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Dr. Oye began engaging in neighborhood politics and successfully ran for and was elected Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for his community. As Commissioner, Dr. Oye planted his flag in the fight for DC statehood.
Upon his Nov. 2020 Election victory, Dr. Oye became the first Nigerian-American elected to federal office. Now as U.S. Representative, his primary focuses include improving health care, DC statehood, immigration reform and income equality. As Representative, Dr. Oye collaborates with non-profit organizations to bring resources to the most marginalized communities in the District and uses his platform to increase the involvement of young people.
Oyin Owolabi is the first black ever to be elected as a member of the Millburn Board of Education in the history of the town.
She ran as a candidate for the Millburn Township vetting township committee as the Republican candidate against the incumbent mayor of the town.
On the school board, Oyin sat on many committee such as Board and Staff, Property, Personnel, NJSBA (New Jersey School Board Association) liaison to the board and the policy committee. Where many decisions were made that impacted the 8 schools in her school district. Oyin was instrumental in reinstating the pledge of allegiance to the board after it was eliminated over 10 yrs ago. She was also the chair of the property committee during the challenge of COVID and the reopening of schools.
She is the immediate past chair of the Nigerian American Public Affairs Committee NAPAC New Jersey.
Michigan State Senator Erika Geiss is a Democratic politician from Taylor, Michigan currently representing the 6th Senate district. She previously served two terms in the Michigan House of Representatives.
Before joining the legislature, Senator Geiss was an adjunct faculty member in the humanities at Wayne County Community College District, as well as an instructor at the Art Institute of Michigan-Troy and the University of New Hampshire, Durham. Geiss was also director of education at the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University and the curatorial liaison for the core, permanent exhibition, “And Still We Rise: Our Journey through African American History,” at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History.
Akindele Akinyemi is the former President of the Leanna Hicks Library Board of Inkster in Inkster, Michigan. He is the 4th Nigerian-American ever elected to office in the State of Michigan.
As President of the Leanna Hicks Library Board of Inkster he navigated a $1.8 million capital improvement project to help build a new library in the City of Inkster. This plan is part of a broader plan to initiate a cultural arts district for the city as well as utilizing the library as a 21st century educational hub.
Akinyemi is the co-founder and current President and CEO of the Global African Business Association and National Political Director of the Nigerian American Public Affairs Committee (NAPAC-USA).
