The people and moments building KFF's future.
Weekly dispatches from Roots & Futures, Tuesdays with Junior, and the scholars, partners, and programs carrying KFF's four pillars forward.
August: The Ministers of Stillness
We were taught rest was earned only after the fight was won. August's visionaries knew better: stillness was never a…
This Month: Back Home, Building Toward What’s Next
Tuesdays with Junior | Monthly Recap | July 2026 July is Junior settling into a version of home he hasn't…
$200 Billion: Africa’s Creative Economy by 2030
At the Milken Institute's MEA Summit in Abu Dhabi, on a panel called "Creative Currency," Boris Kodjoe stood alongside investors…
The Advisory Side Should Look Like Us
Nicole Ari Parker's Milken Institute panel on the feminization of wealth wasn't only about women controlling more assets than ever…
What $1.6 Billion Looks Like When a Diaspora Shows Up
In 2019, Full Circle Africa's own campaign helped generate a wave of global attention that, according to Boris Kodjoe's official…
The Save-Your-Money Family
Before Nicole Ari Parker ever stood on a Milken Institute stage talking about the feminization of wealth, she grew up…
From Charity to Capital: The Shift the Continent Needs
Boris Kodjoe has spent three years standing in the same room at the Milken Institute's Global Conference, alongside investors, fund…
What I Walked Into That Room Knowing
Nicole Ari Parker has heard no before. Years on stage and screen taught her how to take a rejection and…
Dispatches from Ghana: What It Actually Took to Get Her Journey Home There
Her Journey Home was supposed to start with a bus ride to the airport. It started with a bus breaking…
67 Minutes: What Mandela’s Legacy Actually Demands of Us
27 years in a cell. He walked out and built a democracy instead of burning one down. That’s not restraint.…
That Double Consciousness Left My Body. I Feel So Light When I’m Here.
My son was six years old when he put it into words. We were in Ghana, and he said it…
Descendants of Royalty, Not Slaves.
A lot of African-Americans experience it for the first time when they set foot on the continent: a true sense…