A Chicago, Illinois resident, Sean Tenner graduated from Georgetown University and holds a bachelor of arts in American government. Sean Tenner is the president of KNI Communications, where he assists non-profit organizations in advocacy campaigns. He is also passionate about fighting and ending slavery in Mauritania.
Slavery still exists in communities and countries throughout the world, and it persists as a giant issue in Mauritania. The Abolition Institute, alongside the U.S. State Department, funded a trip to Mauritania to further its goals of eradicating slavery from the country. The Abolition Institute and its partners have generated over $5 million for programs that aim to erase slavery from existence once and for all. The mayor of Forest Park, Rory Hoskins was a part of the 15-person group that went to Mauritania in West Africa.
Although Mauritania abolished slavery back in 1981, slavery became a crime only in 2007, and to this day, experts believe there are over 90,000 human beings still enslaved. The Americans who went on the trip followed also health, safety and COVID protocols.
