Black Culture. Bold Futures.
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together" This lies at the very heart of Ifetayo. We thrive because of community.
Our Board of Directors
Our Iwa
Ensure Ifetayo’s founding values are a living energy throughout the organization.
Kwayera Archer (Ifetayo Founder)
Ayoka Wiles-Abel
Byron Barton
Ominyinka Barton
Dexter Braithwaite
Jahde Huntley
Rajonna Lewis
Solwazi Olusola
Stacey Mills
Renee Smith
Marilyn Worrell
Our Council of Elders
Dr. Safiya Bandele
Mestre Joao Grande
Baba Leroy Henderson
Baba Orlando Mclean
Mama Ella Moore
Obara Wali Rahman-Ndiye
Iya Omoshelewa Olatunji
Myrtle Primus-King (Andara Rahman)
Chief Baba Neil Clarke
Our Community Partners
We’re grateful to partner with other orgs doing amazing work. In this way, Ifetayo’s practice becomes a part of community’s infrastructure of collaboration and ecosystem of sustainability. We are happy to have joined forces with the following organizations in many ways from supporting our school break camps with tech and media experiences, providing 1:1 financial counseling through our Financial Education Institute, incubating collectives through our space grant initiative, or connecting families to resources like food, counseling, and wellness care.
Some of our community partners include:
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
Digital Girl
Science & Technology Entry Program @ Medgar Evers
MINKA
Embers
Ase Dance Theater
Rethink Food
Ile de Ouro capoiera collective
What Really Matters is What Counts
African Film Festival of New York
Kerry-Ann Reid-Brown, Executive Producer, Breadfruit Media®
Our Ancestors
Nana Okomfo-Panyin Amma Ansaa Atei
Mama Violet Archer & Baba Lawrence Archer
Mama Elinor Bowles
Baba Chuck Davis
Mama Omolouwa Diop
Mama Katherine Dunham
Mama Selma Edwards
Mother Myrtle Glover
Baba Dr. K. Kia Bunseki Lumanisa Fu-Kiau
Baba Montego Joe
Baba Bernard Marsh
Mama Faybiene Miranda-Pusey
Mama Mattie Pusey
Baba Carlos Russell
Mama Mary Umolu
Baba Jitu Weusi
