What does it look like to Thrive?
to thrive while being black?
These are among the greatest questions asked by the IAU – informing all of our work. We operate as a space for Diasporic convergence and exploration working at the intersection of Black Thriving and collective transformation.
If we can identify the source within ourselves, we can create conditions that manifest THRIVING in others.
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Black Thriving Index
Engaging in peer-to-peer research, the BTI is a database and publication program conducted by and for Black citizens, to uncover strategies and examples for Black Thriving.
IAU Dreamstead Campus
A permanent home and convening space for the global constellation of IAU revolutionaries, located in Detroit’s North End neighborhood.
IAU Accomplice Program
Guiding organizations along a continuum from awareness to accomplice, fostering a culture of Black Thriving.
IAU Global Expeditions
Traversing the diaspora to ignite Black Thriving across continents and fuel the movement for collective empowerment.
IAU Constellation:
A Tapestry of Civic Afronauts
Meet our vendors, partners, and community leaders
The IAU Manifesto
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We intentionally promote our agency to inspire its activation in others
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We accept abundance as a birthright
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We embody audacity in honor of our ancestors wildest dreams
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Thriving can’t happen alone, we do so in constellations, supported by our ancestors– both actual & chosen, in this realm & others
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We are living legacies & conjurers of the future
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We employ rituals in lieu of rules
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We recognize our Blackness as a portal to precious ancestral technologies
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We don’t acknowledge spatial boundaries, we exist multidimensionally