New National Coordinators, Austin Cole, Erica Caines, Tunde Osazua, and new Coordinating Committee Chaitperson, Jacqueline Luqman
Dear comrades and supporters,
The Black Alliance for Peace is proud to announce that we are entering a new stage in our struggle to defeat the war on Africans/Black people in the U.S. and abroad!
Beginning on March 1, 2025, BAP will experience a new change in leadership. We are honored to have a new BAP Coordinating Committee Chair, Jacqueline Luqman; Coordinating Committee Vice-Chair, Jaribu Hill; and our new National Co-Coordinators, Erica Caines, Austin Cole, and Tunde Osazua!
Please join us as we congratulate our new BAP leadership!
Jacqueline Luqman – Coordinating Committee Chair
“No compromise, no retreat must be more than just a slogan. It must become a mindset and a guide along with our Mission and Principles of Unity. These will keep us on the path to ultimate victory over imperialist domination and liberation for our people.”
Jaribu Hill – Coordinating Committee Vice Chair
"I am honored to be selected to serve as co-chair of the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP). BAP's work as a revolutionary, anti-imperialist formation is exactly what we need to move our struggle for liberation forward. As an elder in this movement, I am inspired by BAP's inter-generational leadership model. I look forward to working with my comrades to advance our work that stands in opposition to all unjust wars and global oppression."
Erica Caines – National Co-Coordinator
“The Pan-European war on Africans can only be combatted through organization against systemic oppression rooted in colonialism, racism, and economic exploitation. We are organizing for Peace, which is not the absence of conflict but rather the achievement—through popular struggle and self-defense—of a world liberated from the interlocking systems of global injustice. True liberation demands collective action and our unwavering resistance.”
Austin Cole – National Co-Coordinator
"With the escalating crisis of U.S.-led imperialist capitalism across the globe, the need for Black radical unity has possibly never been so urgent. Meeting this moment requires not only struggling toward ideological clarity, but also sharpening our individual and collective organizational practices so that we can build real power and fight together more effectively in this generational struggle for Black/African and collective liberation."
Tunde Osazua – National Co-Coordinator
"The anti-colonial Black radical tradition, rooted in resistance, self-determination, and the fight against imperialism, is a guide for our liberation struggle. Reviving this tradition means rejecting reformist illusions, organizing for power, and forging unity among African people across the planet to defeat the systems that oppress us. Our future depends on it."
We are excited by these changes and the future of the Black Alliance for Peace.
“This marks an incredible moment in the continuation of the formation and the commitment to intergenerational revolutionary leadership.” (Ajamu Baraka, Founder and Coordinating Committee Chair)
The Coordinating Committee would like to acknowledge brother Ajamu Baraka for his many years of service to African people, the working class, and all colonized people, and his leadership in this revolutionary organization. That work will continue as Ajamu will continue as a member of the Coordinating Committee as the Director of The North-South Project for People(s)-Centered Human Rights.
Some members of the BAP Coordinating Committee and professional Meeting Facilitator, Janvieve Williams