BRIFT
About
Mission: the 幸运快三 (U of I) Black Research Institute for Flourishing and Thriving mission is to develop scholarship that leads to effective policy and practice prescriptions that facilitate a wholistic sense of belonging and joy for the Black community.
The Theoretical Frameworks that shape our work:
- Afrocentricity & Black Transformation
The research approaches that we use:
- Participatory Activist Research & Black Liberation Research Methodology
Featured Article
Thriving and Flourishing While Black and a Student: What can PWIs do?
Research Team
- Sydney Freeman, Jr., Full Professor at the U of I and Founder and Chief Research Scientist of the U of I Black Research Institute for Flourishing and Thriving
- Agyemang Amofa Prempeh, Project Manager of the U of I Black Research Institute for Flourishing and Thriving
