Meet the 2023 MacArthur Fellows: 20 inspiring individuals using creativity, curiosity, and care to build a more just and sustainable future. #MacFellow The Fellows are rewriting narratives, reshaping their fields, and redefining our connections across diverse backgrounds, circumstances, and geographies. The 2023 Fellows are: • E. Tendayi Achiume, legal scholar • Andrea Armstrong, incarceration law scholar • Rina Foygel Barber, statistician • Ian Bassin, lawyer and democracy advocate • Courtney Bryan, composer and pianist • Jason Buenrostro, cellular and molecular biologist • María Magdalena Campos-Pons, multidisciplinary artist • Raven Chacon, composer and artist • Diana Greene Foster, demographer and reproductive health researcher • Lucy Hutyra, environmental ecologist • Carolyn Lazard, artist • Ada Limón, poet • Lester Mackey, computer scientist and statistician • Patrick Makuakāne, kumu hula and cultural preservationist • Linsey Marr, environmental engineer • Manuel Muñoz, fiction writer • Imani Perry, interdisciplinary scholar and writer • Dyani White Hawk, multidisciplinary artist • A. Park Williams, hydroclimatologist • Amber Wutich, anthropologist Learn more about the Fellows and their work on our website! www.macfound.org/fellows
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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people, effective institutions, and influential networks building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. ⚖🌿☮🌎 MacArthur is placing a few big bets that truly significant progress is possible on some of the world’s most pressing social challenges, including over-incarceration, global climate change, nuclear risk, and significantly increasing financial capital for the social sector. In addition to the MacArthur Fellows Program, the Foundation continues its historic commitments to the role of journalism in a responsible and responsive democracy; the strength and vitality of our headquarters city, Chicago; and generating new knowledge about critical issues.
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Criminal Justice reforms are not linked to violent crime. According to new findings by CUNY Institute for State & Local Governance on communities participating in the Safety and Justice Challenge, 75% percent of people released pretrial were not rebooked into jail, and 98% did not return to jail for a violent crime. Learn more about their report: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gaC9vps2
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Grateful to Geeta Anand for her transformational leadership of UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and her bold vision. During her tenure she has raised $50 million in pledges and public funding, including the largest state-funded program for local news in the country. She has grown and diversified the faculty and changed who gets to be a journalist by offering access for all students to a Berkeley education. Proud J-School alum and proud to call you a friend. https://lnkd.in/g4nGCMzJ
Geeta Anand plans a return to teaching after five-year term as Berkeley Journalism’s dean
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Pressure to adhere to gender norms makes both men and women more likely to engage in corrupt activities. A series of blogs on Corruption in Fragile States, produced by Besa Global’s Corruption, Justice and Legitimacy Program, in collaboration with Nigeria-based Policy Innovation Centre (PIC), explores how gender expectations relate to corruption. Read more of their findings: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gDWjrqwp
Pressure to Meet Gender Norms Can Worsen Corruption
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🎉 📚 21 MacArthur Fellows are represented on The New York Times' list of the most important and influential books of the era! #MacFellow The Fellows include: ▪ Fiction Writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ▪ Cartoonist and Graphic Memoirist Alison Bechdel ▪ Investigative Journalist Katherine Boo ▪ Blogger, Memoirist, and Journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates ▪ Writer and Translator Lydia Davis ▪ Fiction Writer Junot Diaz ▪ Urban Sociologist Matthew Desmond ▪ American Historian Annette Gordon-Reed ▪ Literary Scholar and Cultural Historian Saidiya Hartman ▪ Speculative Fiction Writer NK Jemisin ▪ Writer Edward P. Jones ▪ Writer Kiese Laymon ▪ Narrative Journalist Adrian Nicole LeBlanc ▪ Writer Ben Lerner ▪ Writer Maggie Nelson ▪ Fiction Writer and Cultural Critic Viet Than Nguyen ▪ Novelist Richard Powers ▪ Poet Claudia Rankine ▪ Writer George Saunders ▪ Fiction Writer Jesmyn Ward ▪ and Writer Colson Whitehead! Read the full list ⬇ https://lnkd.in/g8W7dman
The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
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Happening Friday! At The Algorithmic Justice League's #FreedomFlyers Summit, experts will convene to discuss the expansion and resistance to facial recognition at airports, and the ever-growing Opt Out Club. Speakers include: ▪️ Dr. Joy Buolamwini, President of The Algorithmic Justice League ▪️ Dr. Simone Browne, author of "Dark Matters" ▪️ Evan Greer, Executive Director of Fight for the Future ▪️ Dr. Avriel Epps, Cornell University Civic Science Postdoctoral Fellow RSVP ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gN5g-4_4
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Americans’ understanding of climate change has increased since 2008. Yale Program on Climate Change Communication's Climate Change in the American Mind (CCAM) Explorer shares data visualizations of how Americans’ understanding of and attitude towards climate change has shifted over time. Explore the tool ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/dyg3GPtD
More Americans Understand Risks of Climate Change
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Local news organizations in Chicago are innovating to strengthen their news coverage and better serve communities. City Club of Chicago recently hosted a conversation about strengthening local news in Chicago and its impact on our community. Featuring remarks by our President, John Palfrey, and The Chicago Community Trust President and CEO Andrea Sáenz, the event brought together philanthropic leaders, media experts, and local journalists, including two Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago journalists. Watch the recording: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gshXiyPE __ Panelists: Sarah Conway of City Bureau Jacqueline Serrato of South Side Weekly Trina Reynolds-Tyler of Invisible Institute Mackenzie Warren of Medill Local News Initiative Moderated by Olivia Obineme of Public Narrative
Discussion of Funding Chicago's News Oasis
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In 2023, nonprofit leaders saw grantmakers affirm commitments to streamline processes and reduce burdens on nonprofits. According to the Center for Effective Philanthropy's report on the State of Nonprofits 2024, organizations emphasized the need for general operating support to help them build infrastructure, support staff wellness, and foster longevity. Read more of their findings ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/g2sjKRr3
Nonprofit Survey Aims to Inform Funder Practices
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🎭 In our latest Fellow Spotlight, we share excerpts from our interview with 2020 MacArthur Fellow Larissa FastHorse and learn more about her work creating space for Indigenous artists, stories, and experiences in mainstream theater and countering misrepresentation of Native American perspectives in broader society. Larissa FastHorse is a playwright and performing arts advocate illuminating Indigenous processes of artmaking and storytelling as well as Native American perspectives on contemporary life. Check out the full spotlight 👇 https://lnkd.in/eygb66Fd __ #MacFellow