Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity - Statement on the death of George Floyd
Webinar Series - A (K)new World Reimagined
"We are as safe as the most vulnerable people in our community". As an Afghan woman who came to Britain at the age of 11, Zarlasht Halaimzai, knows firsthand the refugee experience. It motivated her to set up Refugee Trauma Initiative of which she is Executive Director. Zarlasht is also an Obama Fellow and was one of the speakers in the third webinar in the series, A (K)new World Reimagined on the topic, Displacement – Lockdown When You Have No Home.
Webinar Series - A (K)new World Reimagined
Webinar Series - A (K)new World Reimagined
The results of ‘graphic harvesting’ produced live and revealed at the end of the first webinar in our series, A (K)new World: Post Covid-19. The topic was Universal Healthcare and the Care Economy and included a powerful Q & A session about how the most negatively impacted by COVID-19 can be better served in a reimagined healthcare economy.
Narratives of displacement website launched
The Displacement of Migrant and Refugee Populations Fellows Group have launched a specially curated website, www.narrativesofdisplacement.org, aimed at both policy-makers and the public.
'The racism that's pervaded the US health system for years is even deadlier now'
In Solidarity Grants
COVID-19:In Solidarity
The scale of the COVID-19 outbreak and its impact is hard to comprehend. We are compelled to face this together spiritually and mentally. Some have been dealing with this for some time; others are just beginning to face the new reality. In this time of self isolation and reflection, listen to our podcast series for inspiration and learnings about combating inequities in their different forms.
The global caring crisis
Care in the UK is now intimately connected with austerity policies. Care work can be linked to the history of slavery; women of colour are doing work that is low valued and low paid. These were panelists’ views in the seminar, ‘Care Economies: Cuba, equity and the future’, hosted by the Atlantic Institute with Cuba Platform. Watch the video.
