Dessie Bey - Chairperson - Retired Administrator, poet, author, editor, community organizer

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John Macharia McCoy - Vice Chairperson -  Combat Vet, Jeli Historian, Community Activist 

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Miauna Connor - Treasurer - Loan Officer Hill District Federal Credit Union

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Samuel Black - Director of African American Programs Heinz History Center 

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Dr. James Johnson - Jazz Pianist and founder of Afro American Music Institute 

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​Shabaka Perkins - Executive Director​/Co-founder - African drum instructor and performer 

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Toddja Thornhill - Artistic Director - Choreographer and African dance instructor