Announcements

On December 14, 2023 the Conference of National Black Churches (CNBC), made up of 7 of the national Historic Black Churches, gave Rev. Dr. Angélique Walker-Smith The Shirley Chisolm Award in Orlando, Florida during their National Awards evening at their annual National Consultation. The award is an acknowledgement of the extensive global, national, and local work she has done as a faith and public engagement thought leader.

Ms. Sindile Mathebula, PhD has been appointed as a Chaplain Resident at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA. In this position she will provide spiritual care support to patients, families, and staff. She will also work with the multidisciplinary team in assessing the holistic needs of patients and integrate research on maternal mental health in postpartum, labor and delivery units.

We have been so encouraged by our donors for the last ten years since our founding in 2013! We look forward to your continued support while also hoping to connect with new donors to our organization this Giving Tuesday November 28, 2023.

Join The Daughters for a much-anticipated conversation on Black women’s health with leading health professionals and experts! Saturday, August 28, 2021 @ 12pm ETStreamed on The Daughters of the African Atlantic Fund YouTube and Facebook (@afatdaughters) This live conversation will engage the film-play —DO NO HARM— written by Anyika McMillan-Herod, co-directed by Vickie Washington and

DO NO HARM, written by Dallas-based writer/actress/producer, Anyika McMillan-Herod, co-founder of Soul Rep Theatre Company, was commissioned by Dr. Evelyn Parker and the Association of Practical Theology. In the wake of the covid pandemic, this original play inspired by three enslaved women – Anarcha, Betsey, and Lucy – who were experimented on without anesthesia by

Lift Off: It had been an exciting time of “visioning and planning” for well over a year as the Daughters of the African Atlantic Fund (The Daughters) welcomed over seventy faculty colleagues, graduate students, administrators and friends to its launch breakfast at the American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting in San Diego on November 22, 2014.