Thank You to Our Conference Sponsors!

 ASWAD extends our deepest gratitude to the generous sponsors of our 2025 12th Biennial Conference, "I've Known Rivers: The Ecologies of Black Life and Resistance." Your support makes it possible for us to bring together scholars, artists, activists, and community leaders from around the world to engage in powerful dialogue and collective learning.

We are proud to be in partnership with organizations and institutions committed to advancing global Black studies and uplifting Black communities. Thank you for investing in our mission and helping us make the historic 25th anniversary conference in St. Louis a success.

Platinum Sponsors

Office of the Chancellor & Office of the Provost, WashU 

Silver Sponsors

Hamilton-Dodson African Diaspora Endowment

Bronze Sponsors

Division of Diversity and Innovative Community Engagement, St. Louis University

African American Studies, St. Louis University

School for Continuing and professional Studies, WashU

Washington University in St. Louis - Department of African and African-American Studies, James Baldwin Review

Center for Race, Ethnicity, and Equity, WashU

St. Louis Community Credit Union

American Culture Studies Program, WashU

Center for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI), WashU

American Culture Studies Program, WashU

Copper Sponsors