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Atlantic Fellows | Evie O’Brien Appointed as permanent executive director of the atlantic institute

The decision followed an extensive process led by the search firm, Perrett Laver, involving interviews with a wide range…

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Atlantic Fellows | My soul has grown deep like the rivers

Third as we tell our stories and navigate border crossings, as justice seekers we remember to search for the good, the…

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Starting up, adroitly executing and sustaining a social enterprise can be fraught – with multiple pitfalls.
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Atlantic Fellows | Insights and inspiration from the Johannesburg social entrepreneurship gathering

Participants take out their cell phones, and search – or ask the person sitting next to them.…

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Atlantic Fellows | New executive director of the Atlantic Institute announced

“It was an extremely competitive global search, with candidates from across all regions and areas of Atlantic Fellows…

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Angga Dwi Martha, Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in Southeast Asia on how growing up in the Indonesian village of Kerinci shaped his life
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Atlantic Fellows | Youth unbound: a story of transformation and leadership

In search of a community that shares these values – my "tribe" – I joined the Equity Initiative/Atlantic Fellows for Health…

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By Makmid Kamara, Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity and Ana P. Santos, Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in Southeast Asia
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Atlantic Fellows | Speaking to the stomach: communicating beyond hearts and minds to achieve change

People on dating apps in search of romance also. reportedly. post photos of themselves wearing the cap as a sign to potential…

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When the saga of a Black American woman’s hair misadventures became a social media sensation, Irene Wakarindi couldn’t bring herself to laugh. TikTok star Tessica Brown’s “hair that went wrong” is a sobering reminder of the pain that is intimately bound up with persistent prejudices about Black women’s bodies
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Atlantic Fellows | Unbonding our edges: the pain of Black beauty standards

A quick search on Instagram will turn up nearly 30 million “natural hair” posts, which suggests that celebrating the beauty…

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By Indu Balachandran, Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity
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Atlantic Fellows | XR residency: binding beyond the physical present

walks through Oxford, cycling shenanigans in the rain, a minibus trip to London like a school excursion, the frantic search…

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People living with dementia describe their emotional experiences of walking the Camino, and the impact of early age diagnosis. This episode hears Fellows discussing Indigenous contexts of dementia, and considers the impact of biological, cultural and social determinants on the disease.
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Atlantic Fellows | Conversations along the Camino - Part 2

Robin searched for answers but couldn’t find them. / Kevin’s search brought him Lewy but he didn’t let it define him…

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Walking The Talk For Dementia was the brainchild of three people, including two Fellows for Equity in Brain Health, Fernando Aguzzoli-Peres from Brazil and Clara Dominguez from Santiago de Compostela. They, along with Brazilian Gustavo San Martin, wanted to organise a conference with a difference where, over four days, people living with dementia, practitioners, researchers, caregivers and Atlantic Fellows walked and talked together to better understand each other’s experiences so that collectively they could create change.
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Atlantic Fellows | Conversations along the Camino - Omnibus

Robin searched for answers but couldn’t find them. / Kevin’s search brought him Lewy but he didn’t let it define him…

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