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Alumni/ae of African Descent
Back row: Michael Walker, MDiv '83, SLI '91; Sheila Winborne, MTS
'93; Peter Batts, MTS '74; Angela Jones, MDiv '97; Kareema Scott, MTS '04;
Monique Moultrie, MTS '02; Carol Johnson, MDiv '97; Steven Craft, MDiv
'96; C Dale Gadsden, MTS '96, treasurer. Front row: Phillipe Copeland, MTS '99, secretary; April Yvonne Garrett, MTS '97,
president; Erik Williams, MDiv
'01, vice president.
Photo: Steve Gilbert.
Mission
"The mission of HDS Alumni/ae of African Descent is to connect alumni and alumnae with each other and with the School in a community of service committed to harnessing our spiritual and intellectual power for the advancement of peoples of African Descent through scholarship, ministry, and advocacy. This community of service will pursue its mission within the context of the challenges facing people of African Descent in a pluralistic, multicultural society. Consecration to this mission will exert a transformative influence on the lives of present and future
alumni/ae as well as Harvard Divinity School itself." —HDS AAD Mission Statement
Initially organized as the Black
Alumni/ae Network in 1988, the organization changed its name to Alumni/ae of
African Descent in 2006.
Executive Committee and Constitution
The AAD Executive Committee comprises the president, vice president,
secretary, treasurer, and the student recruitment and retention adviser. See the
Executive Committee page for information about
the current members.
The Alumni/ae of African Descent constitution,
approved in 2006, describes the basic principles and
governing structure of the group.
The Preston N. Williams Black
Alumni/ae Award
The Preston N. Williams Black Alumni/ae Award, established in 2002, honors one who has demonstrated a concern with the religious experience of the African
diaspora, evinced by his/her study, instruction, and general body of work. Additionally,
recipients have demonstrated a commitment to scholarship at Harvard Divinity School, and have been an inspirational model of brotherhood and sisterhood by empowering others in the pursuit of truth and justice through unfailing support of students, faculty, alumni/ae, and staff.
To nominate an individual for the Preston N. Williams Black Alumni/ae Award,
please email alums@hds.harvard.edu.
Recent Events
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Dinner with current and prospective students of African descent
5:30 pm, Loeb House,
17 Quincy Street, Cambridge
This event was held in conjunction with the Harvard Divinity
School Diversity and
Explorations Program.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Annual Meeting
noon, Rabinowitz
Room, Harvard Divinity School
Annual Meeting Agenda (PDF; Adobe
Reader is required)
More Information
To request additional information about AAD events and activities, or to join the
AAD listserv, please email HDS
Alumni/ae Relations.
For general questions about AAD, contact Secretary Phillipe Copeland,
MTS '99, at pcopeland@post.harvard.edu.
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