About Elisabeth
Ayesha Imam recognises that systems of oppression, exclusion and marginalisation – such as around gender and sexuality, class, environmental destruction, race and ethnicity – are inter-linked and need to be challenged and changed together.
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 “jailed for freedom” 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.
While working as an actress and playwright, Elisabeth Omilami also worked for over 15 years in the background of “Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless,” 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 “Holiday Dinner Events” held on Thanksgiving and Christmas, to four “Festivals of Service” held on Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday and Easter Sunday, massive events that fed thousands.
While working as an actress and playwright, Elisabeth Omilami also worked for over 15 years in the background of “Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless,” 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 “Holiday Dinner Events” held on Thanksgiving and Christmas, to four “Festivals of Service” held on Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday and Easter Sunday, massive events that fed thousands.
