ABOUT ME

Sam(ira) Obeid is the Founder/CEO of Samira Obeid LLC, a performance and education endeavour that uses poetry, theory and experience to engage people in conversations around humanity and resistance. Formerly, Sam served as Program Director of Community Tampa Bay, an anti-discrimination organization whose vision is community free from all forms of discrimination. While at Community Tampa Bay, Sam found her calling in life - working to remove barriers so young humans can lead through truth and power, not tomorrow but today. Her skillset lies in creating curriculum that challenges every binary, structure, system and power; managing a team through a culture of circular leadership; and using her lived experience to explore conversations around collective accountability that centers action over empathy.

In her personal life, Sam loves to hike with her canine offspring, Sherlock. She takes every opportunity to travel, cook and train in hand-to-hand combat.