Atlantic Fellows Booklet

TOWARD FAIRER, HEALTHIER, MORE INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES

OUR MISSION

To empower catalytic communities of leaders to advance fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies.

A BETTER WORLD BEGINS WITH YOU.

Atlantic Fellows are a diverse, international community of leaders who share a deep commitment to advancing fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies.

Photo: Mickey Kovari, Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity

United in their pursuit of equity, fellows come from all walks of life and a variety of professions. They include advocates, artists, journalists, lawyers, business professionals, health practitioners, government officials, academics, and researchers.

Fellows are courageous, compassionate, and collaborative thinkers and doers who collectively seek to bring lasting improvements to their communities and the world.

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A Connected Community of Changemakers

Over the next two decades, the network of Atlantic Fellows will grow to thousands. As of mid-2019, there are 399 fellows from 61 countries.

ATLANTIC FELLOWS ARE:

Experienced and exceptional in their field of work (minimum 5 years) At an inflection point where the program provides the resources to increase their potential for significant impact Willing and able to navigate and learn from diverse perspectives and complexity on a local and global scale Committed to work with and support others to achieve individual and collective impact

1 Canada 87

US 2

Mexico 5

Cuba 1 Jamaica

Costa Rica 1

1 CuraÇao

Colombia 4 Ecuador 1

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Peru 2

Brazil

1 Chile

3 Argentina

Great Britain The Netherlands Northern Ireland 5 Germany 11 Ireland 9 1 1 11 Romania 2 Belguim Laos 1 Armenia 1 Nepal Spain 3 4 Turkey France 1 1 10 1 Iraq Greece Thailand 2 1Jordan Japan 1 China Myanmar 3 Israel Pakistan 1 Egypt 4 1 6 Taiwan 4 4 15 14 India 14 1 Nigeria Philippines Senegal 7 Vietnam 1 5 1 1 Ghana Cambodia 1 Sierra Leone Bangladesh 5 Uganda 4 Kenya Malaysia 8 Cote D'Ivoire Zambia Indonesia 1 3 1 1 Malawi East Timor Singapore Zimbabwe 82 1 27 Botswana South Africa

Australia 4 New Zealand

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SEVEN PROGRAMS. ONE COMMON PURPOSE: EQUITY.

Within and across the interconnected Atlantic Fellows programs, fellows collaborate across disciplines and borders to understand and address the root causes of pressing global problems.

Each of the seven Atlantic Fellows programs is distinct and grounded in its local context.

All programs begin with a core fellowship experience and continue with fellows joining the lifelong global community supported by the Atlantic Institute.

FOR RACIAL EQUITY

FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY

FOR EQUITY IN BRAIN HEALTH

FOR SOCIAL EQUITY

FOR HEALTH EQUITY IN SOUTH AFRICA

FOR HEALTH EQUITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

The Institute provides fellows with long-term resources and opportunities to connect, learn, and work together to tackle inequity.

FOR HEALTH EQUITY

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PROGRAM Up to 40 fellows annually 12-month residential fellowship

“ Dementia poses a growing threat to people around the globe. The Atlantic Fellows Program answers the world’s urgent call for well-equipped leaders ready and able to tackle this challenge.”

MARY ROBINSON, CHANCELLOR, TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF IRELAND

The Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health seek social and public health solutions to reduce the scale and adverse impact of dementia. Affecting nearly 50 million people globally, dementia takes its highest toll on vulnerable and disadvantaged populations.

Possibility for non-residential fellowships Continued community, collaboration, and access to resources to support fellows and their work

Fellows are empowered to make significant progress toward reducing the scale and impact of dementia through an inter-professional training program and access to a strong and robust global network of mentors and colleagues.

Fellows and program staff based at University of California, San Francisco and Trinity College Dublin

Fellows will translate research evidence and innovation into policies and practices that reflect the needs of specific regions and their populations.

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FEATURED PROJECT TALA AL-ROUSAN Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health

“ With the current horrifying anti-refugee sentiments, my choice of making refugee health a career focus and a cause in life can feel daunting and isolating. The idea that I belong to a family of like-minded fellows who are all fighting against injustice in every form and shape is energizing.”

TALA AL-ROUSAN

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Tala al-Rousan, a physician and public health professional, was motivated to focus on refugee health partly because of the plight of the huge number of refugees in her native Jordan. She was also driven by the injustice faced by refugees who have already been forced to flee their homes and countries of origin.

Tala’s work as a clinician in refugee camps in Jordan has challenged her on both a personal and professional level.

As an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health, Tala has received funding for a two-year project beginning in 2019 during which she and her team will examine the rates of cognitive decline in Syrians living in the Al Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan and the neighboring community.

Tala is a Bernard Lown Fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health and a postdoctoral fellow in Global Health and Medicine at the University of California, San Diego. In addition, Tala undertakes epidemiological research aimed at informing policies involving refugee health in host countries including Jordan, Europe, and the United States.

Tala leading a research project on mental health in Zaatari refugee camp (largest Syrian refugee camp in the world) Photo: Iyad Shtiyat (Research assistant); UNHCR

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PROGRAM Up to 20 leaders from the U.S. and South Africa interested in deepening their knowledge, analysis, and skills within a cohort

“ I am moved by the ambitions of the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity and the opportunities the program will create for dynamic thinking and action to address anti-Blackness and dismantle structural racism.”

OPAL TOMETI, CO-FOUNDER, BLACK LIVES MATTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BLACK ALLIANCE FOR JUST IMMIGRATION BOARD MEMBER, ATLANTIC FELLOWS FOR RACIAL EQUITY

The Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity aspire to build an enduring network of leaders dedicated to working across issues, approaches, and geographies to create the institutions, narratives, and policies that will advance racial equity and justice.

The program brings together accomplished individuals from diverse backgrounds to incubate new strategies for addressing, dismantling, and transforming the power structures that subjugate black people.

Fellows explore the origins of structural racism and the mechanisms through which it operates; participate in collaborative vision and strategy-building for societal transformation; and engage with different perspectives and approaches for building a just and equitable world.

setting will participate in a 12-month program with weeklong sessions in New York City, Johannesburg, and other U.S. and South Africa locations In future years, up to 5 leaders interested in developing far-reaching projects to transform racial equity will be supported through sabbaticals and other means Continued community, collaboration, and access to resources to support fellows and their work Program staff based at Columbia University in the City of New York and the

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PROGRAM Up to 18 fellows annually, 9 per track 12-month non-residential program consisting of 5 weeks of courses and field visits, including a one-week course in Cape Town

“ The diffusion of knowledge and education have always been key forces pushing

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towards the reduction in inequality; the

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Atlantic Fellows program offers a bold

School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) as well as participating in the 5-week program above Network Innovation Teams of 3 to 4 global researchers conducting intensive

and exciting paradigm through which future changemakers can be equipped with the necessary insights and tools to chart a new way forward.”

THOMAS PIKETTY, EHESS & ÉCOLE D’ÉCONOMIE DE PARIS/ PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS

research and developing practical responses

The Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity seek to address the major global challenge of entrenched and growing inequality.

Inequality is not inevitable and a better, equitable world is possible. Equity can be achieved through bold, imaginative responses to unfair structures and systems, forged through collective action and aligned to values of fairness, care, and dignity.

The program is designed to critically engage fellows with global theories, practices, and contexts of social and economic inequality that will support them as social change leaders.

Atlantic Fellows are part of the next generation of practitioners and thinkers addressing the global challenge of inequalities.

Continued community, collaboration, and access to resources to support fellows and their work Program staff based

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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NELSON MANDELA SCHOOL OF PUBLIC GOVERNANCE, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA | INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES

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FEATURED PROJECT JOHNNY MILLER Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity

“ Inequalities in our social fabric are oftentimes hidden, and hard to see from ground level. Visual barriers, including the structures themselves, prevent us from seeing the incredible contrasts that exist side by side in our cities.”

JOHNNY MILLER

PHOTOS (CLOCKWISE) The settlement of Wolwerivier was constructed by the City of Cape Town in 2015 to house evictees from gentrifying areas, some of whom come from areas with easy access to services

Based in Cape Town, South Africa, Johnny Miller is a journalist and photographer and an Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity at the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics.

He is also a founder of africanDRONE – a panAfrican citizen journalist organization.

Johnny’s photography focusing on inequalities has achieved international acclaim. His Unequal Scenes collection, distinguished by use of drones, reveals stark contrasts in our urban landscapes, existing side by side and which are often hidden at ground level. The drone distances the photographer from the viewer of the photograph both physically and mentally, forcing us to analyze the far-off image. Johnny says this in turn “forces us to confront the ethics of representation and the limitations (and freedom) of using technology in image-making.”

like schools, hospitals, and jobs. But Wolwerivier is far from the city and any services. Situated in the middle of barren bush 30km from the city, residents are forced into an isolation of poverty, idleness, and silence.

Asiphe Ntshongontshi lives in a shack in Masiphumelele, a dense community surrounded by wealthy estates. She’s not worried about the fact that she lives in a shack. “I don’t see myself living in the wetlands, in the shack in the next five years.”

In Johannesburg, illegal settlements like this one make strange bedfellows with multi-million rand estates. A shallow river isn’t all that separates these two communities.

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Photos: Johnny Miller

Supported by the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity, Johnny received funding to produce a series of images for exhibition in Cape Town, Oslo, Paris and the Zingst Environmental Photo Festival in Germany, among others. Shot with Hasselblad’s flagship A6D camera, Johnny’s images mix intimate portraits of people on the frontline of inequality with aerial imagery.

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PROGRAM 25 fellows annually 12-month non-residential program with 4-6 in-person modules of 5-8 days each,

“ South Africa is hungry for leaders who can heal divisions and help build a healthy, stable country. The Atlantic Fellows at Tekano will enable local activists to enhance their leadership abilities and forge links with other leaders.”

DR. TRACEY NALEDI, TEKANO CHAIRPERSON

The Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in South Africa seek to inspire and sustain the changes South Africa needs to bridge the enormous gulf between rich and poor and build a healthier nation.

requiring some work between modules Modules in different locations throughout South Africa highlighting key

The program is guided by a vision that, to achieve a South Africa in which all people enjoy better health and wellbeing, the country needs bold leaders to tackle the severe social and economic inequities that determine the health of individuals, communities, and populations. The fellowship aims to build critical thinkers and leaders in sectors that impact health equity.

issues related to health equity and structural and social determinants of health Fellows complete an advocacy project with support from mentors and coaches

Fellows mobilize to address the root causes of inequity to secure lasting improvements in health outcomes for all.

Continued community, collaboration, and access to resources to support Fellows and their work Program staff based at Tekano in Khayelitsha,

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Cape Town TEKANO WORKS WITH A RANGE OF ORGANIZATIONS FROM NGOS, UNIVERSITIES AND CORPORATE INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE REPRESENTED ON ITS GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES AND SHAPE ITS PROGRAM DELIVERY

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PROGRAM Up to 25 fellows on a non-residential program with induction year activities totaling 6 weeks and a life-long communitybuilding component 6 in-person events, including 4 events in

“ Equity is not a single final destination but a process of collectively moving

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toward greater fairness. This fellowship

Harvard University, and a

program aims to nurture a generation

global field experience Continued community, collaboration, and access to resources to support fellows and their work

of young leaders and steadily build a sustained community of change agents for health equity.”

The Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in Southeast Asia seek to promote and improve health equity throughout the region, particularly among the most vulnerable and marginalized populations.

Fellows are the next generation of transformative leaders from 10 ASEAN countries and China who will work to reform health policy and systems, tackle social determinants, and address health inequities within and beyond national boundaries.

LINCOLN CHEN, PRESIDENT OF THE CHINA MEDICAL BOARD

Fellows will form the core of a multi-sectoral community—a thriving network of health equity practitioners who are committed to pursuing social justice in health.

Program staff based at The Equity Initiative—a program of the China Medical Board—with offices in Boston, Bangkok, and Beijing

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FEATURED PROJECT NILA TANZIL Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity Southeast Asia

“ Being able to read is one aspect of human rights. Every kid should be literate and no-one should be left behind.”

NILA TANZIL

Aware of the huge gap in the quality of education between remote areas of her native Indonesia and bigger cities like Jakarta, Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in Southeast Asia, Nila Tanzil, set about helping children in the east of the country to learn to read and nurture their love of reading. She founded Taman Bacaan Pelangi (Rainbow Reading Gardens), a non-profit organization focused on improving children’s literacy by establishing child-friendly libraries in primary schools in remote villages in Eastern Indonesia as well as teachers’ trainings programs.

To date, as many as 26,000 students have had access to 105 libraries throughout 17 islands in Eastern Indonesia, and more than 1,000 teachers in those remote areas have been trained. Every library has a collection of 1,250 to 3,000 children’s books.

PHOTOS Students and teacher participate in the reading activity at Rainbow Reading Gardens libraries.

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Supported by Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in Southeast Asia, Nila developed a project to promote literacy on Flores Island. Teachers in four schools were empowered through a series of literacy teaching methods to both reduce the illiteracy rate of children and improve reading skills. The resulting data showed the pilot had made a significant impact in the schools where it had been introduced.

Nila says the pilot funding “added value to the work I do with the Rainbow Reading Gardens” because it was the first time children’s reading skills were monitored in the schools where her libraries are located. Further funding, Nila believes, could support this program and scale it up, so that it might be implemented it in other schools in Eastern Indonesia. “The impact will be huge,” she says.

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PROGRAM 20 fellows annually (US and global) in a non-residential program 4-in-person convenings

“ This program has been life-changing— it has deepened and expanded my understanding of health equity, and given me a new context of how these issues

The Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity aims to develop global leaders who have the knowledge, skills, and courage to build more equitable health systems, organizations, and communities.

(totaling 5 weeks) and 16-bi-weekly online sessions Blended in-person and online learning, individualized

intersect. Most importantly, it has been a reminder of how our work and our lives are interconnected. Only by working together can health equity be achieved.”

Health equity speaks to the idea of fairness in realizing the benefits of public health and health care.

Despite progress, less advantaged groups continue to live shorter lives and health gaps persist within and between countries.

coaching, peer mentoring, and team-based learning Program staff based at The George Washington University

ZULAYKA SANTIAGO, 2017 ATLANTIC FELLOW FOR HEALTH EQUITY

The fellowship trains leaders to recognize, understand, and bridge these health gaps. It aims to create a global network of committed leaders working across across societies and nations to promote health equity.

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Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity Fellow Tyler Spencer Founder and Executive Director of The Grassroot Project facilitates games based sexual health curriculum in a middle school in Washington DC. Photo: Yang Jiang.

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PROGRAM Up to 20 fellows annually 12-month non-residential program with fellows coming together for around 60 days throughout the year A carefully curated

“ We remain aware of the lived daily experience of marginalization of our

Indigenous-led curriculum

people. Our response will not be one

to expand and deepen

of despair, but one of possibility,

fellows’ ways of Knowing (Head), Being (Heart), and

determination and opportunity.”

Doing (Hands)

JASON GLANVILLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,

The Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity seek to harness Indigenous knowledge and ingenuity to create positive social change.

Throughout the yearlong fellowship, the program provides the tools, resources, and connections for fellows, most of whom are Indigenous, to become deeply engaged changemakers across the Pacific region.

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Access to the people,

Fellows are proven and provocative with a commitment to new forms of collaborative fellowship. Coming from a mix of backgrounds, professions and perspectives, cohorts include activists, educators, policy makers, academics, artists, cultural leaders, health care practitioners, and community organizers.

places and processes to elevate, provoke, and sustain fellows’ social change work Continued community, collaboration, and access to resources to support Fellows in their work and lifelong fellowship Program staff based at the

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“ I firmly believe that talented, curious, empathic leaders, learning and working together can change the world.

I’m excited to work with the fellows and programs to build a lifelong, COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT FOR A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS

The Atlantic Institute amplifies the influence and impact of the Atlantic Fellows and the Atlantic Fellows Programs by:

globally-connected community of passionate changemakers.”

PENELOPE BROOK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE ATLANTIC INSTITUTE

• Supporting lifelong community among Atlantic Fellows, with access to resources and opportunities to connect, learn, and work together; • Promoting collaboration and shared approaches across Atlantic Fellows programs, with virtual and face-to-face platforms for sharing knowledge; • Extending community by connecting Atlantic Fellows and programs to a broader global network of equity-focused leadership initiatives; and

Atlantic Fellows from across the globe gather at the Atlantic Institute.

Photos: Lee Atherton

• Raising global awareness of the work of the fellows, and of the programs.

The Atlantic Institute is housed with the Rhodes Trust in Oxford, UK.

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THE NARRATIVE INITIATIVE

The Narrative Initiative is a training and networking resource for Atlantic Fellows programs, social change leaders, and movements. The Initiative will develop fellows’ understanding and capacity to use culture, language, and stories that move hearts and minds.

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THE IDEA BEHIND THE ATLANTIC FELLOWS

THE ATLANTIC PHILANTHROPIES

The Atlantic Philanthropies established the Atlantic Fellows in 2015 to culminate the foundation’s work in the geographies and issue areas in which it historically focused, and its decades of investing in people and in their vision and ability to realize a better world.

Over 35 years, Atlantic has made grants totaling more than $8 billion to advance opportunity, health equity and human dignity primarily in 8 regions across the globe. After establishing Atlantic in 1982, Chuck Feeney quietly committed his wealth to the service of humanity.

Atlantic has committed over $660 million – its biggest investment ever – alongside other partner organizations and governments, to support the work of the global network of thousands of Atlantic Fellows over the next two decades, and beyond.

In keeping with Feeney’s Giving While Living, big bet philosophy, Atlantic has invested in systemic change to accelerate lasting improvements in the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people. Atlantic completed grantmaking in 2016 and will conclude operations in 2020.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT’S ALL ABOUT PEOPLE.

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Chuck Feeney with a student at Hue University’s Learning Resource Center in Viet Nam. Photo: Le Nhan Phuong

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