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 members of the ATLANTIC FELLOWS community (https://www.atlanticfellows.org/), a global network of leaders working together towards a more equitable world, explore the role of confidence (or lack of it) in their guests’ lives.

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. 

EPISODES

(1) 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
(2) Social justice advocate LOVELYN NWADEYI, Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity (Nigeria/South Africa) https://racialequity.atlanticfellows.org/fellow/lovelyn-nwadeyi
(3) LE NHAN PHUONG, Executive Director, Equity Initiative, Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in Southeast Asia (Thailand) https://www.equityinitiative.org/about-us
(4) Environmental activist ABRAHAM FREEMAN, Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity US & Global (Liberia) https://www.atlanticfellows.org/fellows-articles/abraham-l-b-freeman
(5) TRACEY NALEDI, founding Chairperson, Tekano, Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in South Africa (South Africa) https://tekano.org.za/board-member/dr-tracey-naledi/
(6) Journalist PRIYANKA KOTAMRAJU, Atlantic Fellow for Social & Economic Equity (India) https://afsee.atlanticfellows.org/priyanka-kotamraju
(7) Neurologist BOON LEAD TEE, Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health (Taiwan/USA) https://www.gbhi.org/profiles/boon-lead-tee

MUSIC: Thoughts in G, CHEYENNE MIZE, Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health https://www.gbhi.org/profiles/cheyenne-mize & http://cheyennemize.com/

Conversations on Confidence | Ian Robertson & Fionnuala Sweeney

In May 2023, ATLANTIC FELLOWS from several equity-focussed programs around the world, joined the WALKING THE TALK FOR DEMENTIA along the Camino in Spain, ending in SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. They were able to do so because of grants awarded by the ATLANTIC INSTITUTE in Oxford which supports Fellows from the seven global Atlantic programs to connect and collaborate for change.

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.

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.

https://www.atlanticfellows.org/

Walking the Talk for Dementia | Conversations along the Camino

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/

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Being Human When Digital 01 | A Wroe, Augmented & Virtual Realities Lead, Atlantic Institute

BEING HUMAN WHEN DIGITAL 02 | NARRATIVE CHANGE

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 augmented and virtual realities to effect narrative change.

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 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 02 | A Wroe, D Valley & N de la Peña

BEING HUMAN WHEN DIGITAL 03 | CREATIVE & ACTIVIST POTENTIAL OF VIRTUAL SPACE

Join Atlantic Fellow FIONNUALA SWEENEY in conversation with ALICE WROE, Augmented and Virtual Realities Lead at the ATLANTIC INSTITUTE, as they discuss the  creative and activist potential of virtual space.

Featuring SHARI FRILOT, Chief Curator, New Frontier, Sundance, and CEDRIC BROWN, Atlantic Fellow for Racial 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 03 | A Wroe, C Brown & S Frilot

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.

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In Conversation with StoryCorps | D Ayubi & D Walrath

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 06 | W Negron

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/

Narrative Shift in the Digital Age | Robert Reich

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.

Narrative Shift in the Digital Age | 02 Viral Moments & Hacking the Algorithms

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.

Narrative Shift in the Digital Age | 01 Seeing, Believing & Measuring

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/

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Conversations on Confidence | 01 Harold Ludwick

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 social justice advocate LOVELYN NWADEYI, Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity (Nigeria/South Africa) https://racialequity.atlanticfellows.org/fellow/lovelyn-nwadeyi. 

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/

Conversations on Confidence | 02 Lovelyn Nwadeyi

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 LE NHAN PHUONG, Executive Director, Equity Initiative, Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in Southeast Asia (Thailand) https://www.equityinitiative.org/about-us.  

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/

RELATED PODCASTS: Meditation with LE NHAN PHUONG (https://soundcloud.com/atlanticfellows/sets/meditation-by-le-nhan-phuong?si=b513096692164a7390132e37bfd880b0&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing).

Conversations on Confidence | 03 Le Nhan Phuong

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 environmental activist ABRAHAM FREEMAN, Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity US & Global (Liberia)   

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/

Conversations on Confidence | 04 Abraham Freeman

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 TRACEY NALEDI, founding Chairperson, Tekano, Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in South Africa (South Africa) https://tekano.org.za/board-member/dr-tracey-naledi/.

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/

RELATED VIDEOS
(1) DORAH MAREMA, Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity in South Africa on her community work during COVID-19 https://www.atlanticphilanthropies.org/videos/dorah-marema-atlantic-fellow-for-racial-equity-in-south-africa-on-her-community-work-during-covid-19.
(2) Global Atlantic Fellow CONSTANCE MOGALE turns to bee-keeping to help sustain her community during COVID-19 https://vimeo.com/577526238.

Conversations on Confidence | 05 Tracey Naledi

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 neurologist BOON LEAD TEE, Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health (Taiwan/USA) https://www.gbhi.org/profiles/boon-lead-tee   

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/

Conversations on Confidence | 07 Boon Lead Tee

The call for reparations dates as far back as the late 19th century but reparations have yet to materialise for many of the world’s peoples.  In the 21st century, the movement for reparations has found a new energy and the discourse is shifting as states band together to seek reparations with greater urgency.

Patronella NQABA, Program & Impact Lead (Africa) at the Atlantic Institute, facilitates a conversation on Africa Day, 2023 about the frameworks for global equity and reparations, focusing on building a culture of repair.

SPEAKERS
(1) Aria FLORANT, Co-Founder of Liberation Ventures & Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity.
(2) Evie O'BRIEN, Executive Director, Atlantic Institute & Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity.
(3) Makmid KAMARA, Director of the African Transitional Justice Legacy Fund & 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 programmes around the world in the pursuit of fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies.

https://www.atlanticfellows.org/

Frameworks for Global Equity & Reparations | A Florant, E O'Brien & M Kamara

Recently, a group of Atlantic Fellows from around the world, all engaged in the pursuit of health equity, met in Oxford to exchange ideas.  The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE's Fionnuala SWEENEY caught up with three of them:

(1) Pan MYAT MON, Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in Southeast Asia, from Myanmar;
(2) Muthoni GICHU, Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health, based in Kenya;  and
(3) Huti WATSON, Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity, a Maori woman from New Zealand’s North Island.

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.

https://www.atlanticfellows.org/

Fellows-in-Residence - Health Equity | P Myat Mon, M Gichu & H Watson

At the XR INNOVATION SUMMIT 2023, Alice WROE, XR Lead at the ATLANTIC INSTITUTE, facilated a discussion about community developed AR, and how immersive tech can bring us closer together when we are apart.

SPEAKERS
(1)Patronella NQABA, Program & Impact Lead (Africa), ATLANTIC INSTITUTE.
(2)Mildred OMINO, Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity (US + Global).
(3)Dela WILSON, Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity.

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.

https://www.atlanticfellows.org/

XR Innovation Summit 2023 - Community Developed AR | A Wroe, P Nqaba, M Omino & D Wilson

LIVING WITH A DEMENTIA DIAGNOSIS

Welcome back to WALKING THE TALK FOR DEMENTIA.

In 2023, ATLANTIC FELLOWS (https://www.atlanticfellows.org/) joined people living with dementia, practitioners, researchers and caregivers in SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain, for a walk along the Camino followed by a symposium.  This was a conference with a difference.  Over the course of a week, participants walked and talked together to better understand each other’s experiences so that collectively they could create change.  You can hear the story of that week in the opening podcasts in this series.

In the following podcasts, we catch up with conversations from that week between Atlantic Fellows and some of the participants.  

We begin with PROFESSOR BRIAN LAWLOR (https://www.gbhi.org/profiles/brian-lawlor) from the GLOBAL BRAIN HEALTH INSTITUTE (https://www.gbhi.org/) in conversation with LAURIE WATERS from the US and BERRIE HOLTZHAUSEN from Namibia, both of whom live with dementia.

If you enjoyed this episode, please share it on, and subscribe to the series wherever you get your podcasts. If you’d like to learn more about ATLANTIC FELLOWS and their work for equity, please go to our website at www.atlanticfellows.org/.

Living with a Dementia Diagnosis | BLawlor, LWaters & BHoltzhausen

DEMENTIA AWARENESS IN SOUTH AFRICA & ZIMBABWE

In this podcast, we join ATLANTIC FELLOWS LEBO MOLETE (https://tekano.org.za/tekano-fellow/lebogang-molete/) from South Africa and MAUREEN SIGAUKE (https://afsee.atlanticfellows.lse.ac.uk/en-gb/fellows/2018/maureen-sigauke) from Zimbabwe as they discuss the awareness of dementia in their respective cultures.

If you enjoyed this episode, please share it on, and subscribe to the series wherever you get your podcasts. If you’d like to learn more about ATLANTIC FELLOWS and their work for equity, please go to our website at https://www.atlanticfellows.org/.

Dementia Awareness in South Africa & Zimbabwe | L Molete & M Sigauke

TECH FOR LIVING WITH, CARING FOR & WORKING WITH DEMENTIA

In this podcast, we join ATLANTIC FELLOWS KHANYO NGCOBO (https://www.gbhi.org/profiles/khanyo-ngcobo) from Durban, South Africa, and MELISSA CHAN (https://www.gbhi.org/profiles/melissa-chan) from Singapore in conversation with DAVID DE JONG from The Netherlands and TEMITOPE FAROMBI (https://www.linkedin.com/in/temitope-farombi-md/) from the BRAIN HEALTH INITIATIVE in Nigeria to discuss how technology can be used to improve the quality of life of those living with dementia.

If you enjoyed this episode, please share it on, and subscribe to the series wherever you get your podcasts. If you’d like to learn more about ATLANTIC FELLOWS and their work for equity, please go to our website at https://www.atlanticfellows.org/.

Tech for Living with, Caring for & Working with Dementia | K Ngcobo, D De Jong, M Chan & T Farombi

MUSIC THERAPY FOR DEMENTIA

In this podcast, we join ATLANTIC FELLOW LEBO MOLETE (https://tekano.org.za/tekano-fellow/lebogang-molete/) from South Africa in conversation with DAN COHEN from RIGHT TO MUSIC (https://righttomusic.com/) in New York about how music can transform the quality of life of those living with dementia.

If you enjoyed this episode, please share it on, and subscribe to the series wherever you get your podcasts. If you’d like to learn more about ATLANTIC FELLOWS and their work for equity, please go to our website at https://www.atlanticfellows.org/.

Music Therapy for Dementia | L Molete & D Cohen

CARING FOR AND LIVING WITH LEWY BODY DEMENTIA

In this podcast, we join PROFESSOR IRACEMA LEROI (https://www.gbhi.org/profiles/iracema-leroi) from the GLOBAL BRAIN HEALTH INSTITUTE (https://www.gbhi.org/) in conversation with KEVIN and HELENA QUAID.  Kevin lives with LEWY BODY dementia (https://lewybodyireland.org/), and his wife, Helena, is his care partner.

If you enjoyed this episode, please share it on, and subscribe to the series wherever you get your podcasts. If you’d like to learn more about ATLANTIC FELLOWS and their work for equity, please go to our website at https://www.atlanticfellows.org/.

Caring for & Living with Lewy Body Dementia | I Leroi & K&H Quaid

DEMENTIA & HOPE

In this podcast, we join ATLANTIC FELLOW MELISSA CHAN (https://www.gbhi.org/profiles/melissa-chan) from Singapore in conversation with PETER ESTROP, who lives with dementia, and his wife, EVON, and RUTH WONG from DEMENTIA SINGAPORE.  Ruth runs the VOICES FOR HOPE programme which empowers people living with dementia and their care partners to share their experiences.

If you enjoyed this episode, please share it on, and subscribe to the series wherever you get your podcasts. If you’d like to learn more about ATLANTIC FELLOWS and their work for equity, please go to our website at https://www.atlanticfellows.org/.

Dementia & Hope | M Chan, P&E Estrop & R Wong

The seven ATLANTIC FELLOWS programs and ATLANTIC FELLOWS community were funded by the late billionaire philanthropist, CHUCK FEENEY through his Giving While Living philosophy of philanthropy. Having given away his fortune during his lifetime, the Atlantic Fellows equity-focussed global programs were the “last big bet” of ATLANTIC PHILANTHROPIES, the organisation he founded to disperse his funds.

The programs came to life after several years of consultations, discussions and dedication among the staff of Atlantic Philanthropies, not least its board members and CEO.

As part of our series which features conversations with people closely involved with the original intent of the mission and vision of the global community of Atlantic Fellows, MARY McDONNELL, talks with former members of the board of Atlantic Philanthropies and its CEO about what was on their minds during those years of planning to create and develop the most appropriate equity-focussed programs and the Fellows who would comprise the global community. 

Author of OUR FOUNDING STORY about the origins of the programs, Mary is in a unique position to introduce the following conversation which she hosted in 2022 at the Global Annual Convening of Fellows.

MUSIC: Thoughts in G, CHEYENNE MIZE, Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health www.gbhi.org/profiles/cheyenne-mize & cheyennemize.com/

https://www.atlanticfellows.org/

Our Story and What It Means | M McDonnell, P Smitham, S Lawrence-Lightfoot & C Oechsli

CHUCK FEENEY, the billionaire philanthropist who gave his fortune away during his lifetime died a year ago, at the age of 92 on October 9, 2023. One of the last big bets of the donor organisation he founded, ATLANTIC PHILANTHROPIES, was to create seven global ATLANTIC FELLOWS programs, each committed to the eradication of inequities.

One of those programs, the ATLANTIC FELLOWS FOR EQUITY IN BRAIN HEALTH program is housed in the GLOBAL BRAIN HEALTH INSTITUTE at two sites, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO and TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN. BRIAN LAWLOR is currently Site Director of the Trinity program and in reflecting on the late CHUCK FEENEY’s contribution, he begins by describing the impact Chuck had on the Irish city of Limerick where Brian grew up.

MUSIC: Thoughts in G, CHEYENNE MIZE, Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health www.gbhi.org/profiles/cheyenne-mize & cheyennemize.com/

www.atlanticfellows.org/

Our Story and What It Means | B Lawlor

On the first anniversary of CHUCK FEENEY’s death, VICTOR VALCOUR, Site Director for ATLANTIC FELLOWS FOR EQUITY in BRAIN HEALTH at the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO (UCSF), reflects on the contribution the founder of ATLANTIC PHILANTHROPIES made in setting up the program, one of seven equity-focussed programs around the world.

The billionaire philanthropist who decided to give his wealth away during his lifetime in order to better humanity, died at the age of 92 on October 9, 2023. In this podcast, VICTOR begins by describing the first time he met Chuck with CHRIS OECHSLI, President & CEO of ATLANTIC PHILANTHROPIES, at the GLOBAL BRAIN HEALTH INSTITUTE at UCSF which houses the ATLANTIC FELLOWS FOR EQUITY IN BRAIN HEALTH.

MUSIC: Thoughts in G, CHEYENNE MIZE, Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health www.gbhi.org/profiles/cheyenne-mize & cheyennemize.com/

www.atlanticfellows.org/

Our Story and What It Means | V Valcour

Join Atlantic Fellow FIONNUALA SWEENEY in conversation with THANIA GOPAL, Atlantic Fellow for HEALTH EQUITY IN SOUTH AFRICA.  Thania is a journalist currently completing a Master’s in Public Health, specialising in health systems 

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 South Africa | https://www.atlanticfellows.org/for-health-equity-in-south-africa

Thania Gopal: Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in South Africa

Join Atlantic Fellow FIONNUALA SWEENEY in conversation with AGUSTIN IBANEZ, Atlantic Fellow for EQUITY IN BRAIN HEALTH. Agustin is a neuroscientist from Argentina with a background in psychology and electrophysiology, which he studied at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Germany.  He is aiming to develop a platform for dementia in South American countries that combines behavioral insights, cognitive neuroscience, and the innovative use of technology.

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 | www.atlanticfellows.org/for-equity-brain-health
Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) | www.gbhi.org/

Agustin Ibanez: Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health

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

Tala Al-Rousan (Equity in Brain Health) & Ana Santos (Health Equity in Southeast Asia)

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

The Future for Non-Profits Post COVID-19 | Jitu Brown, Rose Longhurst & Tyler Spencer

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.

A(K)new World Post COVID-19 | Ai-Jen Poo, Paul Farmer & Abdul El-Sayed

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).

A Call towards Community-led Mental Health Services | Dr V Patel, K Radebe & Dr N Kang

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 Future for Racism Post COVID-19 | Betsy Hodges & Maureen Sigauke

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.

HEALTH SYSTEMS AFRICA CONVENING 2020 | SESSION 1 - Decoloniality & African Health Systems

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.

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