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  • ACAS Joins 219 Organizations in Signing Letter to President Biden
    March 15th, 2021The Honorable Joseph R. Biden President of the United600 Pennsylvania Avenue   Washington DC 20500  President Biden, As COVID-19 takes lives, impacts jobs, affects healthcare and drives a global economic crisis, we theundersigned urge the International Monetary Fund, the G20 and White House to:? Cancel debt and expand debt relief for developing countries to […]
  • CELEBRATING JENNIFER DAVIS – Saturday, July 11, 11am (New York), 5 pm (South Africa)
    Dear friends and colleagues of the struggle, An online celebration of the life of Jennifer Davis was held on Saturday, July 11. Although it is sad that there will not be a gathering in person, there is a silver lining that her memorial service can now be viewed online. This is a sad moment in […]
  • Association of Concerned Africa Scholars Statement on President Trump’s racist remarks
    On Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2018, ACAS expresses its solidarity with people living in African countries and in the African diaspora who were so brutally disparaged in the racist remarks made by President Trump on Jan 11, 2018. As concerned scholars of Africa, with friends, colleagues, and family members in these regions, we are outraged by his bigoted, […]
  • Deportation of African and Other Black Immigrants Is Quietly Increasing And No One Is Taking Note –By David Love
    David Love’s article, “Deportation of African and Other Black Immigrants Is Quietly Increasing And No One Is Taking Note” (Altanta Black Star March 20, 2017) investigates a topic ACAS is following closely. Immigrants living in the US are increasingly insecure and worried about real dangers presented by the new strategies used under the […]
  • ACAS Statement on Presidential Executive Order No. 13769
    The Association of Concerned Africa Scholars (ACAS) registers its outrage and its opposition to the Presidential Executive Order, “Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States,” issued by Donald Trump on January 27, 2017, which has cut off legal immigration and travel to the United States from three African nations: […]