The Department of Africana Studies
“A Place Where Scholars, Thinkers and Leaders are Nurtured”

Organizations & Committees

The Department of Africana Studies sponsors and supports a number organizations and committees that support the intellectual and cultural environment of the University campus and the broader community. In addition, the Department participates in national and international organizations and committees that promote the interest, history, culture and possibilities of Africana peoples.

A. Africana Related Organizations

1. Africana Studies Alumni Affinity Group-CSUDH Alumni Association
2. Ankh Maat Wedjau Honor Society (NCBS)
3. Fannie Lou Hammer Queen Mother Society
4. International Africana Studies Student Congress (NCBS)
5. Rafiki's African Study Group
6. National Council for Black Studies, Inc.
7. Organization for Africana Majors and Minors
8. Pan African Union
9. Southern California Africana Studies Collaborative

B. Committees

1. African American History Month Committee
2. Charles and Beverly Scholarship Fund Committee
3. Frederick Douglass and Mary McLeod Bethune Graduation Celebration Committee
4. Herbert Carter & Yvonne Braithwite Burke Distinguished Lecture
5. Martin Luther King Unity Breakfast Committee
6. National Council for Black Studies Curriculum Committee
7. National Council for Black Studies Commission on Program Review and Accreditation
8. W.E.B. Dubois & Harriet Tubman Lecture

C. Other Links
National organizations:

1. African Literature Association
2. African Studies Association
3. EBlack Studies

California State University and University of California links:

1. Cal State University, Fresno Africana and American Indian Studies Program
2. Cal State Fullerton Afro-Ethnic Studies
3. Cal State Long Beach Department of Black Studies
4. Cal State Los Angeles Pan-African Studies
5. Cal State Northridge Department of Pan African Studies
6. Cal Poly Pomona Ethnic and Women's Studies
7. Cal State Sacramento Ethnic Studies Department
8. Cal State San Bernadino Ethnic Studies
9. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Ethnic Studies
10. Cal State San Marcos Ethnic Studies
11. Cal State Stanislaus Ethnic Studies
12. San Diego State Department of Africana Studies
13. San Francisco State Department of Black Studies
14. San Jose State African-American Studies Department
15. University of California, Berkeley Department of African American Studies
16. University of California, Davis African American and African Program
17. University of California, Irvine African-American Studies
18. University of California, Los Angeles Center for African American Studies
19. University of California, Los Angeles African Studies Center
20. University of California, Riverside African American Studies
21. University of California, San Diego Ethnic Studies
22. University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Black Studies
23. University of California, Santa Cruz American Studies

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