Posts tagged 2020
Social cohesion or social divisions: Is it too late to save social media?

Watch this webinar moderated by Atlantic Fellow Wilneida Negron, Strategic Advisor at the Ford Foundation, and features Ebele Okobi, Facebook’s Public Policy Director for Africa, the Middle East & Turkey, and Camaren Peter, an Associate Professor with the Allan Gray Centre for Values-Based Leadership at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business.

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Who Has Voice in America?

Since 1790, the United States has used the Census to determine who has voice and political power in its representative democracy by counts of everyone living in the country regardless of citizenship or legal status. With the deadline for completing the Census count in flux, our Senior Director of Narrative Strategy, Daryl Hannah, sat down with Atlantic Fellow Elana Needle to talk about why the Census matters.

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Introducing Our 2020 Fellows

We’re excited to announce the 2020 class of Atlantic Fellows - 20 dynamic leaders from all walks of life who have a track record of success in using their art, scholarship, activism and other talents to advocate for their communities and to help build a world where the liberation of Black people leads to the liberation of all people.

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Fellows Take Action to Honor Juneteenth, Youth Day & Black Lives

Over the past month, millions of people around the world -- our staff included -- have taken to the streets to protest the brutal and senseless killings of Black people by law enforcement and to demand social transformation. June was also a time to reflect on the 155th commemoration of Juneteenth and the 44th anniversary of YouthDay. Below are some of the ways our Fellows and board members took action in June.

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