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Keep living.
JoAnne Epps was the interim president at Temple University. The idea of describing her with the word ‘was’ has me stumped and crying for a woman I didn’t even know existed until her death. Yesterday, while scrolling through Twitter, I came across this post that broke me down. I don’t know whether it was the…
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Keep disseminating with communities!
In 1980, Jack Knott and Aaron Wildavsky asked in a provactive article, “If dissemination was the solution, what is the problem?” They noted that premature dissemination in the absence of knowledge may contribute to information overload, thus resulting in underutilization. Furthermore, the issues dissemination sought to solve were not well defined resulting in blindly sharing…
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Keep remembering!
There is a gaze that women who write seem to have. The gaze is unblinking, wide, connected, and steady. It’s not narrow, very probing and it does not flinch as it bears witness. It doesn’t have funny axes to grind. Only looking for you to say Amen. When it’s time, it will amaze. Water has…
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Keep making us proud!
Sometimes it’s the small things that matter. A gathering, with children, all equipped to tell a different story, paint their story, in a different way. Sometimes it’s the small things that matter and tonight, everything you all did, alone, on stage, was a divine as you.
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Keep the experience we create together with implementation science!
We met one sunny afternoon, to speak of dreaming and reimagining, ways to implement under 3 minutes, with words that first come to mind, in any format, with any tools. Some wrote odes, others wrote haikus, all of us delighted in the process, with words that showed us how to connect, whether feasible or acceptable,…
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Keep this place of struggle.
The place of struggle and the place of fire share one divinity. I am in a space where destiny is addressed, made stronger and refreshed. In adoration and delight, we dwell in the place of dreams. Poetry and words inspired by one fine Ghanaian poet named A. Kayper Mensah.
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Keep the depths of love
I would tell a story about you, only a story will do as we pace the sprawling yard. Simple words will do. Your gentle ease, this nightly breeze, the memories we are left with: the day you begin, visions of grace, your first steps, the depths of your embrace, leave us hopeful for another day.…
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Keep the view of Forest Park!
I remember vividly my first day at UNESCO. It was my first job after all following my doctoral degree from Penn State. I remember every single footstep from my apartment at that time at Tour with Mama Yannick all the way to train station for a 45minute ride down to Paris, to station Garibaldi and…
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Keep the genesis of our grants as stories always!
You may lose to their gaslight and lies, lose to their ignorance and power, but what they do and how they lie, the crafty schemes they pull to steal, seize or make away with ideas birth from deep within you are closed to them forever, as are, indeed, the blueprint of stories as grants, our…
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Keep confidence even when confused!
Soccer season started yesterday. My baby started his first game confused about this sport. At first he sat down with his teammates and watched as they got up and went to the field. Then it was his turn and he was asked to join them in the field. The coach asked if he would kick…
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Keep anything about your day and celebrating our 3rd year keeping something about each day!
About 3 years ago, I embarked on a journey to to loosen up myself as I navigated life as a mother of four children, wife to a frontline health care worker and a global health researcher passionate about how to make evidence based interventions last. I made a commitment to keep something important, something surprising,…
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Keep what happens when a woman rises…
Some moments, like air, are for everyone. The rising sun, black birds in flight, buzzing bees, bloom of hibiscus flowers and the rise of a woman who knows her worth. These days, I am living for moments that open up the possibilities hidden with ourselves. Things that make us human too. The other day, my…
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Writing with Juliet Iwelunmor 