Summary: At a time when people are rising up against systemic racism, this episode examines the need for development practitioners to recognize their position of privilege and lean out to create space for new ideas, grassroots initiatives and, ultimately, a more equitable world. The three co-founders of the Duke Decolonizing Global Health working group at Duke University – Laura Mkumba, Yadu Raveendran and Andrea Koris – discuss the lasting influences of colonialism on the current development system, the inequitable effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance of bringing cultural context into perspective in global development work. FHI 360's Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Fine, hosts conversations with creative thinkers, distinguished leaders and local actors who are at the forefront of human development and who bring diverse perspectives to timely, high-stakes and sometimes controversial issues affecting people around the world.
