Individual Member Advocacy
Individual Member Advocacy
2021
What Americans across the political spectrum got wrong about the attempted insurrection: The idea of American greatness is rooted in a global history of anti-Black racism by Corrie Decker and Elisabeth McMahon, Washington Post, Made By History Perspectives
Condemnation of US Coup Attempt // Condamnation de la Tentative de Coup d’État Américain by William G. Moseley
2020
‘Could the Police Kill Me, Too?’ My Young Son Asked Me by Carina Ray, New York Times, Opinion
ASA members can apply for the ASA Advocacy Travel Award, which awards travel subsidies to ASA members to attend advocacy conferences in Washington, DC. Read about the experiences of ASA Advocacy Travel Awards winners in their own words below.
2019
Stephen Davis, University of Kentucky, National Humanities Alliance Conference
Rita Keresztesi, University of Oklahoma, Consortium of Social Science Associations Conference
Eric J. Schmidt, Boston University, Coalition for International Education Conference
Julia Cummiskey, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, National Humanities Alliance Conference
Joseph Kweku Assan, Brandeis University, Consortium of Social Sciences Associations Conference
Joanna Tague, Denison University, National Humanities Alliance Conference
ASA Member Advocacy in the News
Please note that statements posted on this page represent the view of the authors and organizations who issued these statements, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the African Studies Association or its Board of Directors.
January 16, 2018 Joseph Hellweg as a guest on the podcast The Rotunda
January 16, 2018 Joseph Hellweg in the Tallahassee Democrat
January 17, 2018 Joseph Hellweg in The Reflector
January 18, 2018 Beth Elise Whitaker and Christopher Day in The Washington Post
January 18, 2018 Tim Longman in CambridgeCore Blog
January 20, 2018 M. Neelika Jayawardane in Al Jazeera
January 22, 2018 Anene Ejikeme in the San Antonio Express News
