GAAPA
INTRODUCING
GENERATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN
PEOPLE ASSOCIATION
OF THE DIASPORA
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From soul food to poetry to hip-hop to scientific innovation. We share a history of resilience and creativity with roots that run deep.
We’re Generational.
Who is a Generational African American?
All persons descended from Africans enslaved in the United States.
The term was coined in 2005 by the Reverend Isaiah Webb of Washington DC.
‘“Where are you really from?”
Kaya R. Bos, Harvard ’20, used to answer “slave Black.” Jarah K. Cotton ’23 would say “regular Black.” But when Alexa J. J. Brown ’20 sent an email to hundreds of Harvard students, she started a process that gave them a more fitting response — and eventually culminated in the formation of the Harvard College Generational African American Students Association.” -Josie Abugov, Harvard Crimson, 2020
Our Mission
The mission of the Generational African American People Association (GAAPA) is twofold:
(1) foster a national community of Generational African American People
(2) Spark social change on issues pertaining to the heinous legacy of slavery in the United States.
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Interested in starting a GAAPA chapter in your school, workplace, or community? Want to learn more? Or just want to say Hi? Contact us with this form or via email below:
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GAAPeople@gmail.com