Donor Recognition

Every year, tens of thousands of individuals and organizations collectively invest in the university’s future. This support translates into critical funding for our programs, and educational experiences that help drive students’ success and DAS’ contributions to Kent and the world. We are deeply grateful for the generosity of our donors and their commitment to help sustain DAS’ educational mission.

Equity & Inclusion Change Consultant experienced in working with Nonprofit & Corporate Leaders, K-12 Educators and Administrators, and Higher Education Faculty and Staff. Skilled in the art of facilitation and the creation of customized diversity trainings complete with evaluation components. A proven change agent who possesses both practical experience and a firm pedagogical foundation on topics related to cultural change, equity, and inclusion.

DaMareo is the executive director of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a statewide organization dedicated to improving the lives of everyday Ohioans. He has played an integral role in shaping and developing the OOC’s electoral and community organizing campaigns across the state since 2008. His passion for organizing grew out of the love for the community in which he was raised, and currently lives (Akron, Ohio). DaMareo has spent his career working with leaders in communities of color, and developing campaigns to address issues of race and economic inequality in grassroots communities.

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Victoria Jackson is state policy fellow with Policy Matters Ohio. Jackson is one of eight fellows selected nationally through a highly competitive process by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Her research focuses on K-12 education, higher education, and food assistance policy.

Your Gift's Impact

Your generous support helps sustain the department’s founding mission of accessibility and educational excellence, ensuring Africana Studies’ bold future.

Each semester the Institute hosts up to three Lunch and Learn presentations; these lunch-time presentations provide faculty with opportunities each fall and spring semester to make presentations on the third Wednesday of the month. This speaker series is intended to serve as a forum where scholars and professionals across campus can showcase research and creative interests.

IAAA is instrumental in holding a biennial conference titled: Africa and the Global Atlantic World Conference. This conference is especially significant because it provides faculty and students with the opportunity to showcase their research to a wider audience. Since its inception in 2012, we have hosted three conferences themed: Cultures, Identities, and Racial Violence in the Pan-African World, 2016; Revisiting Black History, Identities and Popular Culture, 2014; Slavery Colonialism and African Identities in the Atlantic World 2012.