Haddy Gassama
Haddy Gassama serves as the Director of Policy and Advocacy for the UndocuBlack Network. Haddy is from The Gambia and immigrated to the U.S. in 2000 with her family as asylum seekers. Her career has focused on the intersection of international human rights and immigration law and policy. She has previously worked at the National Immigrant Justice Center, where she advocated for policies that enhanced Congressional oversight on the immigration detention system. Prior to joining the immigration policy and advocacy movement, Haddy provided direct services to immigrant communities. As an attorney, she represented survivors of torture from sub-Saharan African countries in their asylum proceedings.