

OUR TEAM

Dr. OmiSoore Dryden
Co-Lead

Dr. Onye Nnorom
Co-Lead

Samiya Abdi
Executive Director

Dr. Delia Douglas
Board Member

Dr. Barbara Hamilton-Hinch
Board Member

Dr. Gaynor Watson-Creed
Board Member

Dr. Kannin Osei-Tutu
Board Member

Dr. Amisah Bakuri
Volunteer

Rosie Mensah
Program Manager

Raha Mahmoudi
Project and Program Coordinator

Deborah Baiden
Research Assistant

Samah Osman
Research Assistant

Shirley Hodder
Research Assistant

Clémence Ongolo-Zogo
Research Assistant

Aya Khalafalla
Intern

Javiera-Violeta Durán
Administrative & Research Assistant

Prof. Sume Ndumbe-Eyoh
Executive Director - on leave

Past Members
Bemnet Teferi

Early Contributors
Ms. LLana James, Dr. Akwatu Khenti & Dr. Roberta Timothy
Land and Ancestral Acknowledgment
The Black Health Education Collaborative acknowledges with gratitude the Indigenous Peoples across Turtle Island who continue to thrive and resist colonial violence while striving for self-determination and decolonial futures. We live, work and play in various territories including the lands of the Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Mississauga’s of the Credit River; Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene peoples, the Anishinaabe, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation; Kanien:keha’ka and Mi’kmaq.
We remember our ancestors, forcibly displanted Africans, brought to Turtle Island as a result of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the histories and legacies of colonialism and neo-colonialism which continue to impact African Peoples and the descendants of the Black diaspora across the world.
We recognize that racial colonial violence harm Black and Indigenous Peoples through both common and distinct logics and actions. We recognize our responsibility and obligations as African Peoples to be good guests on these lands. We offer thanks to our elders and communities from whom we learn. May your wisdom inform our actions towards a more just future.