For Diaspora Creators and Builders

Discover Your Diaspora Readiness Score

Take this diaspora assessment to gauge your standing as a diaspora leader or builder. Get your score, see your strengths and gaps, and know exactly where to focus first.

19 questions
5 dimensions
10–12 min
Free to start

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Semhar Araia, CEO of The Diaspora Academy

You know the pull. You feel called to build something for your community, and you carry the idea with you everywhere, and you still cannot quite see the first move. I have met so many diaspora leaders sitting exactly there, full of vision and short on clarity. I built this tool to give you what they were missing: a clear read on where you stand and where to put your energy first.

What You'll Uncover

Five dimensions, one honest picture

Diaspora Experience

Have you examined your ties to home, and what your hyphenated story asks of your leadership?

Clarity of Purpose

Can you define your diaspora vision or name the change you want to create?

Community Rootedness

Do you know the community you want to serve, and would they vouch for you?

Navigating Diaspora Communities

Are you ready for the human terrain: elders, gatekeepers, expectations, and your own limits?

Activation and Capacity

Can you move, resourced by your time, your talent, and your treasure?

See Your Results

Here is what your profile looks like

Sample page: Your personal cover — Your personal cover

Sample page: A message from Semhar — A message from Semhar

Sample page: Your score and all five dimensions — Your score and all five dimensions

Sample page: How we define each dimension, and where you stand — How we define each dimension, and where you stand

Sample page: What stands in your way, and what to define first — What stands in your way, and what to define first

What You Walk Away With

Your Diaspora Readiness Score out of 100, and where you stand across all five dimensions.
A named read on what is standing in your way, drawn from your own answers.
Your exact next move, and a PDF of the full analysis to keep, share, and revisit.

Why The Diaspora Academy

Every framework here draws on TDA's diaspora leadership, policy, and global development expertise. You get seasoned wisdom in a twelve-minute tool.

"TDA gave me the clarity I needed to move from intention to action. Their coaching helped me think more critically about how to center community needs, define our audience, and shape a mission that's grounded and relevant. I left feeling more equipped, more grounded, and with a clearer vision for how to build meaningful initiatives within my community."
— Rahwa, United States

"TDA's course made me ask myself why I do what I do, who I am doing it for, and how I can help lead the kind of change I want to see in the Caribbean."
— Najha, Trinidad

"TDA's depth of knowledge in diaspora leadership is expansive and highly specific. TDA helped sharpen my thinking, clarify my next steps, and strengthen how I approach credibility and narrative in institutional spaces."
— Anab, United States

Find out where you stand

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