sAHADA aLOLO, mANAGER OF cOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
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Sahada Alolo is the Manager of Community Engagement at Multifaith Housing Initiative working with different faith communities to promote affordable housing. She is currently serving as a co-Director for the Ottawa Guiding Council for Mental Health and Addictions Secretariat with the mandate to establish a strategy to support an enhanced or new Mental Health and Addiction crisis response system in the City of Ottawa.
Sahada has spent her career working with organizations striving to create meaningful connections between diverse communities. She is the president of the Ottawa Muslim Women’s Organization, an Executive Member of the African Canadian Association of Ottawa and a past board member of the Ottawa Snow Suit Fund. She is also the co-chair of the Community Equity Council of the Ottawa Police Service and served on the City of Ottawa Anti-Racism Advisory Table. Sahada is the founder and president of the Northern Girl Initiative, an organization that seeks to create and facilitate processes and opportunities for the empowerment of girls from the Northern Region of Ghana. Sahada earned a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Science degrees and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership. |
