Fatou-Seydi Sarr is a social justice advocate and human rights activist. She founded her non-profit ABISA to help African and Black Immigrants in Metro-Detroit to know their rights, access resources, become invested and civically engaged.
In this episode you'll hear:
- More about Seydi's organization ABISA and the systemic issues it is working to address [1:39]
- Seydi's personal experiences growing up as an immigrant [12:50]
- The story of how a Seydi received a call from a 19-year-old Mauritanian refugee trapped in a Louisiana jail [21:50]
- Why Black women feel the pressure to do more with less [33:02]
- Ways that Americans are still complicit in supporting systems of slavery [38:40]
- Ways that you can support Seydi in her mission [47:43]
Get full show notes and information here:
https://black-women-lead.squarespace.com/featured/seydi-sarr?p
