Paula Wright Coleman • Co-Founder and Director of Legal Affairs – A proud Mother and Grandmother, Ms. Coleman grew up in Atlanta, GA and is a founding member of ADACI; undergraduate degree from Howard University and law degree from the University of Pittsburgh; retired federal government attorney; former company member with African Heritage Dancers & Drummers, and KanKouran West African Dance Company; docent at the Smithsonian Museum of African Art; coordinator of the children’s reading program at Sankofa Video and Books; member of the UNIA-ACL and managing editor for Garvey’s Voice – the official magazine of the Government of the UNIA-ACL. She has traveled to West Africa, Kemet, Brazil, Cuba, Caribbean, American Samoa.
