4568-8. 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 978-1-4129-7441-7. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  7. ↑ Legler, Danielle (26 March 2010). "Smith lecture speaker's topic is educating all our children". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  8. ↑ Narula, Smita (2008–2009). "Equal by Law, Unequal by Caste: the 'Untouchable' Condition in Critical Race Perspective" (PDF). Wisconsin International Law Journal 26: 255.

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