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Tyehimba Salandy
Tyehimba Salandy
Trinidad and Tobago
Social and Economic Equity
Sociologist, University of the West Indies; director, Institute of Indigenous Knowledge, Empowerment and Research
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Mission
Working on decolonizing global and local spaces and self through dialogue, alternative media and Indigenous knowledge.
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Interests
Decolonization
Decolonization
Social and Economic Rights
Social and Economic Rights
Climate Justice and Sustainability
Climate Justice and Sustainability
Racial Equity
Racial Equity
program
Tyehimba Salandy
is an Atlantic Fellow for

Social and Economic Equity

.
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YEAR JOINED ATLANTIC FELLOWS
2020
fellows in
Trinidad and Tobago
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fellows in
Social and Economic Equity
Location
Trinidad and Tobago
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