United in their pursuit of equity, Atlantic Fellows come from all walks of life and a variety of professions. They are a global community of leaders—advocates, artists, journalists, lawyers, business professionals, health practitioners, government officials, academics and researchers—who collaborate to advance equity, opportunity and human dignity. Fellows are thinkers and doers with innovative ideas and the courage, conviction and capacity to bring lasting improvements to their communities and the world.
Join clinical psychologist and neuroscientist Professor IAN ROBERTSON (https://www.gbhi.org/profiles/ian-robertson), author of HOW CONFIDENCE WORKS (https://ianrobertson.org/product/how-confidence-works-the-new-science-of-self-belief-and-why-some-people-learn-it-and-others-dont) and journalist and broadcaster FIONNUALA SWEENEY (https://www.gbhi.org/profiles/fionnuala-sweeney) in conversation with Indigenous activist HAROLD LUDWICK, Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity (Australia) https://nit.com.au/02-08-2021/2161/are-you-the-next-atlantic-fellow-for-social-equity. CONVERSATIONS ON CONFIDENCE hears from people around the world from all walks of life about their experiences of, and challenges with, confidence. The 7-part series examines themes around equity, culture and the confidence of the collective as well as of the individual. It explores how confidence results from both nature and nurture, how it is affected by race, gender and socio-economic status, and how it can be lost and regained. MUSIC: Thoughts in G, CHEYENNE MIZE, Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health https://www.gbhi.org/profiles/cheyenne-mize & http://cheyennemize.com/
WORKSHOP 01 | SEEING, BELIEVING & MEASURING The Art of Online Political Persuasion in the 2020s With ALLAN PIPER, filmmaker, editor, strategist & AMAR PURI, Senior Digital Director, SpakeMedia House. This is the first in a series of workshops on NARRATIVE SHIFT IN THE DIGITAL AGE developed in collaboration with INEQUALITY MEDIA (https://www.inequalitymedia.org/) and inspired by the webinar on the topic given by former US Secretary for Labor, ROBERT REICH, with INEQUALITY MEDIA in May 2022 and hosted by the ATLANTIC INSTITUTE (https://on.soundcloud.com/HRQE). The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE is based in Oxford, England and works to promote connection and collaboration among Fellows (www.atlanticfellows.org/) from the seven Atlantic equity-focused programs around the world in the pursuit of fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies.
WORKSHOP 02 | VIRAL MOMENTS & HACKING THE ALGORITHMS Social Media as a Vehicle for Change With HEATHER KINLAW LOFTHOUSE, Executive Director, Inequality Media & MICHAEL LAHANAS-CALDERON, Digital Strategist & Operations Manager, Inequality Media. This is the second in a series of workshops on NARRATIVE SHIFT IN THE DIGITAL AGE developed in collaboration with INEQUALITY MEDIA (https://www.inequalitymedia.org/) and inspired by the webinar on the topic given by former US Secretary for Labor, ROBERT REICH, with INEQUALITY MEDIA in May 2022 and hosted by the ATLANTIC INSTITUTE (https://on.soundcloud.com/HRQE). The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE is based in Oxford, England and works to promote connection and collaboration among Fellows (www.atlanticfellows.org/) from the seven Atlantic equity-focused programs around the world in the pursuit of fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies.
WORKSHOP 03 | SHIFTING HEALTH NARRATIVES IN AFRICA SPEAKER: DR IFEANYI NSOFOR, Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity MODERATOR: KATHERINE BOND, Partnership Lead, Atlantic Institute This is the third and last in a series of workshops on NARRATIVE SHIFT IN THE DIGITAL AGE developed in collaboration with INEQUALITY MEDIA (https://www.inequalitymedia.org/) and inspired by the webinar on the topic given by former US Secretary for Labor, ROBERT REICH, with INEQUALITY MEDIA in May 2022 and hosted by the ATLANTIC INSTITUTE (https://on.soundcloud.com/HRQE). The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE is based in Oxford, England and works to promote connection and collaboration among Fellows (www.atlanticfellows.org/) from the seven Atlantic equity-focused programs around the world in the pursuit of fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies.
AUTHOR'S JOURNEY: FROM IDEA TO PUBLICATION Literature and storytelling have the power to spark change, within ourselves, and collectively with others. Join Atlantic Community storytellers, authors, poets and artists as we celebrate, explore, and find connections at the ATLANTIC FELLOWS (https://www.atlanticfellows.org/) LITERARY & STORYTELLING FESTIVAL 2022. SPEAKERS (1) DURKHANAI AYUBI, Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity, author of PARWANA: RECIPES & STORIES FROM AN AFGHAN KITCHEN. (2) PRIYANKA KOTAMRAJU & APPU ESTHOSE SURESH, Atlantic Fellows for Social & Economic Equity, co-authors of THE MURDERER, THE MONARCH & THE FAKIR. (3) ADEKEMI ADENIYAN, author of THE GIRL WHO FOUND HER SMILE, & her editor, ELIZA SQUIBB, both Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity, US & Global. Moderator | FIONNUALA SWEENEY The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE is based in Oxford, England and works to promote connection and collaboration among Fellows from the seven Atlantic equity-focused programs around the world in the pursuit of fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies.
TRIGGER WARNING: this podcast contains references to sexual assault IN CONVERSATION WITH THE AUTHOR Join PANASHE CHIGUMADZI, author of THESE BONES WILL RISE AGAIN, in conversation with MARLON PETERSON, Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity & author of BIRD UNCAGED. Moderator | TANYA CHARLES, Program & Impact Lead, Atlantic Institute. Part of the ATLANTIC FELLOWS (www.atlanticfellows.org/) LITERARY & STORYTELLING FESTIVAL 2022. The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE is based in Oxford, England and works to promote connection and collaboration among Fellows from the seven Atlantic equity-focused programs around the world in the pursuit of fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies.
IN CONVERSATION WITH THE AUTHOR Join BRIAN LAWLOR, Deputy Executive Director, Global Brain Health Institute, in conversation with CINDY WEINSTEIN, Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health & author of FINDING THE RIGHT WORDS (written in collaboration with BRUCE MILLER, Co-Director, Global Brain Health Institute & Director, Memory & Aging Center, University of California San Francisco). Moderator | JEMMA STRINGER, Program & Impact Lead, Atlantic Institute. Part of the ATLANTIC FELLOWS (www.atlanticfellows.org/) LITERARY & STORYTELLING FESTIVAL 2022. The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE is based in Oxford, England and works to promote connection and collaboration among Fellows from the seven Atlantic equity-focused programs around the world in the pursuit of fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies.
Technology has introduced and promoted new ways of shaping global narratives, but these have brought their own challenges. In May 2022, the ATLANTIC INSTITUTE hosted a webinar with ROBERT REICH, former US Secretary for Labor and co-founder of Inequality Media (https://www.inequalitymedia.org/team) to discuss NARRATIVE SHIFT IN THE DIGITAL AGE. INTRODUCTION I Evie O'Brien, Executive Director, Atlantic Institute MODERATOR | TANYA CHARLES, Atlantic Fellow for Social & Economic Equity. The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE is based in Oxford, England and works to promote connection and collaboration among Fellows from the seven Atlantic equity-focused programs around the world in the pursuit of fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies. https://www.atlanticfellows.org/
In August 2021, the ATLANTIC INSTITUTE appointed DR AMARA ENYIA and Atlantic Fellow TRACY JOOSTE as Leaders-in- Residence. One of their tasks was to assess the landscape of policy and policy change across the global Atlantic Fellows community. In this podcast, moderated by Atlantic Fellow KAREN MEENAN, they discuss their findings in conversation with Elder and social activist JAY NAIDOO. MODERATOR | Karen MEENAN, Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health SPEAKERS (1) Tracy JOOSTE, Head of Special Projects, International Budget Partnership (IBP), South Africa & Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity. (2) Dr Amara ENYIA, Managing Director, Global Black & Policy & Research Manager, Movement for Black Lives. (3) Jay NAIDOO, Elder, social activist & founding General Secretary, Congress of South African Trade Unions & Board Member, Mo Ibrahim Foundation. The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE is based in Oxford, England and works to promote connection and collaboration among Fellows from the seven Atlantic equity-focused programmes around the world in the pursuit of fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies.
ATLANTIC FELLOWS | BETSY HODGES & MAUREEN SIGAUKE In this conversation, BETSY HODGES, Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity, and MAUREEN SIGAUKE, Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity, discuss their work fighting against racism and for marginalized communities. Betsy is a former Mayor of the US city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Maureen is a social justice and labor activist who lives in Harare, Zimbabwe. Produced by StoryCorps in collaboration with the Atlantic Institute.
ATLANTIC FELLOWS | DURKHANAI AYUBI & DANA WALRATH In this conversation, DURKHANAI AYUBI, Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity, and DANA WALRATH, Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health, discuss the power of narrative and storytelling in their work. Dana is a writer, artist and anthropologist whose family came to the US as refugees from Armenia. She has written books about the Armenian Genocide and her mother's dementia. Durkhanai is a restaurateur and writer whose family fled from Afghanistan to Australia when she was a baby. She recently published a cookbook called Parwana: Recipes and Stories from an Afghan Kitchen. Produced by StoryCorps in collaboration with the Atlantic Institute.
ATLANTIC FELLOWS | KOTCHAKORN VORAAKHOM & JOHNNY MILLER In this conversation, landscape architect KOTCHAKORN VORAAKHOM, Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in Southeast Asia, and photographer and filmmaker JOHNNY MILLER, Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity, discuss their work exposing and addressing social and economic inequities. Produced by StoryCorps in collaboration with the Atlantic Institute.
ATLANTIC FELLOWS | TALA AL-ROUSAN & JOSH KORNBLUTH In this conversation, Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health TALA AL-ROUSAN and JOSH KORNBLUTH discuss their shared work around health and empathy. Tala works with refugees and displaced people around the world. Josh is a writer, performer, and filmmaker whose current work aims to connect brain science and social justice. The Global Brain Health Institute, where they are both Fellows, works to protect the world's vulnerable and under-served aging population from threats to brain health. Produced by StoryCorps in collaboration with the Atlantic Institute.
ATLANTIC FELLOWS | LAWRENCE ARITAO & SARAH HOOPER In this conversation, Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity, LAWRENCE ARITAO and SARAH HOOPER, share stories about advancing equity in the work they do. Law—who is based in Manila, Philippines — works to defend human trafficking survivors in court. Sarah works on health advocacy in San Francisco. She is Executive Director of the UC Hastings Consortium on Law, Science and Health Policy at the University of California San Francisco. She is also lecturer in Law at the UC Hastings College of the Law. The law school has a clinic that provides free legal assistance to low-income patients in the health care system. Produced by StoryCorps in collaboration with the Atlantic Institute.
BEING HUMAN WHEN DIGITAL 06 | ETHICAL ISSUES Join Atlantic Fellow FIONNUALA SWEENEY in conversation with WILNEIDA NEGRON, Strategic Advisor to the Ford Foundation and Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity, as they discuss the ethical concerns that ran through the series, BEING HUMAN WHEN DIGITAL. BEING HUMAN WHEN DIGITAL PODCAST SERIES (1) Introduction (2) Narrative Change (3) The Creative & Activist Potential of Virtual Space (4) Virtual Health (5) Indigenous Approaches (6) Ethical Issues FURTHER INFORMATION | www.atlanticfellows.org/
BEING HUMAN WHEN DIGITAL 05 | INDIGENOUS APPROACHES Join Atlantic Fellow FIONNUALA SWEENEY in conversation with ALICE WROE, Augmented and Virtual Realities Lead at the ATLANTIC INSTITUTE, as they discuss indigenous approaches to the use of AR and VR. Featuring MIKAELA JADE, CEO, Indigital, and SHANE WEBSTER, Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity. BEING HUMAN WHEN DIGITAL PODCAST SERIES (1) Introduction (2) Narrative Change (3) The Creative & Activist Potential of Virtual Space (4) Virtual Health (5) Indigenous Approaches (6) Ethical Issues FURTHER INFORMATION | www.atlanticfellows.org/
BEING HUMAN WHEN DIGITAL 04 | USE OF AR & VR IN HEALTHCARE Join Atlantic Fellow FIONNUALA SWEENEY in conversation with ALICE WROE, Augmented and Virtual Realities Lead at the ATLANTIC INSTITUTE, as they discuss the use of AR and VR in healthcare. Featuring DEEPA MANN-KLER, Chief Executive, Neon, and JEREMY LIM, Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in Southeast Asia. BEING HUMAN WHEN DIGITAL PODCAST SERIES (1) Introduction (2) Narrative Change (3) The Creative & Activist Potential of Virtual Space (4) Virtual Health (5) Indigenous Approaches (6) Ethical Issues FURTHER INFORMATION | www.atlanticfellows.org/
BEING HUMAN WHEN DIGITAL 01 | INTRODUCTION Join Atlantic Fellow FIONNUALA SWEENEY in conversation with ALICE WROE, Augmented and Virtual Realities Lead at the ATLANTIC INSTITUTE. Alice talks about how the series, BEING HUMAN WHEN DIGITAL, was born out of the Atlantic community's exploration of the use of augmented and virtual realities and the ethical issues that raises. As Augmented and Virtual Realities Lead, Alice is concerned with how emerging technologies can strengthen the Atlantic community's collective work of addressing root causes of systemic inequities as well as how the Atlantic community can work together, while physically apart, to become a force for social good. BEING HUMAN WHEN DIGITAL PODCAST SERIES (1) Introduction (2) Narrative Change (3) The Creative & Activist Potential of Virtual Space (4) Virtual Health (5) Indigenous Approaches (6) Ethical Issues FURTHER INFORMATION | www.atlanticfellows.org/
The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE and ATLANTIC PROGRAMS are hosting a series of webinars about our world post COVID-19. While the coronavirus has physically distanced and isolated millions of people, it has more than ever in our lifetimes, drawn people and organisations together under a common humanity and a profoundly collective commitment to act. In this series of webinars, we turn our imagination to something (k)new where we remember, reflect and shape what our local and global futures might look like post COVID-19. In this webinar, the speakers discuss the use of social media in mobilizing for change: (1) JESSICA HORN, feminist activist, strategist, writer and philanthropic consultant; and (2) BIBI-AISHA WADVALLA, South African journalist and Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in South Africa. MODERATOR | TANYA CHARLES, Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity and Program and Impact Lead, Atlantic Institute.
Join Atlantic Fellow FIONNUALA SWEENEY in conversation with two of today's leading futurists and cutting-edge thinkers, transmedia artist STEPHANIE DINKINS (Kusama Endowed Professor in Art, Stony Brook University, New York)and political scientist Professor SOHAIL INAYATULLAHI (Graduate Institute of Futures Studies, Tamkang University, Taipei) as they discuss the meaning of community and how a globally disparate community might flourish in the future. With closing remarks from EVIE O'BRIEN, Executive Director, Atlantic Institute. The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE is based in Oxford, England and works to promote connection and collaboration among Fellows from the seven Atlantic equity-focused programmes around the world in their quest for fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies. FURTHER INFORMATION Atlantic Fellows | https://www.atlanticfellows.org/
Join Atlantic Fellow FIONNUALA SWEENEY in conversation with ALICE WROE, Augmented and Virtual Realities Lead at the ATLANTIC INSTITUTE, as they discuss the second session in Alice's discussion series, BEING HUMAN WHEN DIGITAL, which focused on the creative and activist potential of virtual space. In her role, Alice explores how emerging technologies can strengthen the Atlantic community's collective work of addressing root causes of systemic inequities. She is also considering the all important question of how the Atlantic Fellows' community can be together although physically apart, while also becoming a force for social good. BEING HUMAN WHEN DIGITAL: AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITIES is designed to enable the Atlantic Fellows' community to actively use, critique and develop AR/VR - in other words, be a community that can help shape the conversation around the use of emerging technologies. Featuring SHARI FRILOT, Chief Curator, New Frontier, Sundance, and CEDRIC BROWN, Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity. BEING HUMAN WHEN DIGITAL SERIES (1) Narrative Change (2) The Creative & Activist Potential of Virtual Space (3) Virtual Health (4) Indigenous Approaches FURTHER INFORMATION https://www.atlanticfellows.org/program/atlantic-institute https://www.atlanticfellows.org/program/racial-equity
Join Atlantic Fellow FIONNUALA SWEENEY in conversation with ALICE WROE, Augmented and Virtual Realities Lead at the ATLANTIC INSTITUTE, as they discuss the opening session in Alice's discussion series, BEING HUMAN WHEN DIGITAL, which focused on narrative change. In her role, Alice explores how emerging technologies can strengthen the Atlantic community's collective work of addressing root causes of systemic inequities. She is also considering how the Atlantic community can be together, yet physically apart, while also becoming a force for social good. She wants to prevent the Atlantic community from becoming a passive recipient of emerging technologies and instead become a community able to actively use, critique and develop them - in other words, a community that can help shape the conversation around the use of emerging technologies. Featuring American journalist and film maker NONNY DE LA PENA, Founder and CEO of Emblematic Group, and DYLAN VALLEY, South African film maker and Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity. BEING HUMAN WHEN DIGITAL SERIES (1) Narrative Change (2) The Creative & Activist Potential of Virtual Space (3) Virtual Health (4) Indigenous Approaches FURTHER INFORMATION https://www.atlanticfellows.org/program/atlantic-institute https://www.atlanticfellows.org/program/racial-equity
SESSION 3 - 02.10.20 | FROM PARADIGM TO PRAXIS - TOOLS FOR DECOLONIAL AFRICAN HEALTH SYSTEMS & POLICY RESEARCH Globally, decoloniality requires researchers and practitioners located in Africa to build and develop collective capacities and knowledge archives that centres Africa and African people. This Convening foregrounds African people as experts, and provides us with an opportunity to highlight our own solutions to the challenges faced on the African continent in the area of African Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR). This Convening was co-sponsored by HEALTH SYSTEMS GLOBAL (HSG), the ATLANTIC INSTITUTE, TEKANO, CHESAI and WITS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND. CONVENORS SHEHNAZ MUNSHI (University of the Witwatersrand), LANCE LOUSKETIER (University of Cape Town) & KENTSE RADEBE (University of Cape Town), ATLANTIC FELLOWS FOR HEALTH EQUITY. CONVENING FACILITATORS (1) TANYA CHARLES, ATLANTIC FELLOW FOR SOCIAL & ECONOMIC EQUITY, Program and Impact Lead, ATLANTIC INSTITUTE. (2) PHILIPPA NAMUTEBI KABALI-KAGWA, poet & storyteller. SESSION 3 | SPEAKERS (1) TANYA CHARLES (Facilitator), ATLANTIC FELLOW FOR SOCIAL & ECONOMIC EQUITY, Program and Impact Lead, ATLANTIC INSTITUTE. (2) JESSICA HORN, feminist activist, writer & consultant on women's rights (3) MASANA NDINGA-KANGA, Programme Manager, Centre for the Study of Violence & Reconciliation in South Africa, ATLANTIC FELLOW FOR SOCIAL & ECONOMIC EQUITY, LSE. (4) LANCE LOUSKETIER, PhD Candidate, Health Systems & Policy Research Division, School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town; queer activist, decolonial scholar, & advocate for the decriminalization of sex work in South Africa; ATLANTIC FELLOW FOR HEALTH EQUITY, Tekano, University of Cape Town. READINGS & MUSIC | Sometimes I fear writing, Grada Kilomba | She will sing me a wordless song, Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa.
SESSION 2 - 01.10.20 | CREATING AN AFRICAN PROJECT - RETHINKING THE CONFIGURATION OF KNOWLEDGE TO ADVANCE AFRICAN HEALTH & HEALTH SYSTEMS Globally, decoloniality requires researchers and practitioners located in Africa to build and develop collective capacities and knowledge archives that centres Africa and African people. This Convening foregrounds African people as experts, and provides us with an opportunity to highlight our own solutions to the challenges faced on the African continent in the area of African Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR). This Convening was co-sponsored by HEALTH SYSTEMS GLOBAL (HSG), the ATLANTIC INSTITUTE, TEKANO, CHESAI and WITS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND. CONVENORS SHEHNAZ MUNSHI (University of the Witwatersrand), LANCE LOUSKETIER (University of Cape Town) & KENTSE RADEBE (University of Cape Town), ATLANTIC FELLOWS FOR HEALTH EQUITY. CONVENING FACILITATORS (1) TANYA CHARLES, ATLANTIC FELLOW FOR SOCIAL & ECONOMIC EQUITY, Program and Impact Lead, ATLANTIC INSTITUTE. (2) PHILIPPA NAMUTEBI KABALI-KAGWA, poet & storyteller. SESSION 2 | SPEAKERS (1)DR KUI MURAYA (Facilitator), Post-Doctoral Social Scientist, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme. (2) CLARA AFFUN-ADEGBULU, PhD Candidate, University of Antwerp; researcher, Institute of Tropical Medicine. (3) DR IRENE AKUA AGYEPONG, School of Public Health, University of Ghana. (4) PROF SIMUKAI CHIGUDU, Associate Professor, African Politics, University of Oxford. (5) PROF PASCALE ALLOTEY, Director, United Nations University International Institute for Global Health. READINGS | Invocation, Lebogang Mashile.
SESSION 1 - 30.09.20 | EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN DECOLONIALITY & AFRICAN HEALTH SYSTEMS - A CONVERSATION IN 'POST-COLONIAL' AFRICA Globally, decoloniality requires researchers and practitioners located in Africa to build and develop collective capacities and knowledge archives that centres Africa and African people. This Convening foregrounds African people as experts, and provides us with an opportunity to highlight our own solutions to the challenges faced on the African continent in the area of African Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR). This Convening was co-sponsored by HEALTH SYSTEMS GLOBAL (HSG), the ATLANTIC INSTITUTE, TEKANO, CHESAI and WITS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND. CONVENORS SHEHNAZ MUNSHI (University of the Witwatersrand), LANCE LOUSKETIER (University of Cape Town) & KENTSE RADEBE (University of Cape Town), ATLANTIC FELLOWS FOR HEALTH EQUITY. CONVENING FACILITATORS (1) TANYA CHARLES, ATLANTIC FELLOW FOR SOCIAL & ECONOMIC EQUITY, Program and Impact Lead, ATLANTIC INSTITUTE. (2) PHILIPPA NAMUTEBI KABALI-KAGWA, poet & storyteller. SESSION 1 | SPEAKERS (1) PROF LAETITIA RISPEL (Facilitator), School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand. (2) DR FAISAL GARBA, Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Co-convenor, Global Studies Program, University of Cape Town. (3) PROF ELELWANI RAMUGONDO, Division of Occupational Therapy, University of Cape Town. (4) HANNAH MUTHONI RYDER, CEO, Development Reimagined. (5) JEAN-PAUL DOSSOU, Director, Centre de Recherche en Reproduction Humaine et en Démographie (CERRHUD). (6) SHEHNAZ MUNSHI, Research Project Manager/Lecturer, Sheiham Family/Wits Programme on Social Determinants of Health and Health Inequality, University of the Witwatersrand; ATLANTIC FELLOW FOR HEALTH EQUITY. READINGS & MUSIC | Love in a Time of Ebola, Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa | Invocation, Lebogang Mashile.
The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE and ATLANTIC PROGRAMS are hosting a series of webinars about our world post COVID-19. While the coronavirus has physically distanced and isolated millions of people, it has more than ever in our life-times, drawn people and organisations together under a common humanity and a profoundly collective commitment to act. In this series of webinars, we turn our imagination to something (k)new where we remember, reflect and shape what our local and global futures might look like post COVID-19. In this webinar, the speakers discuss addressing climate change in a post COVID-19 world: (1) DR DAVID SCHIMEL, Senior Research Scientist & Technical Group Supervisor, Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems, Jet Propulsion Lab, CALTECH; (2) DR MUSTAFA SANTIAGO ALI, Vice President of Environmental Justice, Climate & Community Revitalization, National Wildlife Federation, Founder & CEO Revitalization Strategies; and (3) JACQUI PATTERSON, Senior Director, NAACP Environmental & Climate Justice Program. MODERATOR | TANYA CHARLES, Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity and Program and Impact Lead, Atlantic Institute.
The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE and ATLANTIC PROGRAMS are hosting a series of webinars about our world post COVID-19. While the coronavirus has physically distanced and isolated millions of people, it has more than ever in our life-times, drawn people and organisations together under a common humanity and a profoundly collective commitment to act. In this series of webinars, we turn our imagination to something (k)new where we remember, reflect and shape what our local and global futures might look like post COVID-19. In this webinar, the speakers discuss anti-racist leadership, in particular commitment, action and sustainability: (1) ELIZABETH CREWS, Director, Democracy Beyond Elections, Participatory Budgeting Project; (2) BETSY HODGES, 47th Mayor of Minneapolis and Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity; and (3) DR LEYLA HUSSEIN OBE, psychotherapist, Founder of The Dahlia Project, and Rector of the University of St Andrews. MODERATOR | TANYA CHARLES, Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity and Program and Impact Lead, Atlantic Institute.
The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE, ATLANTIC PROGRAMS and RHODES SCHOLARSHIP are hosting a series of webinars about our world post COVID-19. While the coronavirus has physically distanced and isolated millions of people, it has more than ever in our life-times, drawn people and organisations together under a common humanity and a profoundly collective commitment to act. In this series of webinars, we turn our imagination to something (k)new where we remember, reflect and shape what our local and global futures might look like post COVID-19. In this webinar, the speakers discuss various ways in which we can all practise radical self-care: (1) MIA BIRDSONG, pathfinder, activist and storyteller; (2) IAN ROBERTSON, Professor Emeritus, Trinity College Dublin and Co-director, Global Brain Health Institute; and (3) IVELYSE ANDINO, Founder and CEO, Radical Health; Roddenberry Fellow 2019. MODERATOR | TANYA CHARLES, Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity and Program and Impact Lead, Atlantic Institute.
The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE, ATLANTIC PROGRAMS and RHODES SCHOLARSHIP are hosting a series of webinars about our world post COVID-19. While the coronavirus has physically distanced and isolated millions of people, it has more than ever in our life-times, drawn people and organisations together under a common humanity and a profoundly collective commitment to act. In this series of webinars, we turn our imagination to something (k)new where we remember, reflect and shape what our local and global futures might look like post COVID-19. In this seventh webinar, the speakers explore vaccine development, distribution and justice post COVID-19: (1) PROFESSOR ALLEN BUCHANAN, Research Professor of Philosophy, University of Arizona, Department of Philosophy and Freedom Center; (2) PROFESSOR GLENDA GRAY, President and Chief Executive Officer, South African Medical Research Council; and (3)TIAN JOHNSON, Convenor, Global Civil Society Platform for COVID-19 Research and Advocacy. MODERATOR | TANYA CHARLES, Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity and Program and Impact Lead, Atlantic Institute.
The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE, ATLANTIC PROGRAMS and RHODES SCHOLARSHIP are hosting a series of webinars about our world post COVID-19. While the coronavirus has physically distanced and isolated millions of people, it has more than ever in our life-times, drawn people and organisations together under a common humanity and a profoundly collective commitment to act. In this series of webinars, we turn our imagination to something (k)new where we remember, reflect and shape what our local and global futures might look like post COVID-19. In this sixth webinar, the speakers explore the future of capitalism and new economies: (1) DR JASON HICKEL, economic anthropologist and author, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Visiting Senior Fellow at the International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics, and Senior Lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London; (2) DR GILAD ISAACS, Co-Director & Co-Founder, Institute for Economic Justice, Johannesburg, South Africa; and (3) CRYSTAL SIMEONI, Director, NAWI, Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective & Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity. MODERATOR | TANYA CHARLES, Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity and Senior Fellow Engagement Lead, Atlantic Institute.
Join BUSISIWE DLAMINI and CEDRIC BROWN, Atlantic Fellows for RACIAL EQUITY, as they discuss the future for racism post COVID-19 in the US and South Africa, including the opportunities for change created by the pandemic and the importance of having a clear vision as to what black liberation might look like. The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE is based in Oxford, England and works to promote connection and collaboration among Fellows from the seven Atlantic equity-focused programmes around the world in their quest for fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies. FURTHER INFORMATION Atlantic Fellows | www.atlanticfellows.org/about Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity | https://racialequity.atlanticfellows.org/
SENIOR FELLOWS VIRTUAL WELCOME CEREMONY | 1 AUGUST 2020 SPEAKERS (1) EVIE O'BRIEN, interim Executive Director, Atlantic Institute. (2) TANYA CHARLES, Program & Impact Lead, Senior Fellow Engagement, Atlantic Institute. (3) SISONKE MSIMANG, South African writer & author of Always Another Country - A Memoir of Exile and Home. (4) LOAN TRAN, Co-Director, Southern Vision Alliance, North Carolina, USA. (5) RUKIA LUMUMBA, Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity, Executive Director, People's Advocacy Institute & Co-Coordinator, Electoral Justice Project, Mississippi, USA. MUSIC | With thanks to WOMEN UNITE from South Africa, who seek to empower women and to stand up against contemporary social ills. FURTHER INFORMATION Atlantic Fellows | https://www.atlanticfellows.org/
Join Atlantic Fellows BETSY HODGES (Atlantic Fellow for RACIAL EQUITY) and MAUREEN SIGAUKE (Atlantic Fellow for SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY) as they discuss the future for racism post COVID-19, including the impact in the US and Zimbabwe of lockdown and the death of George Floyd. The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE is based in Oxford, England and works to promote connection and collaboration among Fellows from the seven Atlantic equity-focused programmes around the world in their quest for fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies. FURTHER INFORMATION Atlantic Fellows | www.atlanticfellows.org/about Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity | https://racialequity.atlanticfellows.org/ Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity | https://afsee.atlanticfellows.org/
The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE, ATLANTIC PROGRAMS and RHODES SCHOLARSHIP has been hosting a series of webinars about our world post COVID-19. In this fifth webinar, the speakers explored international perspectives on the racialization of COVID-19, including resistance and reimagining. EXCERPT from keynote presentation by DR MERA PENEHIRA, Associate Professor in Indigenous Education, School of Indigenous Graduate Studies, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, New Zealand.
The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE, ATLANTIC PROGRAMS and RHODES SCHOLARSHIP has been hosting a series of webinars about our world post COVID-19. In this fifth webinar, the speakers explored international perspectives on the racialization of COVID-19, including resistance and reimagining. EXCERPT from keynote presentation by MICHAEL SMITH, Obama Foundation, and Executive Director of My Brother's Keeper Alliance, Washington DC.
The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE, ATLANTIC PROGRAMS and RHODES SCHOLARSHIP has been hosting a series of webinars about our world post COVID-19. In this fifth webinar, the speakers explored international perspectives on the racialization of COVID-19, including resistance and reimagining. CLOSING POEM, written and performed by RICHARD WALLACE, Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity, Founder and Executive Director, Equity And Transformation (EAT), Chicago.
The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE, ATLANTIC PROGRAMS and RHODES SCHOLARSHIP has been hosting a series of webinars about our world post COVID-19. In this fifth webinar, the speakers explored international perspectives on the racialization of COVID-19, including resistance and reimagining. EXCERPT from keynote presentation by TRACY JOOSTE, Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity and Senior Advocacy Officer, International Budget Partnership, Cape Town, South Africa.
The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE, ATLANTIC PROGRAMS and RHODES SCHOLARSHIP are hosting a series of webinars about our world post COVID-19. While the coronavirus has physically distanced and isolated millions of people, it has more than ever in our life-times, drawn people and organisations together under a common humanity and a profoundly collective commitment to act. In this series of webinars, we turn our imagination to something (k)new where we remember, reflect and shape what our local and global futures might look like post COVID-19. In this fifth webinar, the speakers explore international perspectives on the racialization of COVID-19, including resistance and reimagining: (1) MICHAEL SMITH, Obama Foundation, and Executive Director of My Brother's Keeper Alliance, Washington DC; (2) TRACY JOOSTE, Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity and Senior Advocacy Officer, International Budget Partnership, Cape Town, South Africa; and (3) DR MERA PENEHIRA, Associate Professor in Indigenous Education, School of Indigenous Graduate Studies, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, New Zealand. MODERATOR | TANYA CHARLES, Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity and Senior Fellow Engagement Lead, Atlantic Institute. CLOSING POEM | written and performed by RICHARD WALLACE, Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity, Founder and Executive Director, Equity And Transformation (EAT), Chicago.
in 2019, the two winners of the inaugural ATLANTIC SENIOR FELLOW AWARDS were the EAST MEDITERRANEAN BRAIN HEALTH INITIATIVE, a joint project of three Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health; and the HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR THE PHILIPPINES, a joint initiative of two Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in Southeast Asia. The successful entries are given awards from the ATLANTIC INSTITUTE for projects which are emblematic of the ATLANTIC FELLOWS' vision and the values of the community. Here, SOMPORN PENGKAM from Thailand and her colleague, BEVERLY HO, in the Philippines describe how the Award has helped them advance their project.
The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE, ATLANTIC PROGRAMS and RHODES SCHOLARSHIP are hosting a series of webinars about our world post COVID-19. While the coronavirus has physically distanced and isolated millions of people, it has more than ever in our life-times, drawn people and organisations together under a common humanity and a profoundly collective commitment to act. In this series of webinars, we turn our imagination to something (k)new where we remember, reflect and shape what our local and global futures might look like post COVID-19. In this fourth webinar, the speakers discuss the benefits and challenges of community-led mental health services: (1) DR VIKRAM PATEL, Pershing Square Professor, Blavatnik Institute Department of Global Health & Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; (2) KENTSE RADEBE, Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in South Africa; and (3) DR NAVDEEP KANG, Chief Clinical Officer, Bright View & Obama Fellow. MODERATOR | DR ROMINA MARIANO, Rhodes Scholar (South Africa-at-Large & Queen's 2016).
The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE, ATLANTIC PROGRAMS and RHODES SCHOLARSHIP are hosting a series of webinars about our world post COVID-19. While the coronavirus has physically distanced and isolated millions of people, it has more than ever in our life-times, drawn people and organisations together under a common humanity and a profoundly collective commitment to act. In this series of webinars, we turn our imagination to something (k)new where we remember, reflect and shape what our local and global futures might look like post COVID-19. For this third webinar, the speakers explore displacement and lockdown when you have no home: (1) EMILIE McDONNELL, Rhodes Scholar (Tasmania & University 2016), DPhil in Law Candidate; (2) DR FAISAL GARBA MUHAMMAD, Lecturer, Department of Sociology, and Co-convenor of Global Studies Program, University of Cape Town; and (3) ZARLASHT HALAIMZAI, Director and Co-founder, Refugee Trauma Initiative, Obama Fellow. MODERATOR | TANYA CHARLES, Senior Fellow Engagement Lead, Atlantic Institute.
The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE, ATLANTIC PROGRAMS and RHODES SCHOLARSHIP are hosting a series of webinars about our world post COVID-19. While the coronavirus has physically distanced and isolated millions of people, it has more than ever in our life-times, drawn people and organisations together under a common humanity and a profoundly collective commitment to act. In this series of webinars, we turn our imagination to something (k)new where we remember, reflect and shape what our local and global futures might look like post COVID-19. For this second webinar, the speakers explore leadership and global solidarity in a post-COVID-19 world: (1) TONYE COLE, alumnus of the University of Lagos and Harvard, Co-founder and former Group Executive Director of Sahara Group, and Transformational Leadership Fellow, Blavatnik School of Government, Universiity of Oxford https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/people/tonye-cole; (2) CEDRIC BROWN, Chief Foundation Officer, Kapor Center, Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity https://racialequity.atlanticfellows.org/meet-our-fellows; and (3) DR LEANA WEN, emergency physician and public health leader, Distinguished Fellow, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute of Health Workforce Equity, George Washington University, and Rhodes Alumna https://www.gwumc.edu/smhs/facultydirectory/profile.cfm?empName=Leana%20Wen&FacID=2073685428.
Join Atlantic Fellows for HEALTH EQUITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, JEREMY LIM, THARANI LOGANATHAN and LAWRENCE ARITAO as they discuss the future for migrants post Covid-19 in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines. The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE is based in Oxford, England and works to promote connection and collaboration among Fellows from the seven Atlantic equity-focused programmes around the world in their quest for fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies. SPEAKERS JEREMY LIM | THARANI LOGANATHAN | LAWRENCE ARITAO Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in Southeast Asia https://www.atlanticfellows.org/first-cohorts#cohort-health-equity-southeast-asia FURTHER INFORMATION Atlantic Fellows | www.atlanticfellows.org/about Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in Southeast Asia https://www.atlanticfellows.org/for-health-equity-in-southeast-asia
The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE, ATLANTIC PROGRAMS and RHODES SCHOLARSHIP are hosting a series of webinars about our world post COVID-19. While the coronavirus has physically distanced and isolated millions of people, it has more than ever in our life-times, drawn people and organisations together under a common humanity and a profoundly collective commitment to act. In this series of webinars, we turn our imagination to something (k)new where we remember, reflect and shape what our local and global futures might look like post COVID-19. For this first webinar, we are joined by leaders in the fields of economics, care work and healthcare: (1) AI-JEN POO, Labour Activist and Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance in the United States https://www.domesticworkers.org/ai-jen-poo; (2) PAUL FARMER, UN Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Community-based Medicine https://www.pih.org/pages/our-founders; and (3) ABDUL EL-SAYED, Rhodes Scholar (Michigan & Oriel 2009), physician, epidemiologist, public health expert, and Chair at Southpaw Michigan https://abdulelsayed.com/about.
Join Atlantic Fellows JITU BROWN (Racial Equity), ROSE LONGHURST (Social & Economic Equity) and TYLER SPENCER (Health Equity) as they discuss the future for non-profits post Covid-19 in the global north. The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE is based in Oxford, England and works to promote connection and collaboration among Fellows from the seven Atlantic equity-focused programmes around the world in their quest for fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies. SPEAKERS JITU BROWN | Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity https://racialequity.atlanticfellows.org/meet-our-fellows ROSE LONGHURST | Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity https://afsee.atlanticfellows.org/rose-longhurst TYLER SPENCER | Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity https://healthequity.atlanticfellows.org/tyler-spencer FURTHER INFORMATION Atlantic Fellows | www.atlanticfellows.org/about Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity | https://racialequity.atlanticfellows.org/ Atlantic Fellows for Social & Economic Equity | http://www.lse.ac.uk/International-Inequalities/Atlantic-Fellows-programme Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity US & Global | https://www.atlanticfellows.org/for-health-equity
Join Atlantic Fellow FIONNUALA SWEENEY in conversation with TALA AL-ROUSAN, Atlantic Fellow for EQUITY IN BRAIN HEALTH, and ANA SANTOS, Atlantic Fellow for HEALTH EQUITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. Each year Bangkok is host to the Prince Mahidol Award Conference known as PMAC, an international conference focusing on policy related health issues. The theme of the 2020 conference was accelerating progress towards universal health coverage, and participants included TALA AL-ROUSAN and ANA SANTOS. TALA, a Jordanian doctor, lives and works in San Diego, California, and is committed to the welfare of refugees, more than half a million of whom are hosted by Jordan. ANA is a journalist in the Philippines with a particular interest in reproductive rights. Both women took part in a side meeting at PMAC on the topic, ACCELERATING UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE COVERAGE TO INCLUDE REFUGEES: THE MIDDLE EASTERN EXPERIENCE. The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE is based in Oxford, England and works to promote connection and collaboration among Fellows from the seven Atlantic equity-focused programmes around the world in their quest for fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies. FURTHER INFORMATION Atlantic Fellows | www.atlanticfellows.org/about Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health | https://www.atlanticfellows.org/for-equity-brain-health Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in Southeast Asia | https://www.atlanticfellows.org/for-health-equity-in-southeast-asia
RICHARD WALLACE, Atlantic Fellow for RACIAL EQUITY, reflects on his work, hopes and aspirations for the ATLANTIC mission to create fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies. The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE is based in Oxford, England and works to promote connection and collaboration among Fellows from the seven Atlantic equity-focused programmes around the world in their quest for fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies. FURTHER INFORMATION Atlantic Fellows | www.atlanticfellows.org/about Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity| https://racialequity.atlanticfellows.org/
ANA SANTOS, Atlantic Fellow for HEALTH EQUITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA reflects on her work, hopes and aspirations for the ATLANTIC mission to create fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies. The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE is based in Oxford, England and works to promote connection and collaboration among Fellows from the seven Atlantic equity-focused programmes around the world in their quest for fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies. FURTHER INFORMATION Atlantic Fellows | www.atlanticfellows.org/about Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in Southeast Asia | https://www.atlanticfellows.org/for-health-equity-in-southeast-asia
Join Atlantic Fellow FIONNUALA SWEENEY in conversation with neuropsychologist STELIOS ZYGOURIS from Greece, geriatrician HANY IBRAHIM from Egypt and dementia care advocate ELAINE HOWARD from Ireland, Atlantic Fellows for EQUITY IN BRAIN HEALTH and one of two winning teams in the inaugural SENIOR FELLOW AWARDS 2019 for their EAST MEDITERRANEAN BRAIN HEALTH INITIATIVE. Starting with Greece and Egypt, the team's aim is to create a vibrant community of expertise that will work collaboratively to implement better health services. The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE is based in Oxford, England and works to promote connection and collaboration among Fellows from the seven Atlantic equity-focused programmes around the world in their quest for fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies. One of the many ways in which the ATLANTIC INSTITUTE supports this work is through the annual SENIOR FELLOW AWARDS. FURTHER INFORMATION Atlantic Fellows | https://www.atlanticfellows.org/about Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health | https://www.atlanticfellows.org/for-equity-brain-health Atlantic Fellows - Inaugural Senior Fellow Awards 2019 | https://www.atlanticfellows.org/news/2019/7/15/inaugural-atlantic-senior-fellow-awards
Join Atlantic Fellow FIONNUALA SWEENEY in conversation with BEVERLY HO and SOMPORN PENGKAM, Atlantic Fellows for HEALTH EQUITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA and one of two winning teams in the inaugural SENIOR FELLOW AWARDS 2019. SOMPORN from Thailand and BEVERLY from the Philippines collaborated on an initiative to help local communities in the Philippines understand and address the health impacts of large-scale industrial projects. The development of a health impact assessment framework for the Philippines has the potential to be replicated across Southeast Asia. The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE is based in Oxford, England and works to promote connection and collaboration among Fellows from the seven Atlantic equity-focused programmes around the world in their quest for fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies. One of the many ways in which the ATLANTIC INSTITUTE supports this work is through the annual SENIOR FELLOW AWARDS. FURTHER INFORMATION Atlantic Fellows | https://www.atlanticfellows.org/about Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in Southeast Asia | https://www.atlanticfellows.org/first-cohorts#cohort-health-equity-southeast-asia Atlantic Fellows - Inaugural Senior Fellow Awards 2019 | https://www.atlanticfellows.org/news/2019/7/15/inaugural-atlantic-senior-fellow-awards
Welcome to TALK MENTAL WELL-BEING IN TIMES OF STRESS with FIONNUALA SWEENEY and PROFESSOR IAN ROBERTSON. The Covid-19 virus is here to stay for a while. For how long, we don't know. It's that uncertainty as much as anything else that causes people to worry almost as much as the deadly impact the virus is having on our family, friends, healthcare systems and economies. Atlantic Fellow FIONNUALA SWEENEY speaks to PROFESSOR IAN ROBERTSON, neuroscientist and Co-director of the Global Brain Health Institute at Trinity College, Dublin, about what happens in our brains during times of mental pressure and how we can better cope during this time of collective stress
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