Season One speakers / The WTM Conversations
Edafe Okporo
Author; Founder and Executive Director
Edafe Okporo is the author of Asylum: A Memoir and Manifesto and founder and Executive Director of Refuge America, a New York nonprofit supporting displaced LGBTQIA+ asylum seekers and refugees. His work connects community sponsorship, storytelling and advocacy. Born in Nigeria and now based in New York, he brings lived experience and organisational practice to questions of welcome, belonging and the systems through which people seek safety.
Sources & context
Professional biography or public record. Reviewed 23 October 2026. Roles can change; historical appointments are identified in context.
Season participation: WTM’s published Season One trailer roster. Appearance in the series does not imply a commercial partnership, investment relationship or speaker representation by WTM.