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
Babalorixá of Ilê Axé
Omi Ogun siwajú
Commission Goals
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Raise awareness about discrimination against African and African diaspora religions
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Hold events focused on African and African diaspora religious freedom
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Produce and publish reports about religious racism
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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
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Partner with national and international organizations to combat religious intolerance
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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”)
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Employment discrimination (firing, demoting, refusing to hire people because of religious affiliation or religious attire)
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Harassment or defamation (including online/social media)
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Physical acts of religious intolerance (destruction of places of worship, vandalism, attacks on priests and devotees)
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Attempts to restrict or ban the ritual slaughter of animals/ animal sacrifice
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Child Custody (interference with the custodial rights of devotees of Africana religions)
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Economic discrimination (i.e.- refusal of aid, grants, or other funding to devotees of Africana religions
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Police surveillance or police invasion of Africana ceremonies and places of worship
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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)