SankofaSpirit
P.O. Box 54894
Atlanta, GA 30308
ph: (770) 234-5890
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About Us
Our Business
Founded in 2002 in Atlanta, Georgia, SankofaSpirit has quickly become one of the country's most dynamic and relevant cultural organizations. We are dedicated to providing cultural and educational programs and services that focus on Africa and the African Diaspora.
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Who We Are
Theresa Noni Charles, Executive Director/Founder
Theresa Charles received her African centered foundation in Chicago starting as a pre-schooler at the Shule Ya Watoto (School for Children) followed by African centered elementary and middle school. The foundation was cemented not only within the community but at home.
After graduating from Clark Atlanta University with a B.A. in Marketing and Management,
Theresa started an event production company that created and produced three Afrocentric bridal shows in Chicago.
While completing her event management program at George Washington University, she took a cultural heritage tourism class that peaked her interest in traveling abroad. She then co-organized a Rites of Passage Research Study Tour to Ghana, West Africa in 1999.
From these experiences Theresa founded SankofaSpirit in 2002 dedicated to providing cultural and educational programs and services focused on Africa and the African Diaspora.
Jeffery Whitney, Esq, Chairman
Jeffery A. Whitney is an attorney in Washington, D.C. where he focuses on civil litigation matters and government relations (with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa).
Mr. Whitney graduated from Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, GA) in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics/Computer Science. In 1997, Mr. Whitney earned his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. While at Wisconsin, Mr. Whitney was an Articles Editor for the Wisconsin Law Review and was selected to be a Teaching Assistant for the Legal Research and Writing Department.
Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Whitney clerked for The Honorable U.W. Clemon of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Over the years, Mr. Whitney has obtained extensive litigation experience, representing clients in state and federal courts across the country and before various administrative agencies and arbitrators.
Mr. Whitney is a member of the Alabama Bar, the District of Columbia Bar, the National Bar Association, and the American Association for Justice. Mr. Whitney also serves as a legal adviser to a number of other organizations, including the National Coaltion of Minority Growers & Agribusinesses and Education Plus, Inc.
Akilah Nosakhere, Treasurer, Auburn Avenue Research Library
Akilah S. Nosakhere Serves as Manager of the Division of Reference and Research at the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American History and Culture in Atlanta, Georgia. The author of several reference works in the field of Africana Studies, Akilah has devoted her library career to the management and creation of quality learning materials in African and African American Studies.
Akilah has served as chairperson of the Book Donations Committee of the African Studies Association Africana Librarians Council. She is a recent graduate of the Library Leadership and Career Development Program sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). An alumna of the Atlanta University School of Library and Information Studies, Akilah also holds master and bachelor degrees from Ball State University. Akilah currently serves as Chair of the African American Studies Librarians Section (AFAS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association. Her awards include a Profile of Prominence Award presented by the Women of Achievement, Inc. Georgia Chapter and the Fannie Lou Hamer/Marcus Garvey Award for Outstanding Community Service awarded by the Georgia State University Office of African American Student Services.
Louisa M. McCullough, Secretary
Graduate of Morris Brown College, '89 has resided in Atlanta since 1984. Licensed GA Realtor since 2000, Louisa had 20+ years experience in customer and technical support, speaking, training, and technical business analysis.
Currently working as a Technical Training Consultant at Cox Enterprises, Inc, for fun, Louisa hosts an Open Mic at the House of IntegriTEA in Inman Park. Louisa likes travel, music, spoken word, and language.
Majorie Reese Davis-Sams, Board Member At Large
Majorie R. Davis-Sams, MHSA, RN is a licensed registered nurse with over 35 years of healthcare experience in many different areas. Hailing from her birth state of
Alabama and growing up in Louisville , Kentucky during her formative years and the late 1960s planted a seed of interest in her ethnicity, African culture and history that was nurtured and is shared with others to this very day. The interest was so intense that she planned her own Afrocentric wedding ceremony, a first for her family and Louisville, Kentucky. Moving on to Washington, D.C. further enhanced the family’s involvement in culture by her husband attending Howard University and enrolling her young daughter in a Shule Ya Watoto. From that point on she supported most ethnic and Afrocentric involvements, supportive of our history and experience as a people. Having named her three children and three grandchildren African surnames ensures a piece of our history.
Her ultimate goal is to educate and share an awareness of wholistic well being of mind, body and soul through lobbying, writing policies, developing and coordinating environments for our youth to continue our rich culture and history. She endeavors to foster an awareness of need and a torch of pride to light the way towards a stronger future for all of our beautiful people of the African.
P.O. Box 54894
Atlanta, GA 30308
ph: (770) 234-5890
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