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PROJECTS |
Africana Studies has fostered innovative approaches to research
and education on African-American and black diaspora experiences,
especially in the analysis of community processes, social
problems, and social change. Africana Studies is also distinguished
by its forthright commitment to the pursuit of social justice.
Though not often recognized for these contributions, a long
line of scholars, public intellectuals, and leaders working
in this tradition have contributed to our body of knowledge
on crime, punishment, and resistance to racialized criminal
injustice. This work forms a foundation for Africana Studies
in criminology and criminal justice, and resource base for
research, education, and organizing initiatives.
With support from the Criminal
Justice Initiative of the Open Society Institute, the Africana Criminal Justice Project was
established to further develop and stimulate engagement with
this intellectual tradition, identify its implications for
an “Africana Theory of Justice,” and support initiatives
seeking to address a response to the contemporary crisis of
racialized criminal injustice, especially through the promotion
of black civic capacity and leadership in communities impacted
by mass criminalization and incarceration. These objectives
inform the research, education, and organizing initiatives
which comprise the Africana Criminal Justice Project.
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