Newport is also participating, and provides information on local events and resources. See the In the News section for recent news stories about their work.

Web site of museum in East Providence, RI

"...a nonprofit community-based planning and organizing entity rooted in the Roxbury/North Dorchester neighborhoods of Boston. DSNI's approach to neighborhood revitalization is comprehensive including economic, human, physical, and environmental growth."

Boston-area organization "created... to promote a widespread appreciation of current social, economic, political and other issues affecting relations between Americans and peoples of African descent around the world."

Provides a list of issues the NAACP is currently working on.

Lists the programs and initiatives of the National Urban League.

"The mission of The Africa Society is to be the premiere entity that engages and educates Americans about the countries comprising the continent of Africa and to create, through partnerships, a better understanding of its peoples, diverse cultures, histories and economies."