A year ago, Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate joined me and three other European activists at a press conference in Davos. We were there to hold the leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum accountable for their continued lack of action on the climate crisis.
At only 34, Dr. Izkia Siches Pastén has already shown amazing leadership and enormous potential. In 2017, she became the first woman to hold the national presidency of Chile’s Colegio Médico, a highly influential medical union, in its almost 70-year history and this January, her diligence and .
I have yet to meet Sanna Marin in person, because the COVID-19 pandemic has thwarted our tradition of Nordic leaders meeting regularly. Instead of meeting face-to-face, we have kick-started our vision of being digital front runners and met online.
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The killing of George Floyd in May 2020 in Minneapolis ignited protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement on almost every continent. In Australia, as demonstrations renewed attention to the racial inequality faced by Indigenous Australians, the actor and writer Meyne Wyatt delivered a searing monologue about the experience of living through systemic racism. The sharp lines, written by Wyatt for his play City of Gold, carried a strong message. “Seeing us as animals and not as people that sh-t needs to stop,” he said. “Black deaths in custody that sh-t needs to stop.”
His words went viral and immediately struck a nerve in the country, which has recorded more than 441 Aboriginal deaths in custody since 1991. “Watching this was very uncomfortable,” said one Twitter user. Others commented that the monologue made them cry. An Australian comedian dubbed it “the best two minutes of Australian TV ever,” and BuzzFeed even su
After finishing his career at Clemson as one of the most celebrated quarterbacks in the history of college football, Trevor Lawrence is being mentioned by pundits in the same breath as players like John Elway and Peyton Manning once-in-a-generation prospects who altered the NFL.