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About: About Us

About Us

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Dr. Danielle N.

Boaz

President, ICCRR

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Associate Professor of Africana Studies,

UNC Charlotte

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Dr. Gustavo Melo Cerqueira

Vice President, ICCRR

 

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Omi Ogun siwajú

Commission Goals

01

Raise awareness about discrimination against African and African diaspora religions

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  • Hold events focused on African and African diaspora religious freedom

  • Produce and publish reports about religious racism

02

Promote the right and freedom to practice African and African diaspora religions through international collaboration

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  • Create transnational working groups to address important barriers to African and African diaspora religious freedom

  • Partner with national and international organizations to combat religious intolerance

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03

Develop networks of researchers, activists, lawyers, and legislators who are working to advance African and African diaspora religious freedom

Areas of Focus

#1

Legal recognition (continued prohibition of African and African diaspora religions, court decisions declaring that Africana faiths do not meet the legal definition of “religion”)

#4

Employment discrimination (firing, demoting, refusing to hire people because of religious affiliation or religious attire)

#7

Harassment or defamation (including online/social media)

#2

Physical acts of religious intolerance (destruction of places of worship, vandalism, attacks on priests and devotees)

#5

Attempts to restrict or ban the ritual slaughter of animals/ animal sacrifice

#8

Child Custody (interference with the custodial rights of devotees of Africana religions)

#3

Economic discrimination (i.e.- refusal of aid, grants, or other funding to devotees of Africana religions

#6

Police surveillance or police invasion of Africana ceremonies and places of worship

#9

School discrimination (refusal to teach about Africana religions, harassment of student devotees, bans against Africana religious attire in schools, mandatory Christian prayers or religious instruction)

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