Meet ASF’s 2023 Humanitarian of the Year Frances Ford
By: Javacia Harris Bowser When Frances Ford first learned that she’d been selected as the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship’s Humanitarian of the Year she was shocked. “I kept thinking, who would…
By: Javacia Harris Bowser When Frances Ford first learned that she’d been selected as the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship’s Humanitarian of the Year she was shocked. “I kept thinking, who would…
By: Javacia Harris Bowser Your zip code shouldn’t determine how healthy you are. Unfortunately, we live in a society where it often does. But Albert Schweitzer Fellow Chelsea Gayre is…
2023-2024 Cohort of 21 Graduate Students Represents Another Record Year and Largest Class to Date for Alabama’s Schweitzer Fellowship ASF Press Release - 2023 Fellows AnnouncedDownload
By: Javacia Harris Bowser Gun violence and homelessness are two of the greatest social problems the City of Birmingham and surrounding areas are facing right now. Issues like these can…
Dr. Ayanda Chakawa, PhD, entered into the first cohort of ASF Alabama Fellows in 2016-17 as a PhD student in Auburn University’s department of Psychology. She partnered with the Macon…
Current Fellows Renee Pan and Anthony Wilson Reflect on Lessons Learned at the ASF Winter Retreat By: Javacia Harris Bowser Who cares for the caregivers?` Unfortunately, this isn’t a question…
By: Javacia Harris Bowser Strong Black Woman. As an African American woman, Albert Schweitzer Fellow Angel Perry-Jackson knows the strong Black woman narrative all too well. “Everything is on us…
Award Recognizes Frances Ford, Perry County Health Care Coordinator for Sowing Seeds of Hope ASF-Press-Release-2023-Humanitarian-of-the-Year-Announcement-2Download
By: Javacia Harris Bowser Is it possible to make something as serious as mental health education fun? Albert Schweitzer Fellows Salomon Roman Soto and Yolanda Amezaga think so, and they…
By: Javacia Harris Bowser For ASF Fellow Mack Bozman, enlisting in the Army National Guard changed his life. “I wanted to be a doctor, and the Army was a good…