The organization's current president is Cassandra Garber, who was a former teacher at the Freetown Secondary School for Girls.
In Freetown, Sierra Leone the union is called the 'Krio Descendants Yunion' in the Krio and it is abbreviated as KDY.
The Settlers' Descendants Union mounted costly actions in the British Courts against the independence settlement.
The union helps to unite the causes of the Krios (who still experience some discrimination today) and recently marked the anniversary of the founding of Freetown, Sierra Leone and the abolishment of the slave trade with a press release.
KDY also is trying to renew links with African Americans and donated $1000 to victims of Hurricane Katrina.