“I took on the chairmanship of TransAfrica Forum because I understand the power of institutions. I see TransAfrica Forum as an opportunity to make change, build alliances, and forge new activism.”

Danny Glover, Chairman

Board of Directors

Danny Glover, Chairman
International Human Rights Activist/Actor
San Francisco, CA

Dr. Sylvia Hill, Vice Chair
Professor of Criminal Justice
University of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC

Dr. James Davis, MD, Treasurer
Washington, DC

Manthia Diawara, Secretary
Director, Institute of African-American Affairs
University Professor
New York University
New York, NY

Willie E. Adams
International Secretary-Treasurer
International Longshore & Warehouse Union
San Francisco, CA

Karen Bass
Majority Floor Leader
State Capitol Office
Sacramento, CA

Harry Belafonte
President, Belafonte Enterprises, Inc.
New York, NY

Johnnetta B. Cole, PhD
Chair of the Board, Johnnetta B. Cole Institute
Greensboro, NC

Chuck D
Hip Hop Artist/Activist
New York, NY

Adwoa Dunn-Mouton
Mouton Insurance Brokerage
Washington, DC

James C. Early
Director, Cultural Heritage Policy, Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Washington, DC

Walter Mosley
Author
New York, NY

Charles J. Ogletree, Jr.
Jesse Climenko Professor of Law
Founding & Executive Director,
Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA