Afro-Colombian Solidarity Network

The Afro-Colombian Solidarity Network (ACSN) is an organization committed to the defense of rural black communities descended from fugitive slaves in Colombia called “palenques” or “cimarrones.” Anthony Dest, a PhD candidate in at the Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies, is writing his dissertation about the impact of rural violence and development on rural black communities in Colombia, and collaborates with ACSN to raise the visibility of threats to the livelihoods of cimarrones. Click here to learn more about his work, and to sponsor rural afro-descendant communities in Colombia. https://afrocolombian.org/about/