Vincent Kadiri receives Alfred Landecker Democracy Fellowship

Vincent Mauricio Kadiri was recently selected as one of 30 rising activists, community leaders, and young professionals to join the Alfred Landecker Democracy Fellowship! The tagline guiding the Alfred Landecker Democracy Fellowship's inaugural cohort is "Reinventing Democratic Spaces in Times of COVID-19". It is funded through Humanity in Action in partnership with the Alfred Landecker Foundation. With the funding granted through the project, he will spend the coming months building a grassroots science communication network of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPoC) working in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). The name "Na’egbia Iyese" is Etsako and can be translated as „Good Morning Knowledge“. Through this initiative, he hopes to inspire especially Youth of Color to join academia and follow their passion for science by shining the spotlight on the kinds of diverse role models he and many other Scientists of Color often did not have growing up. The website and social media accounts were all launched recently, and if you have questions or want to join and/or support Na’egbia Iyese in any way, then please feel free to contact Vincent (https://naegbia-iyese.org/)! In addition he has received a Mercator Fellowship on International affairs which will allow him to investigate decolonial approaches to scientific collaboration and research. This prestigious program selects 25 young professionals and provides them with funding to work on a self-selected project in international organizations, NGOs, and think tanks for a year. Congratulations, Vincent.