The Afrikan Amerikan Institute is a volunteer Grassroots, community based think tank created more than 10 years ago. It's purpose is to insure broad based community analysis and response to issues and policies impacting the Black community, formation and implementation of short and long-term strategies for community action and development.  It brings together theoreticians, practitioners and comsumers to plot the Black community's future, self-determination.

The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement is a coalition of individuals and organizations, committed to 6 principles of unity, and working together to implement community defined strategies and actions.

The Institute, the MXGRM and the Malcolm X Center are designed to promote economic, social and cultural consciousness and rights of New Afrikans (Black people).

The Malcolm X Center serves as a public space for developing, testing, training and implementaion of approaches to popular education, strategic planning, and communications skill enhancement for self-determination and self-advocacy.  Communications skill development ranges from workshops in