A Ghanaian lady named Adjoa Asamoah is one of the key players in Biden’s campaign team and she served as the campaign’s National Advisor for Black Engagement.
In an interview with Watch The Yard, Adjoa explained that her role as National Advisor for Black Engagement involves working on multiple fronts to meaningfully engage the Black community
She was the main reason the Biden campaign was able to appeal to Black Americans, where the president-elect gained a lot of votes over his rival making him victorious.
Adjoa Asamoah was born to a Ghanaian father, who became a professor in political science and a Black American mother. Her mother was born in Jim Crow south and she experienced racism on multiple fronts, some of which Adjoa witnessed personally, according to her.
In the interview, Adjoa revealed how her experience in life led to her decision to dedicate her life to moving Black people forward.
“By the age of nine, I had gone to the birthplace of both parents, and in witnessing Black people struggle in two different countries on two different continents, as unbelievable as I realize it sounds, I declared then I would dedicate my life to moving Black people forward.” Ms Asamoah told Watch The Yard.
In the same interview, she revealed that she holds three degrees in psychology, focusing on human behaviour.
“I was a practising therapist and cofounder of a mental health clinic in Philly, and also consulted in education to address the need to create positive school climates and culturally competent approaches to educating students,” Adjoa Asamoah said.
“With a desire to dismantle the school-to-prison-pipeline, I decided to attend GW to do my doctoral work, and like what happens to so many people who encounter DC, I found myself surrounded by problems warranting fixing. I had ideas, and I was vocal. “
“I was tapped to serve as the mayor’s policy advisor managing the “equity” portfolio, subsequently saw a need to mobilize our people around many issues externally, and was ultimately appointed to the Commission on African American Affairs, and I was appointed to the State Title I Committee of Practitioners–where I serve as chair of the 4th consecutive year.”
Adjoa Asamoah added: “I have served as adjunct faculty, teaching African American Psychology: The Psychology of the Black Experience, and with the ability to galvanize people around policies, coupled with an ability to raise money, politicians started asking me to consult for them, and I have leveraged expertise in cultural intelligence and behavioural psychology to create winning campaigns.
“As a mover of policy and culture, evidenced by the legislative victories I spearheaded to codify the nation’s first Office on African American Affairs and introduce and pass the groundbreaking anti-hair discrimination CROWN Act, I mobilize leaders and communities for social change and collective political action.”
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