AAAL’s programs place the child at the center of learning, nurturing the soul while focusing on academic achievement.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!
20th Anniversary Celebration
Join Us for a Pre-Christmas, Pre-Kwanzaa Event on
Friday, December 12, 2008 from 6:30 - 10:00 pm
Held at St. Joan of Arc Church in Minneapolis

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Educational Conference
A two-day educational conference presenting speakers and sessions focused on more effective ways of educating the African American student.

Drawing upon AAAL’s curriculum, and years of experience offering enrichment programs, the conference has established itself as the key way the community can gather to discuss strategies that improve educational performance. Because we believe education is a holistic process, the conference also offers session tracks geared to parents and older youth. Our attendees come from throughout the metropolitan area, including St. Paul, Minneapolis, Osseo, and other suburban districts. (Get information about the 2007 conference.)

Trainings
Training content geared to three specific audiences: educators, parents, and youth. Trainnings build upon the content delivered during the conference with the goal of featuring hands-on, interactive content that is detailed. These trainings are an experiential learning opportunity. (Find out more about training opportunities.)

Please let us know your interest in being involved by completing a survey. Please complete the survey online.

Summer School
In the summer AAAL hosts its Summer Cultural Enrichment Program, fun-filled activities centered on learning about African culture and values for children ages 5 ½ to 12. During the program children participate in African dance, drumming, art, learning the Swahili language, storytelling, and much more. The 2007 program is taking place at the Greater Council Of Churches’ Center For Families in Minneapolis. If you are interested in learning about the 2008 enrichment program or any of AAAL’s other student programming call 612-827-3727.

Community Gatherings
AAAL hosts special events, designed to bring together people to celebrate and discuss issues related to the African-American education experience. AAAL's annual Kwaanza celebration is a long-established December tradition in the community.

School Immersion
In order to create real change in the classroom, AAAL offers to work with schools to enrich classroom activities with our enrichment materials, methodologies, and strategies that affirm and build self-confidence among African American students. The school immersion program is designed to introduce units of AAAL curriculum into schools, one classroom and one teacher at a time, in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the enrichment programming in helping students achieve.