The African American Policy Forum (AAPF) was founded in 1996 as a media-monitoring think-tank and information clearinghouse. The African American Policy Forum works to bridge the gap between scholarly research and public discourse related to inequality, discrimination and injustice. The AAPF seeks to build bridges between academic, activist and policy-making sectors in order to advance a more inclusive and robust public discourse on the challenge of achieving equity within and across diverse communities.
Dream Fund Project
The ACLU, in partnership with the African American Policy Forum, is being funded to aggregate and disseminate information about affirmative action across several sectors. The ACLU and AAPF seek to reframe the public perception of affirmative action policies, develop new messages and communication strategies and public education materials to reach communities of color, white women, traditional civil libertarians and the general public. In doing so, the ACLU and AAPF seek to transform the way in which the general public understands the role that affirmative action plays in education, employment and in contracting in order to dismantle discriminatory practices that unfairly exclude women and people of color.
The ACLU and AAPF seek to better integrate the expertise of academics, advocates, activists and media professionals into a cogent affirmative strategy to reframe and advance race and gender conscious policies. Ultimately, by identifying what it calls "10 Myths about Affirmative Action," the partnership will develop strategies to "reframe" affirmative action.
K-12 Education
Contact Representative
ATTN: African American Policy Forum
435 West 116th St., 827 Green | Box E-7
New York, NY 10027
Vassar office: (845) 437-5911