2021-22 Blog iie.org Find a Program About Eligibility Current Fellows Centennial Fellowship Alumni Apply FAQs Blogs 2021-22 Blog 2020–21 Blog 2019–20 Blog Contact Find a Program IIE Centennial Fellowship Blogs 2021-22 Blog For the 2021-2022 IIE Centennial Fellowships, five Fulbright alumni have received awards of up to $25,000 to help fund projects that focus on increasing access, equity, and empowerment for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) and other marginalized communities at the local, national or global level. Over their fellowship year, they will share their projects, goals, and updates through this blog. Empowering Marginalized Communities Through Sustainable Farming in Rural Areas of the West Bank Abdelhaleem Khader discusses how his sustainable farming project addresses unemployment among Palestinian women and incentivizes young agronomists to stay in their home communities. Transnational Black Women’s Solidarity as New Bones for Development Practice K. Melchor Quick Hall speaks to the need to address racism in international development scholarship and practice, and how the model of the Transnational Black Women’s Food Sovereignty Project aims to pilot an alternative path Facilitating Successful Reentry: EPI Reentry and College Outside Program (RECOUP) Staff Perspective Interview between Mneesha Gellman & Reilly Loynd about the EPI RECOUP Program Advocating For Respectful Maternity Care in Niger Dr. Amina Alio discusses how she developed a passion for addressing social determinants of health and how her New Leader project will bring her back to Niger to address inequities in maternity care. Towards Sustainable Farming in Rural Areas of the West Bank Abdelhaleem Khader shares how his experience as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar and his family have inspired his Centennial Fellowship project on sustainable farming in the West Bank Designing and Implementing a Harm Reduction Program for People Who Inject Drugs in Kigali, Rwanda Dr. Jean Olivier Twahirwa Rwema discusses how his IIE Centennial Fellowship will support him design and implement the first harm reduction program for people who inject drugs in Kigali. A Transnational Black Feminist Food Sovereignty Project Melchor Hall shares how her personal experience of Black transnationalism and previous work with Garifuna ereba makers inspired her IIE Centennial Fellowship project. Educational Access in Prison and Afterwards: The Emerson Prison Initiative Story Mneesha Gellman, founder of the Emerson Prison Initiative, introduces the program and how the IIE Centennial Fellowship will help launch RECOUP (Reentry and College Outside Program) to continue to support formerly incarcerated students. Privacy Careers Terms and Conditions Blog © 2022 Institute of International Education, Inc. All rights reserved. INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, IIE and OPENING MINDS TO THE WORLD are trademarks or registered trademarks of Institute of International Education, Inc. in the United States and other countries.