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Sarah Chander

Director

Sarah is an advocate and organiser within racial, migrant justice, feminist and queer movements. As Equinox’s Director, she coordinates the team’s advocacy, movement building and organisational structures. Sarah has a background in coalition-building, strategy and advocacy on issues of securitisation, policing and migration control, queer and gender justice, and digital policy. Previously, she led civil society advocacy on the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, working with a coalition of over 150 civil society organisations. She grew up in Croydon, South London and now lives in Brussels, Belgium.

Carrie Xin Hou

Comms Lead

Carrie is a communications strategist and racial justice organiser specialising in demilitarisation. She’s developed narratives and strategies for numerous campaigns, including Marriage Equality in Australia, Abolish Frontex and No to NATO.

Stefi Richani

Advocacy Lead

Stefi is a Brussels-based policy analyst working across racial justice, migration, digital and gender issues.

Eva Ehoke

Coalitions Lead

As Equinox Coalitions Lead, Eva specialises in movement building. She coordinates the Migrant Justice Community of Practice as well as the Tech Infrastructure Coalition. Eva has experience working across social justice, migration and gender topics, as well as organising with grassroots movements. She is based in Brussels.

Alyna Smith

Researcher - Tech Infrastructure Coalition​

Alyna is an advocate on issues at the intersection of tech, migration and justice. As Equinox’s Researcher for the Tech Infrastructure Coalition, (a joint project with the Institute for Tech in the Public Interest), she contributes to research and coalition-building initiatives to investigate, articulate and identify strategies that respond collectively to the ways that computational infrastructures transform our societies, entrenching further inequality and contributing to rising militarism. She’s based in Brussels.

Myriam Douo

Board member

Myriam is the Senior Campaigner on false solutions at Oil Change International. Myriam is a climate and racial activist based in Brussels. She previously led the Friends of the Earth Europe network’s campaigning efforts to limit corporate lobbying, especially from the fossil fuel industry. Before that, she was involved in the Young Friends of the Earth Europe network as a volunteer. She’s been a board member and climate advisor for Equinox: Racial Justice Initiative since 2020. Myriam holds an LL.M in European Law from Maastricht university and a Masters in European Studies from the College of Europe.

Claire Gilder

Co-founder & Board member

Claire Gilder is an expert in the fields of gender equality, racial justice and human rights policy. Previously she worked as a youth worker and organiser in her hometown of Croydon, London.

Alfiaz Vaiya

Co-founder & Board member

Alfiaz Vaiya is a co-founder of Equinox Initiative for Racial Justice and currently works in local government in London. He has previously served as the first Coordinator of the European Parliament Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup in the European Parliament (2015 – 2019, and has held parliamentary advisory roles in the UK Houses of Parliament (2020 – 2025) including working for Lord Simon Woolley who founded Operation Black Vote. Alfiaz was selected for the Marshall Memorial Leadership Fellowship (MMF) which he undertook in the United States in 2019. The Fellowship expands future American and European leaders’ understanding of transatlantic relations. He is also a member of the BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders Network.