The African American Women’s Institute’s mission is to: 

1) conceptualize and carryout quality research
2) be an incubator for new theory
3) encourage scholarship and teaching
4) facilitate the publication and dissemination of information
5) provide mentoring and support services
6) foster dialogue and debate about issues confronting African American women and their families.

AAWI Committee members

Dr. Lila Ammons
Dr. Florence B. Bonner (Founder)
Dr. Elizabeth Clark-Lewis
Dr. Melbourne Cummings
Dr. Janet Dates
Dr. Beti Ellerson
Artis Hampshire-Cowan, JD
Dr. Marlene McNeil
Dr. Rebecca Reviere
Dr. Janet Sims- Wood
Dr. Eleanor Traylor