🎉 Meet the 2024 MacArthur Fellows! These 22 exceptionally creative individuals redefine their fields with imagination and intention. They shift how we connect to one another, through our shared history and our stories. #MacFellow The 2024 MacArthur Fellows are: 🌾 Loka Ashwood, sociologist 💻 Ruha Benjamin, transdisciplinary scholar and writer 🎤 Justin Vivian Bond, artist and performer 📝 Jericho Brown, poet 🎧 Tony Cokes, media artist 📱 Nicola Dell, computer and information scientist 🎻 Johnny Gandelsman, violinist and producer 🎥 Sterlin Harjo, filmmaker 📖 Juan Felipe Herrera, poet, educator, and writer 📚 Ling Ma, fiction writer 📜 Jennifer L. Morgan, historian 🦎 Martha Muñoz, evolutionary biologist 📓 Shailaja Paik, historian 🪲 Joseph Parker, evolutionary biologist 🎨 Ebony G. Patterson, multimedia artist 🩰 Shamel Pitts, dancer and choreographer 📷 Wendy Red Star, visual artist 🎒 Jason Reynolds, children’s and young adult writer ⚖️ Dorothy Roberts, legal scholar and public policy researcher 🪐 Keivan Stassun, science educator and astronomer 🐋 Benjamin Van Mooy, oceanographer ♿ Alice Wong, writer, editor, and disability justice activist Learn more about the Fellows and their work on our website: https://lnkd.in/gGEsYSJY

"Philanthropy and giving has an important role to play in supporting India as a leader in growth and development, resilience, and responses to challenges in society." yamini mishra, Country Director of our India office, shares how India Giving Day, which takes place on March 14, seeks to educate the public about the impact of thoughtful philanthropy. Read more at Indiaspora ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gR5PSqSD

Congratulations to the terrific Lever for Change team. 2024 was a great year for us -- ending with the launch of the Trust in American Institutions Challenge. (Check it out if you haven't done that yet!)

This year marked 25 years of Nigeria’s longest-running, unbroken period of civil rule since 1999. It also marked 30 years of MacArthur forging partnerships for development in the country. Listen as Dr. Kole Shettima, Director of our Nigeria Office and Co-Director of our On Nigeria Big Bet, discusses our longstanding history in and commitments to Nigeria. Full story ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gFzxgN5r

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ICYMI: Check out some of the most recent news from our On Nigeria program! 👇

Since 2016, our On Nigeria Program has worked to reduce corruption through Nigerian-led efforts to increase transparency, accountability, and participation. Critical to our progress is the Nigerian concept of Joinbodi, a Pidgin word that means “solidarity” or “working together.” In this video, Erin Sines, Co-Director of On Nigeria, speaks about how grantees worked together to share learnings and strengthen the accountability ecosystem. Learn more about our Joinbodi cohort ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gTU-SnEa

ICYMI: Check out some of the most recent news from our Impact Investments program! 👇 #ImpInv

From 2017 through 2023, we've provided support to the Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education (CHRICED) to reduce corruption, enhance government accountability, and strengthen the participation of marginalized voices. CHRICED helps Abuja's Original Inhabitants advocate for their rights and secure government representation after decades of displacement and marginalization. Learn more about their work: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dambAcH2

ICYMI: Check out some of the most recent news from our Technology in the Public Interest program! 👇