Sudan and Haiti are not charity cases. They are warnings—vivid illustrations of what happens when Black sovereignty is allowed to bleed out in silence. And yet they are also opportunities, not for rescue, but for reunion. For too long, African American institutions have operated as domestic actors inside a global system that marginalizes people who look like them abroad. That must end. The future of Black global power will not be written in the halls of the United Nations or in G7 briefings—it will be shaped in the partnerships forged between Jackson, Mississippi, Port-au-Prince, and Khartoum. What the world refuses to build for Black nations, African American institutions must now choose to build with them. Continue reading
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Bridging the Educational Divide: How HBCU Education Departments Can Support the 19 Million Sudanese Children Out of School
“We cannot remain institutions born of resistance and liberation, yet turn away when 19 million African children face an educational extinction. The same spirit that built classrooms in basements during Jim Crow must now help build virtual classrooms across refugee camps in East Africa. HBCUs were not created simply to uplift African America—they were built to uplift the African world. This is our legacy and our mandate.”
In a time of unimaginable loss, HBCUs can be a bridge—between continents, between cultures, and between children and their future. Continue reading
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