ACREF Introduces Its Newly Elected Officers and 2023 – 2025 Board of Directors
The AFRICAN CONNECTIONS Research and Education Fund, Inc. (ACREF) has appointed six individuals to its Board of Directors. Each director will serve a two (2) year term. - July 07, 2023
Innovative Educational Opportunity Takes U.S. Students, Grads and Pros to East Africa for Comprehensive Study Tour and "Focus on Africa" Seminar
“Where Do We Go From Here?: Africans and Americans in Tryin’ Times.” The Co-operative University of Kenya (CUK) and The AFRICAN CONNECTIONS Research and Educational Fund, Inc. (ACREF) have today announced plans for a comprehensive two-week cross cultural, intergenerational summer study tour hosted on the CUK campus in the upscale Nairobi suburb of Karen. The program runs from August 10 to August 25, 2023. Registration is limited. - June 17, 2023
Diversity in Equestrian Sport: ACREF Adds Tom Bass Seminar to the DOTAE 2019 Program
An educational seminar honoring the memory of Tom Bass (1859 - 1934), a legendary African-American horse trainer, has been added to the 2nd Annual Day of the African Equestrian (DOTAE 2019) program. The 2019 Tom Bass Seminar will take place at the Tryon International Equestrian Center in North Carolina (USA) and will focus upon issues relating to diversity in Equestrian Sport. - September 27, 2019
Day of the African Equestrian Returns to North Carolina on October 19th
2nd Day of the African Equestrian (DOTAE) will honor equestrians of African ancestry active in national and international level pursuits on Saturday, October 19th. The gala will take place at Harambee Farm – located in the Green Creek Township of Polk County, North Carolina, USA. - July 02, 2019
UC Santa Cruz Student Aitanna Parker Selected as 2018 ACREF / Ethel L. Payne Scholarship Awardee
UC Santa Cruz Technology and Information Management student, Aitanna R. Parker has been selected as the 2018 ACREF / Ethel L. Payne Scholarship Awardee. The award will facilitate her travel to Nairobi, (Kenya) for the 2018 Kenya Diaspora Homecoming Convention (Dec. 19th through 21st). The scholarship honors the legacy of the "First Lady of the Black Press," Ethel L. Payne (1911 - 1991). - December 11, 2018