Sport can help change hearts, minds, and systems. In this episode of The Churchill Changemakers, host Michelle Ainsworth speaks with Jamal Elsheikh, Director of Programs and Partnerships at Reflect Forward, an organisation that leverages the power of sport and athletes to tackle racism in Australia.

Jamal shares his powerful personal journey - from surviving a vicious racist attack and growing up across cultures to harnessing the unifying power of sport to drive anti-racism education.

Drawing on insights from his 2022 Churchill Fellowship travels across the UK, US and Switzerland, Jamal outlines why racism is a public health issue, and why education - not punishment - must lead systemic change.

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In this episode of The Churchill Changemakers, host Michelle Ainsworth speaks with award-winning journalist and Churchill Fellow Lorena Allam.

Now an industry professor at UTS’s Jumbunna Institute, Lorena reflects on her decades-long media career, the structural racism within journalism, and the transformative insights from her 2023 fellowship exploring truth-telling and media accountability abroad.

From Ireland to the Guardian’s Cotton Capital project, Lorena shares what Australia can learn about confronting colonial legacies. She offers powerful reflections on truth, healing, and the urgent need for media reform to build trust with First Nations communities. A vital conversation about storytelling, history, and systemic change.

Fellowship Sponsor: Lorena was awarded the Barbara Dunstan Churchill Fellowship to investigate the relationship between Indigenous truth-telling initiatives and the media.

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What does it take to keep the world’s most iconic pianos alive, and sounding extraordinary? Meet Churchill Fellow Paul Tunzi, the master technician-artisan whose journey began when he pulled apart his mother’s piano at age 10.

In this episode of The Churchill Changemakers, host Michelle Ainsworth explores with Paul’s his 2017 Fellowship across Europe and his mission to preserve endangered artisan skills.

Having prepared instruments for legends including Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea and band performances for Ray Charles, Michael Jackson and Tina Turner, Paul reveals the craft, care and passion behind a life spent giving pianos their voice.

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