A4E’s Sankofa Labs are grounded in lived experience, designed with and for the Black community. As an intermediary, we engage in community power building, research, strategy development, interventions, and advocacy. In this way, we collectively work to change oppressive policy and practices and build a civic infrastructure steeped in justice for all. 

Why do they matter?

The spirit of Sankofa calls us to reclaim the learnings of the past in order to reimagine a thriving future. Sankofa Labs are intentional, brave containers for collaboration to overcome historic and current inequities. These partnerships are formed to resource the work of building community power and community-owned structures for systems change.

How do they work?

Through our Sankofa Labs, we partner with visionary grassroots leaders and activists to work as a people-power ecosystem. These partnerships are comprised of people with lived experience, closest to the problems that need to change. 

Action4Equity is an intermediary that provides operational support, resources, tools, and energy, to collectively address systemic root causes of inequities, test and implement ideas and policies and create the infrastructure for civic change. 

We work to ensure projects are sustainable, people get paid, and supported to take action over time.