{"id":2838,"date":"2025-03-25T02:40:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T02:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geantesinvisibles.com\/?p=2838"},"modified":"2025-03-27T12:45:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:45:54","slug":"elisabeth-omilami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geantesinvisibles.com\/en\/biography\/elisabeth-omilami\/","title":{"rendered":"Elisabeth Omilami"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2838\" class=\"elementor elementor-2838\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66366bbe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66366bbe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-197f3e5\" data-id=\"197f3e5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16b6bd43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"16b6bd43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Elisabeth<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6131e80c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6131e80c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ayesha Imam recognises that systems of oppression, exclusion and marginalisation \u2013 such as around gender and sexuality, class, environmental destruction, race and ethnicity &#8211; are inter-linked and need to be challenged and changed together.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24081aef\" data-id=\"24081aef\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-257dfa47 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"257dfa47\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ff02259\" data-id=\"3ff02259\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ac63ec9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ac63ec9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The middle child of civil rights icons Dr. Hosea and Mrs. Juanita T. Williams, Elisabeth has participated in numerous civil and human rights demonstrations and has spoken before countless religious, educational, civic, and human rights groups. One of her &#8220;jailed for freedom&#8221; records includes spending the night in the infamous all-white Forsyth County, Georgia Jail after participating in a march led by her father, bringing 35,000 people from all over the country to protest human rights violations.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While working as an actress and playwright, Elisabeth Omilami also worked for over 15 years in the background of &#8220;Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless,&#8221; the organization founded by her parents in 1970. Along with her husband Aiemo Omilami, the couple assumed leadership of the organization upon their passing in 2000. The Omilamis, assisted by thousands of volunteers, expanded the two &#8220;Holiday Dinner Events&#8221; held on Thanksgiving and Christmas, to four &#8220;Festivals of Service&#8221; held on Martin Luther King Jr.&#8217;s Birthday and Easter Sunday, massive events that fed thousands.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While working as an actress and playwright, Elisabeth Omilami also worked for over 15 years in the background of &#8220;Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless,&#8221; the organization founded by her parents in 1970. Along with her husband Aiemo Omilami, the couple assumed leadership of the organization upon their passing in 2000. 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