Samuel Gebru

Samuel Gebru (born November 20, 1991) is an Ethiopian American activist and professor at Tufts University.

Early life

Samuel was born at the Palestine Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan. Samuel's parents are both Ethiopian with his father being from Wukro, Tigray and his mother from Hawzen, Tigray. He graduated from the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in 2009.

Political Involvement

He has worked with and consulted for various local political campaigns. In 2017 he ran for Cambridge City Council. He was not successful.

Ethiopian Global Initiative Gebru is the founder and former chief executive officer of the Ethiopian Global Initiative (EGI). He founded EGI in 2006 as a 14-year-old and led its development and growth until 2016, when he decided to run for office. Based in U.S., the nonprofit organized activists in Ethiopia and abroad. The Initiative's mission was to serve as a catalyst and connector, working to create an environment where passionate and innovative young leaders could discuss and seek solutions to Ethiopia's most pressing challenges. At age 13, he convened a meeting of 13 Ethiopian American youth in Boston and discussed how they could support the hospital. The group was known as the "Ethiopian Team."

Gebru is a senior fellow at the Center for State Policy Analysis at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life. He is professor of practice in political science at Tufts University.

Personal life

Gebru lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is Ethiopian Orthodox Christian and multilingual.