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The Daughters of the African Atlantic Remembers Makota Valdina Pinto
Makota Valdina Oliveira Pinto (1943-2019) was a ritual elder in the Afro-Brazilian religion, Candomblé. She was also an educator, a community organizer and an internationally recognized environmental justice and human rights activist. Makota Valdina was a founding...
2018 Consultation Reflections: Real Community
Real Community by Kathlene Corley M.Div. Student, Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina I decided to attend The Daughters of the African Atlantic’s consultation only knowing that a trusted mentor said I would enjoy it. Reading over the proposed...
2018 Consultation Reflections: Brazil Is Like the United States, Except…
Brazil Is Like the United States, Except… by Shoshana A. Brown, LMSW This summer I took on the exciting and edgy experience of traveling to Brazil with The Daughters of the African Atlantic Fund to attend their African and African Diasporan Women in...
The Daughters of the African Atlantic Remembers Katie Cannon
RICHMOND, Va. (August 9, 2018) – The Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, Annie Scales Rogers Professor of Christian Ethics at Union Presbyterian Seminary, first African-American woman ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and a foremost scholar of the...
We Honor and Celebrate Marielle Franco!
We Honor and Celebrate Marielle Franco! The Daughters of the African Atlantic Fund abhors the murder of black Brazilian activist Marielle Franco. In solidarity with movements for black empowerment in Brazil, we share Kia Caldwell, Wendi Muse, Tianna Paschel,...
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