Executive Committee

Meet our Executive Officers

Karen Sims Chair University Advancement		Gerald Cobb Chair Office of Information Technology
Andaiye Qaasim Executive Secretary African American Cultural Ctr		Whitley Grant Outreach & Engagement Prevention Services
Nikki Cofield Public Relations/Social Media Coordinator Office of the Faculty Senate		Karen Sims (Acting) Treasurer University Advancement

The African American Cultural Center and our partners at NC State Libraries invite the campus and surrounding community to our first annual Black Research Symposium. For 30+ years, the African American Cultural Center, and of Black communities, have fostered spaces of education, exploration, cultivation, creativity, and community at NC State. In honor of this legacy, we center the theme “Afro-Diasporic Worldbuilding and a Sustainable Futurity.” More than ever before, African-diasporic communities are grappling with the question and practice of building community, home spaces, and ensuring a futurity— whether that home is physical, epistemological, cultural, spiritual or virtual.