Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity
Background
Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity (AFRE) is an international leadership program and non-profit fellowship dedicated to building anti-racist futures by empowering activists, organizers, artists, legal advocates, and movement leaders across South Africa and the United States. Established in 2016 through a partnership between Columbia University in New York and the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg—and funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies—AFRE supports leaders focused on dismantling systemic anti-Bla
US Address:
Columbia University, 116th and Broadway, New York, NY 10027, USA
South Africa Address:
Nelson Mandela Foundation, 107 Central St, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg, 2198, South Africa
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About: - Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity (AFRE) is an international leadership program and non-profit fellowship dedicated to building anti-racist futures by empowering activists, organizers, artists, legal advocates, and movement leaders across South Africa and the United States. Established in 2016 through a partnership between Columbia University in New York and the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg—and funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies—AFRE supports leaders focused on dismantling systemic anti-Black racism, advancing racial justice, and shifting harmful cultural narratives. Through multi-year leadership development, design labs, strategy convenings, and cross-continental movement building, the program equips fellows to drive structural, policy, and societal transformation.