Atlantic Fellows

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.

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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.

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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.

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CONVERSATIONS ALONG THE CAMINO | OMNIBUS

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/

CONVERSATIONS ALONG THE CAMINO | PART 2/2

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/

CONVERSATIONS ALONG THE CAMINO | PART 1/2

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/