F.A.A.D is an incorporated non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. It is a successor to the NWSA Academic Discrimination Advisory Board (ADAB) which was originally created in 1981 as the Task Force on Academic Discrimination. In 2004 F.A.A.D. formally separated from NWSA, becoming an independent organization.

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