Dee Dee Osobor is the Founder and Chief Executive Director of ”Sisters in Sobriety, Transformed, Anointed & Healed” (SISTAH), a not-for-profit organization established in 2006 to reach out to women who are struggling with drugs and or alcohol. The goal of the SISTAH organization is to provide coping skills through supportive services that will assist in the life long process of recovery by initially addressing the immediate needs after leaving a treatment facility to women of all walks of life.

SISTAH is not a replacement for treatment, but provides a core continuing care after treatment, in order for the objectives that were introduced in treatment to be continually met and fulfilled successfully. Recovery as we know it is a lifelong journey and with that in mind, SISTAH skillfully designed holistic seminars that are facilitated by trained professional facilitators who will empower and encourage women to be equipped to maximize their full potential. 

Educational therapy is as equally as important for healing the mind, body & soul “Change your mind and your life will follow” Karen Casey. Ms. Osobor has experiences as a teacher/facilitator, and has also worked professionally as an accountant for over 35 years which has contributed to her understanding the importance of balancing and maintaining harmony in order to deal with life issues.

She too is a survivor of substance abuse, and has over 30 years of clean time as part of her testimony, and believes that her life experiences will encourage someone’s life to be transformed by teaching, “Sobriety as a way of life and not a onetime experience”! She’s also an overcomer of breast cancer were she had to undergo two surgeries, sixteen chemo treatments and thirty three radiation treatments. So, she likes to think of herself as a two time drug survivor! But, to God be the glory for His grace and mercy upon her life!

Ms. Osobor is also a license ordained minister with the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (PAW), but serves locally in Chicago at the Apostolic Faith Church under the leadership of Bishop Horace E. Smith, M.D for over 25 years, as the Director of the Open Door Prison Ministry for close to 20 years. She has led the team into various prison facilities from the Cook County Jail, Metropolitan Correctional Center (Federal), Juvenile Justice Center to IL Department of Correctional Center (DOC). Dee Dee is a license certified prison ministry volunteer trainer under Prison Fellowship Ministry and over the past 29 years of visiting prisons across the country, has allowed her to minister into some of the deadliest prison in United States one being The Farm in Baton Rouge, LA.

Professionally she is an entrepreneur and has her own bookkeeping and accounting business called, Dee Dee’s Keeping Record, “always being able to give and account.” She has professionally been working in the field for over thirty years and decided to start her own business after working successfully in the corporate world for over twenty five.

Hello this is Evang. Cecile (Dee Dee) Osobor.

I was born at Mount Sinai Hospital here in Chicago IL, to Mary and David Tharpe on a cold day Sun, Feb 9, 1958.

I’m the youngest of 5, Carolyn Williams, Peggy Shields, Paul Wells and Michael Tharpe who made his transition July 31, 2015.

I attended Mason and Blessed Sacrament grammar school on the West-side of Chicago, and a private all girl High School Alvernia 3900 Lawndale 72-76. It was a very unique experience that out of 271 girls who graduated with me in 1972 there were only 12 African-American. Having to ride the Blue Line at 13 for an hour to get to and from school was exciting but at times challenging since there were times I experienced racial tension.

Upon returning back to Chicago, started a 501 c 3 Non-For-Profit,called Sisters in Sobriety Transformed Anointed & Healed (SISTAH) 2006, and later attended Harold Washington College and obtained an Advanced Certificate in Addictions Studies 2012, but much earlier in 2001 was Ordained by The Pentacostal Assemblies of the World (PAW).

Currently I want to pursue a degree in Behavioral Science or Human Services Administration Organization 

Lived in Los Angeles, CA from 1976-1994, gave my life to Christ in 1984 and got involved in Prison Ministry in 1992 to current. Visited various maximum prison all across United States from Angola Correctional in Baton Rouge, LA to Pontiac and Stateville Correctional, over the past 20 years serve as the Director of the Open Door Prison Ministry at the Apostolic Faith Church under the Leadership of Bishop Horace E. Smith where I’ve been a me for over  

Love to travel, visited to six countries (Spain, Amsterdam, France, England, Italy and did missionary work in Lagos Nigeria in 1989

No biological children but tons of god-children and spiritual children and a Aunt to numerous nieces and nephews   

Love the Lord and his people and especially his word which has inspired me to bring hope to the hopeless, “I was in prison and you visited me”!

Professionally has worked as an accountant for over 30 years.