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Rhodes Trust @rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk · 16d

In a world often defined by scarcity, this year’s edition of the Rhodes Forum on #TechAndSociety2025 with Equitech Futures invites us to reimagine abundance on a global scale.

📅 8 Nov 2025
📍Oxford & online
🎟️ Register at bit.ly/TechAndSociety2025

Atlantic Fellows @atlanticfellows.bsky.social · 12d

Atlantic Fellows Maritza Pintado-Caipa, Alex Kornhuber and Oscar Ramirez, with collaborator Kate Irving, highlight the barriers to health care access among some of Peru’s most underserved communities. Read their recommendations.

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Atlantic Fellows @atlanticfellows.bsky.social · 12d

Atlantic Fellows Maritza Pintado-Caipa, Alex Kornhuber and Oscar Ramirez, with collaborator Kate Irving, highlight the barriers to health care access among some of Peru’s most underserved communities. Read their recommendations.

www.atlanticfellows.org/post/overcom...

Atlantic Fellows @atlanticfellows.bsky.social · 14d

This #WorldMentalHealthDay, Atlantic Fellow Dr. Maymunah Yusuf Kadiri reminds us that storytelling is a medicine. Not the kind prescribed in a bottle, but the kind that reconnects humanity.

Read more: www.atlanticfellows.org/post/storyte...

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Rhodes Trust @rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk · 24d

Join us for the opening of our Artist in Residence Rebecca Korang's exhibition 'on Black poppies (& Other seeds)' responding to the theme of 'Radical Joy' at Rhodes House on Monday 20 October at 18:00. Everyone is welcome. Sign up for free now: bit.ly/RadicalJoyLa...

on Black poppies (& Other seeds). Monday 20 October, 18:00, Rhodes House. Rhodes Trust Artist in Residence. Rebecca Korang. An illustration of two men sitting down.

Atlantic Fellows | Older persons driving local and global action: Aspirations, well-being and rights

Atlantic Fellows @atlanticfellows.bsky.social · 21d

With the climate summit, COP30, on the horizon in November, Atlantic Fellow Peter Gan Kim Soon (@GWFellow) says climate justice means talking to grassroots organizations and communities living on the frontlines of the climate crisis.

Atlantic Fellows @atlanticfellows.bsky.social · 23d

“When older persons drive change, everyone moves forward.”

Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health Siobhan Casey reflects on how older people are actively shaping our society, and driving advocacy and innovation at local and global levels.

www.atlanticfellows.org/news/older-p...

Atlantic Fellows | Through My Hands and Eyes: A Journey of Activism, Social Justice, and Storytelling

Atlantic Fellows @atlanticfellows.bsky.social · 25d

Believed to be the first Indigenous woman to enroll at @ox.ac.uk, Mākereti Papakura has received a posthumous degree 100 years after she began her studies.

Learn more: www.atlanticfellows.org/news/posthum...

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Atlantic Fellows @atlanticfellows.bsky.social · Sep 25

Watch Aline Nogueira Haas and Kunle Adewale, Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health, join experts in arts and health at the Brazil International Arts & Health Festival.

🗓️ Sept. 25
🕰️ 9 am RIO Time
💻 Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Atlantic Fellows @atlanticfellows.bsky.social · Sep 23

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Atlantic Fellows @atlanticfellows.bsky.social · Sep 23

(1/2) #InternationalDayOfSignLanguage reminds us that true leadership means building inclusive societies.

Tshepiso Mokoena (Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity), reflects on how growing up as a Child of Deaf Adults shaped her identity and why storytelling is a powerful tool for justice.

Atlantic Fellows @atlanticfellows.bsky.social · Sep 19

📢 Happening today: Our final Road To COP session!

Join us to wrap up the series with a conversation about how movements, frontline communities and local leaders can ramp up pressure for positive results after #COP30.

Register here ow.ly/WcbG50WZfYw

Atlantic Fellows @atlanticfellows.bsky.social · Sep 18

Don’t miss the last episode of Road To COP!

Our panelists will talk about how movements, from local communities to global allies, can ramp up pressure and push for real outcomes at #COP30. 🌍🔥

🌐 Live on Zoom
🗣️ Trilingual
➡️ bit.ly/4n75vuZ

Atlantic Fellows @atlanticfellows.bsky.social · Sep 18

Don’t miss the last episode of Road To COP!

Our panelists will talk about how movements, from local communities to global allies, can ramp up pressure and push for real outcomes at #COP30. 🌍🔥

🌐 Live on Zoom
🗣️ Trilingual
➡️ bit.ly/4n75vuZ

Racism and racial justice | Broadwater Farm uprising

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Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) @afsee-lse.bsky.social · Sep 16

Join us for this #BlackHistoryMonth event exploring the legal, political, and community-based racial justice work that emerged 40 years ago from the Broadwater Farm riots.

📅 Wednesday, October 1st
📍 Old Theatre (Old Building) & online
🕕 6:30-8:00 pm

Register here: bit.ly/4glHaze

6.30pm Weds 1 Oct | Sharon Grant, Clive Chijioke Nwonka, Roxana Willis | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

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Atlantic Fellows | Walking the Talk for Dementia: A journey beyond diagnosis

Atlantic Fellows @atlanticfellows.bsky.social · Sep 16

What if a conference began with walking shoes instead of lecture halls?

Walking the Talk for Dementia 2025 brought 85 people from 30 countries together on the Camino de Santiago - building connection, breaking stigma and reimagining dementia care.

#EquityInBrainHealth #AtlanticFellows

Atlantic Fellows @atlanticfellows.bsky.social · Sep 10

“Advocacy is strongest when it is not built on my voice alone, but on the courage of people themselves.”

Carmen Dos Santos Monteiro reflects on leadership rooted in humility, connection and the power of lived experience.

Atlantic Fellows bridge gaps in care to improve the lives of people with Down syndrome in Africa

Atlantic Fellows @atlanticfellows.bsky.social · Sep 8

In our Road To COP last episode when panelists explore how from local communities, global allies and movements are organising to continue applying pressure AFTER the climate talks #COP30.

🌐 Live on Zoom.
🗣️ Trilingual
👉 af-hub.org/networks/eve...

Atlantic Fellows @atlanticfellows.bsky.social · Sep 7

Children with Down syndrome in South Africa often face stigma and exclusion.

At Creative Brain Week, Atlantic Fellows built connections that sparked a project to change that - from a community imbizo to global research collaborations.

“In South Africa and in the community where I live, I have never seen a person with Down syndrome who was able to integrate into society,” said Atholl Kleinhans on attending Creative Brain Week. As an...

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Atlantic Fellows @atlanticfellows.bsky.social · Sep 3

Do you want to improve brain health in Africa? Find out more about the Africa Brain Health Network.

First formed by Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health in 2018, it aims to attract anyone interested in brain health to join.

africabrainhealth.com

Atlantic Fellows | New Director of Community Engagement and Global Impact appointed at the Atlantic Institute

Atlantic Fellows @atlanticfellows.bsky.social · Sep 2

The Atlantic Institute will welcome Owen Valentine Pringle as our new Director of Community Engagement and Global Impact in October.

He will support Fellows to foster collaboration and drive solutions to systemic inequities across disciplines and borders.
www.atlanticfellows.org/news/owen-pr...

The Atlantic Institute is delighted to confirm the appointment of Owen Valentine Pringle as Director of Community Engagement and Global Impact.