We are funding the dream
supporting Black student culture, leadership, and legacy at UF. By connecting alumni, raising resources, and standing beside student leaders, we help preserve programs that shape the BlackUF experience. Together, we hope to ensure every student’s dream moves forward with purpose and pride.
alumni and supporters are excited about the initiative.
We have experienced firsthand what it means to build community in the margins. From step shows and fashion expos to Black Student Assembly, and poetry nights, we’ve created spaces where identity becomes belonging.
From the Institute of Black Culture (IBC) and Black Graduate Student Organization to modern movements like PAACT (Promoting the Advancement of African American Culture & Tradition), we carry the stories and the responsibility of what came before us.
This work is more than financial support. It’s about affirming the experiences of Black students on a campus that is changing rapidly. It’s about preserving legacy, fostering leadership, and ensuring no student ever has to choose between cultural belonging and legislative acceptance.
Ancestors Dream Initiative (ADI) is not a reaction—it is a continuation. Of care. Of pride. Of everything that has made Black student life at UF not just visible—but vital.We are grounded in legacy and have experienced firsthand what it means to build community in the margins. From step shows to Black Student Assembly, gospel choir rehearsal and our beloved Institute of Black Culture, we carry the stories—and the responsibility—of what came before us.
