Amiirah Salleh-Hoddin

Amiirah Salleh-Hoddin is the Co-Founder and Chairperson of the Anti-Racist Forum (ARF) in Finland. She is also the former Vice-Chair of the Board of the European Network Against Racism (ENAR). She is a doctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki, focusing on racial equality data development in Finland and the production of knowledge by racialised minorities in socio-political processes. Additionally, she works as an anti-racist educator and equality trainer. In 2018, the Finnish Church Aid’s Teachers Without Borders Network awarded her the Global Educator of the Year. She was selected to be part of the inaugural cohort of the Obama Foundation’s European Leaders Program in 2020 and is a Senior Fellow in Humanity In Action’s 2021 Landecker Democracy Fellowship Program. Her passion rests in equipping people with the knowledge and tools to be more inclusive and anti-racist in order to address social inequalities. She believes social justice comes from the lifelong processes of learning, reflecting, and being accountable to our communities.