Dr. Mathebula Appointed as Chaplain Resident!

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.

Giving Tuesday 2022

Support the Daughters of the African Atlantic Fund this #GivingTuesday YOUR support ensures a strong future for the Daughters and ongoing initiatives for women and girls of the African Diaspora.

Congratulations to Rev. Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith & Dr. Evelyn L. Parker!

We are happy to announce and congratulate our own Directors, Rev. Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith, as the newly appointed President of the North American Region of the World Council of Churches, and Dr. Evelyn L. Parker, newly appointed to the World Council of Churches Central Committee. Rev. Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith is the founder and convener of …

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Check Out Rev. Melanie’s Latest Book Chapter

Read Rev. Melanie Jones’ latest contribution titled: “Who’s Saving Whom?: Black Millennials and the Revivification of Religious Communities” in Religion, Race, and COVID-19: Confronting White Supremacy in the Pandemic. Copies of the book are available at NYUPress.org!

Voices on the Front Lines of Black Women’s Health

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 …

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DO NO HARM Fundraiser for Daughters of the African Atlantic Fund

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 …

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Lift Off! Daughters of the African Atlantic Fund Launch

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.

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