#FellowsFriday!
Meet @anthony_barrows,#AscendFellow & managing director, @ideas42, an org using #behavioralscience to help ppl& systems be centered in equity. Anthony asks big Qs abt implicit & explicit bias to drive econ.& social justice.
Read🧵abt his values driving his work.⬇️
What would happen if we designed society to make resources easy for everyone to get?
@anthony_barrows tells his own story & talks abt the uncontrollable life lotteries (birth, looks, etc.) & untapped potential of a world founded on universal deservedness.
⚠️Harmful narratives harm people.
Central to @anthony_barrows & @ideas42's work is changing false poverty narratives to shift support for effective social policies and programs that actually address poverty’s root causes.
If you question whether we must center the voices and experiences of the people we are trying to serve, ask yourself: 💭Do I know what’s best for my family and me?
Next: How do I actually center these voices? Hear @anthony_barrows's advice @ 6:10. ⏯️⬇️
It’s hard to be poor - it’s costly, logically challenging, & physically debilitating.
#FellowsFriday!
Meet @anthony_barrows,#AscendFellow & managing director,@ideas42, an org using #behavioralscience to help ppl & systems be centered in equity. Anthony asks big Qs abt implicit & explicit bias to drive econ.& social justice.
Read🧵abt his values driving his work.⬇️
What would happen if we designed society to make resources easy for everyone to get?
@anthony_barrows tells his own story & talks abt the uncontrollable life lotteries (birth, looks, etc.) & untapped potential of a world founded on universal deservedness.
⚠️Harmful narratives harm people.
Central to @anthony_barrows & @ideas42's work is changing false poverty narratives to shift support for effective social policies and programs that actually address poverty’s root causes.
It’s #FellowsFriday! Meet Dr. @Joe_Hobot, descendant of the Hunkpapa Band, Lakota Nation, Standing Rock, and President & CEO of American Indian OIC. @AIOIC empowers American Indians w/ workforce training & community advocacy in culturally rich environments. Read more in thread.⬇️
Joe brings great depth to his #leadership using indigenous wisdom, culture, and heritage to inform decisions for a brighter tomorrow.
Hear him provide a #LandAcknowledgement at #AFCF21 to honor the original inhabitants of territories upon which we stand.
@Joe_Hobot's vision: "To create & sustain our own variant of public education for #Indigenous people of the U.S. that restores life-ways of their ancestors, where sovereignty was assured, and where academic & economic disparities simply did not exist." ascend.aspeninstitute.org/2018-ascend-fe…
It’s #FellowsFriday! Meet Ascend Fellow Georgia Mjartan, Exec. Director of @SCFirstSteps, a state agency & nonprofit committed to #2Gen#earlyedu programming that sets SC’s children & families up for success. Read about her leadership & values that drive her work in the thread.⬇️
+1 million SC children & parents, that’s how far @SCFirstSteps reaches.
Georgia explains how this state agency & 501(c)3 works at the community level - centering the voices of families and seeing each child w/ limitless potential - and also at scale. vimeo.com/373203874
🩺 Health concerns
🧑🍼Child care costs & availability
🗓️ Shifting work schedules
COVID-19 has magnified strains felt by #childcare workers & families. See how Georgia, ED of SC’s Early Childhood Advis. Council, took charge to support this vulnerable system. ascend.aspeninstitute.org/child-care-is-…
It’s #FellowsFriday! Meet Ascend Fellow @kwameyaoanku, CEO & Chairman, Black Star Fund, an early-stage innovation fund that invests in Black #TechEntrepreneurs.
Read more about his vision, big ideas, and values that drive his work in the thread. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
By intentionally investing in diverse tech companies (over 50% led by Black women), @kwameyaoanku sees the potential to shift where & how wealth is created and managed to drive equity, economic transformation, and community change. #BLKFounderaspenideas.org/sessions/why-l…@aspenideas
What does solving 100X100 mean to @kwameyaoanku?🧮
His answer equals 100 Black innovation fund managers who manage $100M+ funds. Today, the lack of Black capital mgmt & entrepreneurs perpetuates inequality and reduces local and national economic success. ascend.aspeninstitute.org/transforming-c…
It’s #FellowsFriday! Spotlight's on Ascend Fellow @ShereceWest, Pres.& CEO of @wrfound. She's a pivotal leader in #philanthropy stewarding investments in AR to produce measurable results & meaningful impact for communities, children, & families. Read abt her work in the thread.⬇️
Sherece is guided by stories of families, small businesses, her lived experiences, and the hard data exposing systemic inequities that erode paths to prosperity for Arkansans. Hear how she equitably approaches her work from Ascend’s ThinkXChange. #equity
What do Mississippi County, AR, & Washington, DC have in common? Mr. Scruggs & Sherece West-Scantlebury. They bring the stories from their communities to national leaders to inform and build thriving families & economies.
To kick off #FellowsFriday, meet Ascend Fellow Dr. Wendy Ellis (@wendyruns), Director of Center for Community Resilience (@ResilNation) at the Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University (@GWpublichealth)!
Dr. Ellis is growing a resilience movement to address inequities that propel social & health disparities often experienced by low-income families & communities of color, which are often passed from one generation to the next.
Read about @ResilNation here: ccr.publichealth.gwu.edu/news-and-publi…
The #2Gen approach takes a racial & gender lens to ensure health, wellbeing, & equitable access to support children and families.
📑"State of the Field" pg. 27, presents Dr. Ellis's innovative work modeling how to put this principle into practice. ascend.aspeninstitute.org/state-of-the-f…