Association of Concerned Africa Scholars
Call for nominations Honoring our colleagues' activist work:
This award is mainly symbolic (a small sum is given): it should help the honoree in his/her work and make ACAS more visible. The nominator should write up a history of the nominee’s activism. The chosen colleague’s profile will appear in the ACAS Bulletin and on our website. It will also be posted on the "African Activist Archive" website. The first award will be made at the 2005 ACAS membership meeting at ASA in November.
Criteria for the nomination of honorees are:
Work in the United States for Africa/Africans;
Involvement in ongoing work (in other words, not for past performance);
Work that spotlights a neglected group or problem or critical situation;
Work that relates in some way to US policy (a problem that
is a result of US policy or a situation that we would like to see US policy
affect in a positive way).
Preference will be given to younger colleagues.
Anyone in the current ACAS membership (dues paid, please) can make a nomination. A selection committee (drawn from members of the ACAS Board) will make the final decision. Please send your nominations no later than 30 September 2005 to Meredeth Turshen
Last update 22 September 2005 by Noah Zerbe