In its second year as a public holiday, Black Consciousness Day in Brazil represents an opportunity to recover the contributions of Black people to the building of the country and, at the same time, to imagine new possible futures, says 2024 Fellow Clara Marinho.
Read MoreOctober is Black History Month in the United Kingdom, where this year’s theme is standing firm in power and pride. To mark the occasion, we are revisiting our time in Brixton, London, where we gathered earlier in the year for the Capstone Convening for the 2024 Cohort.
Read MoreTwenty outstanding racial justice changemakers from across the globe join the AFRE community as our 2025 cohort.
Read MoreWatch our Fellows’ ‘Love Letters’ to South Africa
Read MoreThe search for our 2025–and second global—cohort has begun.
Read MoreOn 15 November, the AFRE community gathered at Sanctuary Mandela—the restored former home of Nelson Mandela—for an event honouring the first 30 years of South Africa’s democracy.
Read MoreTwenty outstanding racial justice changemakers from across the globe join the AFRE community as our 2024 cohort.
Read MoreAs Juneteenth arrives in a significant U.S. election year, 2022 Fellow Keesha Gaskins-Nathan clarifies the potential—and limits—of the vote in delivering freer futures.
Read MoreWhat the next 30 years of South African democracy demand, from the AFRE community.
Read MoreAFRE's new Board Chair and 2019 Fellow Cedric Brown reflects on the values that propel him as a leader and the kind of leadership our world needs.
Read MoreIn honour of U.S. Black History Month, four members of the AFRE community offer insights for navigating our complex historical moment.
Read MoreAFRE’s Founding Executive Director Kavitha Mediratta offers lessons on leadership and organisation-building from the work to craft our programme over our first five years.
Read MoreWe bid farewell to beloved Staff and Board members and welcome new colleagues into our shared work.
Read MoreAs 2023 ends, we’re taking a moment to celebrate the gatherings of the many configurations of our community - including Fellows and Senior Fellows, Staff and Board members, partners, and friends - all of whom are interlinked by our shared commitment to the world after anti-Blackness.
Read MoreWe’re seeking applications from racial justice changemakers *across the globe* for our 2024 cohort of Fellows.
Read MoreThe AFRE community mourns the passing of Charles “Chuck” Feeney, the founder of the Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation our AFRE’s roots lie.
Read MoreFrom Founding Director of the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab Ruha Benjamin, and award-winning singer-songwriter Thandiswa Mazwai, scholar-activists and 2018 Fellows Sithandiwe “Stha” Yeni and Asanda Benya, founder of the Collective for Black Iranians Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda, co-author of the Combahee River Statement Barbara Smith, hip-hop artist Akua Naru, and visual artists Lorryn Moore and M. Florine Démosthène–we’re lifting up the expansive visions of Black women leaders.
Read MoreThis week, 20 racial equity leaders working across South Africa and the United States will begin their journey as Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity.
Read MoreThis June, we've asked our Fellows, "Where's our power to transform our challenging moment?"
Read MoreAcross South Africa and the United States, advocates are working to address racist drug policies that continue to disproportionately affect Black, Indigenous and other people of colour. This personal reflection was written by Senior Fellow Arissa Hall, co-founder of BlackSeed, as part of AFRE’s ongoing series to amplify the ideas, strategies and voices of our Fellows and community.
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