ATLANTIC FELLOWS | BETSY HODGES & MAUREEN SIGAUKE

In this conversation, BETSY HODGES, Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity, and MAUREEN SIGAUKE, Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity, discuss their work fighting against racism and for marginalized communities. Betsy is a former Mayor of the US city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Maureen is a social justice and labor activist who lives in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Produced by StoryCorps in collaboration with the Atlantic Institute.

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United in their pursuit of equity, Atlantic Fellows come from all walks of life and a variety of professions.

They are a global community of leaders—advocates, artists, journalists, lawyers, business professionals, health practitioners, government officials, academics and researchers—who collaborate to advance equity, opportunity and human dignity.

Fellows are thinkers and doers with innovative ideas and the courage, conviction and capacity to bring lasting improvements to their communities  and the world.