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"I am the founder and CEO of Ballet After Dark."

"We are a nonprofit organization based in Baltimore City, that provides trauma informed program somatic interventions."

"Our other programs focus on engagement, exposure, and art enhancement and appreciation."

"We do believe that allowing for survivors to be reintroduced to some type of routine really, really complements their healing journey."

"So that's why we wanted to make sure that when we were developing our programing, we had a variety for them to choose from."

"Putting power back into their hands and letting us know how they want to heal."

"We've created, a few different ways for us to, connect with community."

"Some of it is through strategic referral partnerships that we've built with charter schools, other victim service organizations."

"They focus on survivor justice and also just through creative word of mouth advertising."

"It was when I really started understanding that in order for me to receive corrections while I'm in the studio."

"I have to develop a sense of comfort."

"I had about allowing people into my personal space, I had to let that go."

"I was paying attention to how I was feeling and how I was changing emotionally when I was in the studio."

"I was noticing how it didn't feel like a chore."

"I think one of the biggest challenges that survivors face is identifying as a survivor."

"A lot of the trauma we endure is conditioned to be treated as either a rite of passage."

"I would probably say instead of dissecting whether or not you, as an individual, would be considered a survivor."

"You have to kind of separate yourself from it."

"You have to take into account every element that went into this traumatic situation and you have to break it down."

"I like to think that healing requires an innovative and holistic approach."

"I like what we provide should be done in conjunction with your traditional mental health care."

"Over the course of my career, I’ve worked across 36 African countries to develop and strengthen health systems. This was mainly in the domain of medicine safety for the World Health Organisation (WHO), which required me to understand quality control, supply chains, and other systems and processes."

"Through this work, I realised that there were insufficient documentation processes and effective systems-approaches in many organisational operations, mainly across Africa. This realisation is what motivated me to work in policymaking and implementation; and now I work to promote integrity and transparency in Ghana’s education sector."

"The pandemic has seriously affected our school inspections. We recognised the need for continuation of teaching and learning in this time of crisis, and we were thus inspired to conduct virtual school inspections. In addition, in partnership with the UNICEF-Ghana office, we developed and published the National E-learning Standards and accompanying guidelines for pre-tertiary schools in April 2020, in response to COVID-19 and school closures. This has been a key resource for schools nationwide over the course of the pandemic."

"One of my main goals is to continually identify areas that can be improved for better organisational capacity and effectiveness. For example, the National Schools Inspectorate Authority previously had a series of ad-hoc processes for inspections and audits to assess the quality of education for learners."

"In June 2019, with technical assistance from IPA and DFID-Ghana in the form of four personnel forming a part of our core digitisation team, we digitised the inspection approach; and this significantly streamlined data collection processes. As a result of this digitisation, data to support policy decisions is collected at the school level and received in real-time by headquarters in Accra for reporting and analysis. This approach better ensures that each inspection report is based on objective evidence, and thus limits subjectivity and opportunities for bias."

"However, digitising many of our inspection processes has enabled us to work within these constraints. For example, by adopting a statistical sampling approach for selecting schools for inspection, we have increased the number of schools inspected from about 50 to now 2,341 per academic year—this is a huge win for us."

"More importantly, with this approach and the expanded sampling we have, we can confidently extrapolate the results across all schools in Ghana. We’ve also focused on reducing manual and human efforts in our operations. For instance, school registration and payment processes at NaSIA are now automated and done online, which allows us to more efficiently track these processes and assess support for schools regardless of their location in the country."

"I am committed to continually improving the quality of work at the Inspectorate Authority by institutionalising data-driven processes and decisions."

"I am very happy, now more motivated. I feel there is now more to do because people are asking questions. I feel that there is a long road to travel and we have only just started."

"Jamaica can really run with yam. In fact, Jamaica should be in a position where, at the next Olympics, we have bombarded the market with yam products. The world is looking out for that."

"The best thing that has ever happened to me is becoming a mother and entering into a personal relationship with the Almighty Father through Jesus Christ."

"My research into yams, which originated in Nigeria and was fostered in Germany, became buttressed in Jamaica and has since radiated out to many parts of the world, resulting in many UWI-trained PhD scholars."

"The key to my parties is the small tables That way people do not have to talk only to the people on their right or left. They can talk to the whole table."

"I was never interested in real estate; I was just interested in New York."

"I called many buildings and they said, ‘We would never take a Vanderbilt or an Astor — they’re the 1880s, and we’re the 1620s."

"I became a success almost overnight because I really made a study of the establishment to figure out how to outwit them."

"I only wanted a girl and I only wanted her born on Sunday and I wanted her to be a Taurus, not Gemini."

"“I really considered marriage a very boring thing I mean, I don’t think companionship is that marvelous. I never feel lonely."

"There are many people with family members who live on both sides."

"I’ve led this life for over 45 years, and it’s all a state of mind."

""For many of us, Margaret was the face of the new Indigenous church we are living into: great kindness and compassion for all people, a willingness to embrace a new future, and a loving connection to the past." (Mark MacDonald)"

""She wanted to listen to the people who were struggling in whatever way it was, and help them in that way, and give with whatever they’re really struggling with." (Lorraine Melchior)"

"I believe she gave people confidence that the Indigenous church had substance -- intelligence, theological grounding and fair-minded, strong love towards all peoples and creatures."

"There is urgent need for action on water security, deforestation, and land degradation due to climate change."

"I’ve got a lot of thoughts now about ensuring that the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation and the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre are in stable and sustainable spaces. But you’re right, it’s such an exciting time in prevention, particularly antiretroviral-based prevention. I’ve also been looking back on 40 years of the epidemic: What have we done?"

"You've lost my business. Anyone who supports this monster deserves to go down with him."

"Many of the challenges had to do with doubt cast on my abilities to lead, sometimes self-doubt, but also doubt by other parties. I overcame that through self-belief and determination, demonstration of what I can do in all my assignments from the most trivial to strategic. I made a choice that whatever I chose to do will be excellent."

"I find myself now quite comfortable in my own skin, with nothing to prove to anyone but myself. Support of family, colleagues, male and female, can of course not be underestimated! I have had mentors who have supported me along the way as well."

"To never stop learning, and to never stop seeking the next challenge. My aspirations are to be CEO of my own business empire; I have an idea box that I need to act upon!"