Ahmed M. Badr, Ed.M. Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Middletown, Connecticut, United States

Middletown, Connecticut, United States

Middletown, Connecticut, United States

Middletown, Connecticut, United States

New York, United States

Narratio activates, supports, and highlights the creative expression of displaced young people through fellowships, workshops, publishing, and partnerships. Our flagship program, the Narratio Fellowship, is the only U.S.-based initiative building cohorts of resettled refugee youth Fellows to shape and influence the global conversation around displacement and cultural production. Through the year-long program, participants learn to share stories across various contexts, and receive media training, leadership development, and networking support, as well as academic advising.

A groundbreaking collection of poetry, personal narratives, and art from refugee youth around the world. Foreword by actor and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller. Available on October 13, 2020. Beginning in 2018, Ahmed M. Badr—an Iraqi-American poet and former refugee—traveled to Greece, Trinidad & Tobago, and Syracuse, New York, holding storytelling workshops with hundreds of displaced youth: those living in and outside of camps, as well as those adjusting to life after resettlement. Combining Badr’s own poetry with the personal narratives and creative contributions of dozens of young refugees, While the Earth Sleeps We Travel seeks to center and amplify the often unheard perspectives of those navigating through and beyond the complexities of displacement. The result is a diverse and moving collection—a meditation on the concept of "home" and a testament to the power of storytelling.

UNPACKED: Refugee Baggage seeks to humanize the word “refugee.” This multicultural-media installation is the work of Syrian-born, New Haven CT artist and architect Mohamad Hafez and Iraqi-born writer and speaker Ahmed Badr.For UNPACKED: Refugee Baggage Hafez sculpturally re-creates rooms, homes, buildings and landscapes that have suffered the ravages of war. Each is embedded with the voices and stories of real people — from Afghanistan, Congo, Syria, Iraq and Sudan — who have escaped those same rooms and buildings to build a new life in America. Their stories are collected and curated by Badr, who attends Wesleyan University and is himself an Iraqi refugee. Visitors experience short audio clips through headphones and can continue reading the stories online and on exhibit placards.

New York, New York

"From The Bomb That Visited My Home" delivered at TEDxTeen.

The Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea is hosting the #Youth4ClimateLive Series, in collaboration with Connect4Climate - World Bank Group and the Office of Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth, as part of the initiatives organized in the run-up to the 2021 Pre-COP26 in Milan, Italy and COP26.The #Youth4Climate series will build momentum between now and the upcoming face-to-face “Youth4Climate: Driving Ambition” event during Pre-COP26 in Italy by hosting a wide range of stimulating and inspirational virtual climate discussions featuring high-profile speakers and leaders from the global youth climate movement.

New York, New York

One of 17 UN Young Leaders chosen from over 8,000 applicants to advance and advocate for the Sustainable Development Goals on behalf of the world's young people. The Young Leaders for the SDGs will promote innovative ways of engaging their audiences and peers in the advocacy and realization of the Goals and contribute to a brain trust of young leaders supporting the UN and partners for key moments and initiatives related to the Goals.

Richmond, Virginia, United States

In this six-part podcast series, we showcase stories of refugees as they adjust to their new lives in Virginia. These personal stories are woven together with useful teaching moments about the resettlement process. Season one will consist of six thematic episodes, which aim to bring the listener into the daily lives of refugees through field interviews (at home, work and school), personally-recorded audio diaries and reflective studio interviews.

Middletown, Connecticut

Each year, a handful of students from the incoming freshman class are selected to be Allbritton Fellows. These students are recognized for their exemplary civic engagement or social impact work prior to coming to Wesleyan. They are matched with a faculty mentor from the Allbritton Center and are invited to community-building events for Allbritton Fellows and other student leaders.

Middletown, Connecticut

Aspen, Colorado

New York, New York

A Way Home Together uses the informal and intimate medium of podcasting to tell personal stories of people on the move, including migrants, refugees and those who have been deeply affected by different cultures.

New York, New York

Bali, Yogyakarta, Washington D.C.

Eight U.S. students are selected to participate in discussions, workshops, simulations and leadership training activities, as well as educational field trips and site visits to local educational and community development organizations within Washington D.C., Bali, and Yogyakarta. The goal of the I-US-YLP is to promote civic engagement and participation among Indonesian and U.S. youth through cross-cultural exchanges and learning while increasing mutual understanding between the two countries.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Anthropology

Master Of Education - Ed.M., Education Leadership, Organizations, And Entrepreneurship (Eloe)

Adrian Cheng Fellow, Social Innovation + Change Initiative, Center For Public Leadership