Seydi Sarr
Seydi Sarr (she/her) is an award-winning social justice advocate, human rights activist, and curator of equitable practices through lived experiences. She is the Founder and Helmswomxn of the African Bureau for Immigration and Social Affairs and co-founder of the Black Immigrant Bail Fund. A Senegalese native, Seydi is a graduate of Wayne State University School of Social Work (BSW) and Marygrove School of Social Justice (M.A. SJ). She advocates at the intersections of racial, immigration, socio-economy, religious, and gender issues, and curates the vision of a multicultural, multifaceted society built on acknowledgment, understanding, courage, transformation, and service. Seydi is a court interpreter, an alumna of the Detroit Equity Action Lab fellow, a Michigan Political Leadership Program fellow, and a New American Leaders fellow.