Civic Tech
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Find me in the Obama Presidential Center
Of all the places I imagined my story might one day sit, I don’t think I could have dreamed this one up. You can now hear my story in Imagine Your Impact, an interactive experience at the Obama Presidential Center, celebrating changemakers from around the world whose work brings community leadership to life and inspires…
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Becoming an Obama Leader in 2023
In 2023, I was selected by the Obama Foundation as an Obama Leader. Over the following six months, from January through June, I took part in a transformative program that brought together 35 extraordinary leaders from across Europe, all working to make the continent more tolerant, sustainable, and connected. Each week, we gathered for two-hour…
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Citizen Beta #23: statistics, fact checking and data journalism
It’s taken me a couple of days to recover from the brilliant Citizen Beta we’ve just had. So much to process! We were joined by Andy Dudfield from the Office for National Statistcs, Simon Rogers from Google, John Walton from the BBC, and Lev and I showed off some recent Full Fact work. The audience…
Mevan Babakar 