MISSION

The Center for African American Research and Policy (CAARP) is an independent, nonprofit organization. As a nonpartisan research and policy center, CAARP’s mission is to engage in scholarly research in order to advance critical discourse and promote informed decisions as it pertains to policy issues confronting African Americans in both the academy and the society at-large. The breadth and depth of research and policy-oriented projects encompasses the full tapestry of the “African American Predicament” and reflects the wide diversity of academic backgrounds of the affiliated researchers at the Center and partner organizations.