The Foundation

CALLALOO FOUNDATION, INC.

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VISION

We envision a future where the literature and culture of the African Diaspora enrich every person.

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MISSION

Our mission is to preserve the literature and culture of the African Diaspora.

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VALUES

CREATIVITY

INSPIRATION

HONOR

HUMANITY

CONNECTION

INCLUSION & EQUITY

About the Callaloo Foundation, Inc.

Callaloo Foundation, Inc was established in 2011 in College Station, Texas, as a nonprofit corporation to support the Callaloo literary and cultural journal, including the journal's publication, workshops, awards, readings, lectures, and performances. With headquarters in Washington, D.C., Callaloo Foundation, Inc is a nonprofit with tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code.

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Officers And Directors

Melvin White, J.D.

Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP Chair

Kyla Kupferstein Torres

Executive Director

Charles Henry Rowell, Ph.D.

Founder

Ricky Day

Principal, Ricky Day Studio

Hermine Pinson, Ph.D.

Frances L. and Edwin L. Cummings, Professor of English & Africana Studies

William & Mary

John A. McCluskey, Jr., Ph.D.

Emeritus, African American and African Diaspora Studies Institute

GerShun Avilez, Ph.D.

Secretary

Jason Allen-Paisant, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Critical Theory and Creative Writing, University of Manchester

Leigh Raiford, Ph.D.

Professor of African American Studies, University of California at Berkeley

Franklin Sirmans

Director, Pérez Art Museum, Miami

Mark Winston Griffith, M.A.

Co-Executive Director, Free Speech TV

Kendra Hamilton, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English, Presbyterian College

Gabrielle Gilliam

Treasurer

Chief Advancement Officer, Ascend Charter

Marlon B. Ross

Professor of English, University of Virginia

Kwame Dawes

Professor of Literary Arts, Brown University