This year, John P. and Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation and the Aspen Institute are recognizing fearless leaders who dare to pursue innovative solutions in an era of conflict and uncertainty. We are proud to share…
Senior New Voices Fellow Esther Ndumi Ngumbi candidly shares the conversations she had been holding back on having with her strict mother, until now. In the latest NPR Goats and Soda section, a mother’s sacrifices…
Stellah Bosire, a Senior New Voices Fellow, recently authored “Poison on Plates: Our Food System Is Making Us Sick,” published on Nation Africa. Her well-researched article underscores food safety and consumer protection in Kenya, sharing…
Uche Kenneth Udekwe is a 2024 Impact West Africa Fellow who founded social enterprise Natal Cares, writes about the success story of its intervention through birthing kits across Nigeria. Nigeria maintains one of the highest…
“Caring societies will never be achieved as long as the injustices that create atrocities like the fires at Grenfell Tower and Usindiso are allowed to continue”, writes Koketso Moeti, 2017 New Voices Fellow, in her…
Adaeze Oreh, 2019 New Voices Senior Fellow, spoke on the civil society engaged-panel, “Advancing Universal Health Coverage in a Changing World- the Case for Gender-Responsive Health Systems“ at the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva….
2013 New Voices Senior Fellow Kennedy Odede and the organization he founded, Shining Hope for Communities in Nairobi (SHOFCO), were recently featured in a New York Times article entitled “Kenya Is Desperate to Pay Off…
Leadership is legacy. Community is power. Change starts with the people closest to the challenge. In a year marked by global setbacks and heartbreaking loss, the Aspen Global Innovators Group doubled down on what…
In her compelling op-ed, “Transforming Menstrual Health into Economic Power,” Fenny Louise Taylor, 2024-2025 Impact West Africa Fellow, highlights how period poverty in Liberia affects women’s health, education, and income—citing stories of girls like Kema…
Last week, during National Prevention Week, Monica H. Sanchez, our 2025 Healthy Communities Fellow, shared a powerful op-ed in the Rio Grande Guardian urging us all to “be the trusted voice for our kids.” With…
