The Sankofa Scholarship Collective was born from a powerful truth:
When we reach back to reclaim what was taken, we can build a future worthy of our children.
What began as the Centering Black Children in Education (CBCE) Conference has grown into a living, breathing movement — a Black-women-led, fugitive space where education, advocacy, culture, and radical love meet. We call it remembering forward: honoring our history while boldly creating what comes next.
At Sankofa, we choose Black children.
We choose their joy.
We choose their brilliance.
We choose their right to learn in places that love them back.
For five years, CBCE has gathered thousands of educators, families, and community leaders to imagine new ways of schooling. Today, CBCE lives inside the larger Sankofa Scholarship Collective — the fugitive space where our programs connect and our purpose expands.
Here, we fund the dreams of young people through the Sankofa Scholars Fund. We uplift culture and creativity through arts and advocacy programs.
We develop educators and caregivers to center Black children with courage, honesty, and care. And we do it all outside the limits of traditional systems — in a space built on refusal, remembrance, and possibility.
We are building power. We are cultivating joy.
We are preparing the next generation of leaders to transform education and society. This is more than a nonprofit. This is a homeplace — a return, a remembering, and a radical step forward.
Welcome to the Sankofa Scholarship Collective.
The future begins with remembering forward.
