Grants
- Dr. Amoaba Gooden, with Frans Van Baar and Lisa Hanasono
- Received a $10,000 grant from the MAC for their project Empowering Project: Students, Faculty and Community Promoting Engagement to Effect Change, 2018.
- Professor Mwatabu Okantah
- Received the $10,000 BME Community Genius Fellowship Grant
- The Genius Fellowship grant is given to Black men who have dedicated their lives to making a better future for others and are trusted by their communities because of it, 2019.
Honors and Awards
- Beverly J. Warren Unity Award for Diversity
- Received in 2019 by the Department of Africana Studies.
- Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award, Kent State University
- Received in 2019 by Amoaba Gooden.
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Black United Students, Kent State University
- Received in 2019 by M. L.
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