About Us
About the Rutgers African American Alumni Alliance (RAAA), Inc.
In the spirit of the predecessor organization (Rutgers African-American Alumni Alliance) which was founded in 1989, the organization was relaunched in 2001 by several alumni on the New Brunswick campus when it hosted its first annual “Family and Friends Day” during the Homecoming weekend. The event provided alumni the opportunity to network and attend homecoming festivities which many never experienced while students at Rutgers. The event became the soundboard and vehicle for alumni to reconnect with one another and more importantly, the Rutgers community. Throughout the years, RAAA, Inc. continues to build an ever-increasing presence on campus as a means to enhance relationships with both the student body and the University.
Incorporated in 2006, Rutgers African American Alumni Alliance (RAAA), Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. It is an association of African-American, Afro-Caribbean and African alumni encompassing all of Rutgers University’s undergraduate and graduate schools. RAAA Inc., an all-volunteer organization, operates independently of the University to support educational programming, cultural awareness and is primarily dependent upon membership dues, along with corporate and private donations, to fund all programs and events.
RAAA, Inc. strives to foster and enhance unity amongst Alumni, students, faculty and staff of African ancestry via our programming and active participation in the lives of our students. It is our goal to harness the potential of our Alumni network as we aim to be the voice of our constituents to affect positive change at Rutgers University and the community at large. It is our obligation as alumni to support, encourage and develop our students while providing them with opportunities that may or may not have been afforded to us as we continue to highlight and celebrate the contributions of our fellow alumni.
As an all-inclusive organization, RAAA, Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, handicap, source of income, or status as a Vietnam-era or disabled veteran.