Dr. Ewa Ewa attended the University of Illinois-Chicago where he received his B Sc. in Business Administration, a Masters degree in Urban Planning and Policy Analysis (MUPP), and Doctorate in Public Policy Analysis. He has served in various high-level positions in the City of Chicago, Cook County, and State governments and, in 2005, was appointed by the Governor State of Illinois, Chief Financial and Procurement Officer Historic Preservation Agency, and currently serves in that portfolio and Chief of Staff with the Illinois Human Rights Commission, the Torture Inquiry and Relief Commissions, the first of its kind in the history of Africans in the state of Illinois. He is an author of several articles on planning and policy analysis, political and economic development, and social issues. Dr. Ewa is blessed with four children.
Working together with other African Immigrant groups in the Chicago land area, formed the United African Organization (UAO) that was instrumental in the creation of the Advisory Council on African Affairs in the City of Chicago. It was the first of its kind in the history of African Immigrants in the state and the city. Dr. Ewa is Chairman African Political Action Committee (APAC). In 2014, Dr. Ewa was appointed to serve by President Barack Obama as Good Will Ambassador on immigration policies relative to people of African descent across the globe.
Dr. Ewa’s quest for African identity and cultural hegemony extends to all people of African descent and particularly to Nigerians. It was a vision and sentiment echoed by most Nigerians who responded positively and began to organize the consolidation of several existing Nigerian organizations in Chicago and environs to what became the Nigeria National Alliance (NNA), the first of its kind among Nigerians in the Diaspora. It is now called NIDO. Working together with other African Immigrant groups in the Chicago land area, formed the United African Organization (UAO) that was instrumental in the creation of the Advisory Council on African Affairs in the City of Chicago. It was the first of its kind in the history of African Immigrants in the state and the city. Dr. Ewa was appointed by the Mayor of Chicago as Commissioner of the Marquette Park Special Service Area and later became Chairman Board of Commissioners. Dr. Ewa is Chairman African Political Action Committee (APAC).
A Nigerian, Dr. Ewa, nominated to receive the prestigious “Rainbow/PUSH Coalition International Humanitarian Award”