Aramid International Organization Consortium brings together educators from educational institutions that consider as one of its goals the empowerment of marginalized communities like native Americans, African Americans, Hispanic groups in USA, Afro and Native Brazilians, Indigenous groups of Western Australia, Several Filippino and African communities and some Greek populations.
In a meeting held virtually on March 16th 2024, the results of the elections of the board for Aramid were announced by the returning officer, Dr. Fenwick English, Associate Dean of Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers Florida USA. He is one of the Aramid Advisors together with Dr. Samson Ondigi, the Executive Dean of School of Education in Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya.
Dr. Peter Ndiang’ui of Florida Gulf Coast University was elected Aramid President. He is one of the founder members of the organization. Dr. Jeanette Dials of Mariano Marcos State University, Batac Philippines is the other founding member. She was elected to serve as the Vice-President and Director of Conference Planning. Dr. Ali Conant of Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff Arizona USA was elected the Organizing Secretary. Roberto Sanchez of the School District of Hendry County in SW Florida was elected Treasurer and one of the two directors of K-12 Education partnerships assisted by Dr. Francesca Ogba of Alex Ekwueme Federal University in Nigeria. The student leadership will be coordinated by Dr. Lucy Mbirianjau of Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya. The editorial board will be led by Dr. Anna Saiti of University of West Attica in Athens Greece. The other members of the editorial board will be Dr. Fred Ssempala of Kabale University Uganda and Imelda Parcasio of Benguet University, La Trinidad, Philippines. The membership will be managed by Cassandra Sligh Conway of University of South Carolina and Prof. Itamar Paolino of the Federal University of Western Para in Brazil.
Aramid organizes educational conferences for both students and their faculty. A students’ conference will be held on March 28th – 30th. It brings together nearly 100 presentations. A joint faculty/students’ conference will be held in Fort Myers Florida on November 8th and 9th 2024.