Osarumen Izevbokun has, for over 20 years gathered professional experiences that span from administrative, public relations, media/journalism, and activism. He was the international liaison officer of an African institution domiciled in the Donbas area of Ukraine, where he initiated and oversaw an institutional relationship on an international scale. He has over the years operated as a human rights activist in the Donbas area as well – prominent of which was his mobilization of activist personalities and institutions in protest for the release of an African student that has been incarcerated and accused of attempted murder, for defending himself against 4 Ukrainian persons that had attacked him. He also acquired some experience in the media world as a journalist and a member of the editorial board of Dunamis Publications Limited, a faith-based organization, on a volunteer basis.
Osarumen was at the forefront of protecting the rights of minorities in the Donbas area of Ukraine, ensuring that the rights of, especially black Africans were protected in the face of unbelievable racism and social humiliation. And so, his voice became emboldened with his appointment as the Head of Communications of a human rights arts organization called ‘STAN’.
Osarumen, has as well escaped the war thrice – from Lugansk city to the village of Molodogvadesk, afterward escaped with the last train before the Ukrainian economic blockade of Donbas in November 2014. He finally escaped the Russian onslaught on Kyiv on February the 24th of 2022, to Germany, through Hungary. He faced racism and knows racism. While he escaped with his family, he faced the harrowing experience of being racially discriminated against by the Ukrainians and other humanly depraved persons.
