Contents: ACAS GOALS • GUIDING PRINCIPLES • ACAS ACTIONS • MEMBERSHIP FORM • ACAS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE • ACAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS • The brochure says founded in 1977, the Association of Concerned Africa Scholars (ACAS) is a group of scholars and students of Africa dedicated to: • formulating alternative analyses of Africa and U.S. government policy, • opening doors for the study of Africa to an ever-wider, progressive community, • developing communication and action networks between the peoples and scholars of Africa and the United States, and • mobilizing support in the United States on critical, current issues related to Africa. The brochure...
Contents: ACAS GOALS • GUIDING PRINCIPLES • ACAS ACTIONS • MEMBERSHIP FORM • ACAS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE • ACAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS • The brochure says founded in 1977, the Association of Concerned Africa Scholars (ACAS) is a group of scholars and students of Africa dedicated to: • formulating alternative analyses of Africa and U.S. government policy, • opening doors for the study of Africa to an ever-wider, progressive community, • developing communication and action networks between the peoples and scholars of Africa and the United States, and • mobilizing support in the United States on critical, current issues related to Africa. The brochure mentions opposition to racial and gender oppression, support for democratic movements, protection of human rights and academic freedom, equity is U.S.-African relations, Africa Action, the Washington Office on Africa (WOA), workshops, debt relief, the CIA, the Department of Defense, aid to dictators, the African Studies Association (ASA), and Kristin Peterson.
