Megan Chapman & Bisola Temitope Akinmuyiwa in conversation with Tabitha Jackson at The Art of Co-Creation: A Storytelling Model for Impact and Engagement
Megan' vision for JEI’s blend of legal empowerment and community mobilization was born in rural Cameroon and refined in South Africa’s townships, before it took root in Nigeria where she has worked since 2011. With a wide variety of international and domestic human rights and development organizations, Megan has helped to build community-based paralegal programs and supported strategic human rights litigation in Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In Nigeria, she is seeking sustainable ways to bring skills and resources directly to urban poor communities. Megan holds a J.D. from American University Washington College of Law (summa cum laude), where she was a Public Interest/Public Service scholar and the co-Editor-in-Chief of the Human Rights Brief. She holds a B.A. in history from University of Chicago (high distinction).
Bisola grew up in Itu Agan, an informal settlement in Lagos, Nigeria. She is a member of the Nigerian Slum / Informal Settlement and a founding member of the Federation's youth media team. She is trained and works as a community paralegal with Justice & Empwerment Initiatives - Nigeria (JEI), providing grassroots legal aid to the urban poor.
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