Philosophy

AAERO aims to stimulate change from within African American communities.  We believe that parents and students, individually and collectively, are potentially the most effective instruments of their own empowerment.  We believe, further, that among African Americans, class-based differences have exac­erbated problems and impeded our progress, individually and as a major segment of the U.S. population.  We propose to bring clarity to the issues that confuse and divide us, and facilitate the sharing of information.  Education is NOT a limited resource, which must be rationed competitively.  We all benefit from the edu­cation of other members of the soci­ety, and ultimately, the world.