About Us

AMANI is a pilot after-school mentorship program founded in San Diego, California in 2022, designed to provide academic and creative support to Black students attending predominantly white/minority Black elementary schools through mentorship from Black college students.

Based on the Swahili word for peace and tranquility and the five key tenets of: 

  • Affirming

  • Mentoring

  • Actualizing

  • Nurturing

  • Imagining a limitless future for young Black scholars. 

    The A.M.A.N.I. Project is based on an empowering mentorship model which we define as:

  • 1) culturally centered

  • 2) linguistically affirming 

  • 3) trauma-informed 

  • 4) autonomy supportive