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“The Afro Atlantic Theologies & Treaties Institute, facilitates inter-faith and intra-religious cooperation across generations. By encouraging the development, exchange of ideas, creativity and scholarship among spiritual communities. The ATI advocates protecting the human, cultural and ecological rights of Africans and their descendants in the diaspora by upholding traditional historic sources of knowledge production and spiritual practices.”

Dowoti Desir, a Haitian Vodou Priestess and native of Port Au Prince, Haiti, founded the Institute in 2015 in an attempt to protect the religion from persecution and maintain its principle after being appointed Ambassador at large for the National Confederation of Haitian Vodou. The preservation and education of Haitian Vodou practices are an important part of her work and purpose as a Haitian Vodou Priestess. In addition to being a spiritual leader, Manbo Dowoti is also a human rights activist and acts as chairperson for the Committee for the Elimination of Racism, Afrophobia and Colorism within the United Nations and uses her work with the institute to revolutionize the way many view African spirituality.

The Afro Atlantic Theologies and Treaties Institute preserves and encourages the development of African based spiritual traditions. The Institute represents practitioners of African based spiritual practices including Haitian Vodou and provide them with a platform to educate others. The Institute serves to combat negative stereotypes and misconceptions surrounding these spiritual practices while preserving their history as well as African culture. The institute believes in faith and healing as a commitment to social activism and hosts many programs and events that promote the preservation and development of these belief systems.