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SOCIETY FOR AFRICANS IN THE DIASPORA

African Diaspora is a source of strength. It includes African Americans, descendants of formerly enslaved Africans, and nearly two million African immigrants who maintain close familial, social, and economic connections to the continent.

WHO WILL DEFINE AFRICA?

Our Voice

Society for Africans in Diaspora (SAiD Institute), is a non-profit institution that provides art, culture, connection, and enrichment through educational and community-building programs for Africans in the Diaspora. We amplify the global contributions of Africans in the diaspora through education and community-building programs that dispel misinformation and encourage healthy civic engagement and collaborations. Our mandate is to build bridges of understanding between Africans and Americans. We've created unconventional library spaces to support community development, promote entrepreneurship, and connect leaders. A major factor in the processes of dialogue, sharing, and learning of qualitative change in education aimed at promoting the transformation of the Global black.

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OUR VISION

Why SAID?

Society for Africans in Diaspora (SAiD Institute) is committed to empowering and elevating the African diaspora through arts, education, and community engagement, offering a space for artistic expression, innovation, and partnership. We strive to create transformative environments, nurturing resilience and stability within the communities we support. Our conviction is that the arts are formidable catalysts for societal transformation. By engaging in art production, and showcasing educational endeavors, our goal is to foster a dynamic, inclusive space where creative expression and cultural dialogue flourish. We aim to reframe what black culture and expression can be, by focusing on inspiring spectrums through diverse artistic mediums.

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OUR MISSION

SAID INSTITUTE’s mission is to amplifies the global contributions of Africans in the diaspora through education and community building programs

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Building a Global African Diaspora Community

We believe in the power of a connected community. That’s why, for more than 10 years, Society for Africans in the Diaspora Community has connected people who care with causes that matter for Africans in the Diaspora. Together we can improve our world. We strengthens the communities we serve by providing leadership, addressing community needs and assisting individuals and organizations, through our own networks, and strengthen the bonds between Africa and America.
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Beyond Books: We Connect, Cultivate, and Transform.

We've created unconventional spaces to support community development, promote entrepreneurship, and connect young leaders with one another. Through our three programming arms – Arts, Education, and Community, we center art as a vehicle of social change, giving platform within our safe spaces to people of African decent and artists whose work honor, celebrate, and expand this dynamic, intersectional conversation, while inviting all in to explore, engage, and thrive within our collective evolution.

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Education, The Most Powerful Agent of Change

In a knowledge economy, education is the new currency by which community can maintain economic competitiveness and global prosperity. SAiD is providing the tools to support leadership development, promote entrepreneurship, and connect young leaders to each other. Our Educational Program gives African and American students the opportunity to develop cultural exchanges and have valuable professional experiences in the fields of leadership, business management, technology and art.
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Commitment to Positive Social Change

Our program brings together experts, stakeholders, and participants in education, culture, philanthropy, arts, and media to discuss issues in a U.S.- Africa context. We recognize the importance of reaching out to those that will help foster policy dialogue on issues affecting immigration, education and long-term sustainable development in Africa. Featuring top policy makers working in various ways to strengthen civic engagement, create pathways to education outside of the classroom.