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Author Archives: Ambika Samarthya-Howard

From Bollywood to Nigeria, Ambika has been creating, teaching and writing at the intersection of storytelling and social good for two decades. She believes in working with local teams, developing work collaboratively, and taking risks in telling authentic, powerful stories. She has produced content for Current TV, UNICEF, Havas, Praekelt.org, UNICEF, UNFPA, and Save the Children and trained for BBC Media Action, Columbia University, and the New York Film Academy. She led the content curation and writing for the Medium Publication, Mobile For Good, and has spoken about social good projects and inclusivity at over 20 conferences globally. She was recently the contributing editor for PRISM's refugee resettlement series, and she is currently a Solutions Journalism LEDE Fellow.

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Data is key to creating resilient marginalized communities facing disasters

by Ambika Samarthya-Howard August 9th, 2021August 6th, 2021

Black and brown folks in the Florida panhandle use a data-first approach to shape community responses through crime waves, hurricanes, and the pandemic.

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Want to improve the resettlement process? Listen to what refugees have to say

by Ambika Samarthya-Howard July 13th, 2021August 10th, 2021

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