Sarah Bibbey
MFC Team Member Profile
Role with MFC:
Strategic Project Advisor
Acting Board President
Year Joined MFC:
2017
Bio Statement:
Sarah Bibbey (they/them) is a white, nonbinary social worker who co-founded MFC in June 2017. Originally from Colorado, they have lived in many parts of the US, as well as Ghana, Costa Rica, and Mexico. Sarah is currently based in San Bernardino, California. As the Acting Director for Partner Relationships, Sarah manages communication between the MFC team and the MFI Foundation. They also work on grant applications and the organization’s theory of change.
Since 2013, Sarah has collaborated in various ways with women who are artisans in Ghana. As a young person, Sarah lived in Ghana, an experience that became their foundation for understanding global inequities. Personally, they also share a long-standing warm relationship with several of the artisans at MFI. “I seek to work against systems of oppression that affect people I care for.” Sarah sees that they have been, and continue to be, part of the systems of oppression that create issues such as denim dumping. Sarah hopes their work with MFC will partner with the most directly affected, and in doing so, heal all parties involved. One way Sarah is currently seeking to grow their equitable practice with MFC is through studying Twi, a language spoken by many communities in Ghana.
As a result of their work with MFC, Sarah is committed to buying secondhand clothes and goods whenever possible. They have also learned to salvage discarded food waste.
Areas of Focus at MFC:
Sarah is a Strategic Project Advisor for MFC, where they provide advice and context related to the project based on their extensive history and experience with MFC. Sarah is a co-founder of MFC and served as an Acting Director for MFC from 2017 to 2023. They have now transitioned into a Project Advisor role but maintain the title of Acting Board President while MFC recruits a Managing Director who will take on this role. MFC has a nonhierarchical and distributed leadership structure, but President is a role which non-profit organizations in the state of Minnesota are required to specify and designate to one person.
Links:
Contact Sarah by email, or go to the MFC contact page.