Ayana Perkins
@ayananperkins.bsky.social
Public health leader | Community psychologist | Founder, IHREval | Championing wellbeing & resilience
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Gratitude to all who improve the world through acts of love, creativity, compassion and kindness.
#kindness #gratitude #MondayMotivation
#kindness #gratitude #MondayMotivation
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Gratitude to all who improve the world through acts of love, creativity, compassion and kindness.
#kindness #gratitude #MondayMotivation
#kindness #gratitude #MondayMotivation
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How Walking Fosters Creativity: Stanford Researchers Confirm What Philosophers & Writers Have Always Known
How Walking Fosters Creativity: Stanford Researchers Confirm What Philosophers & Writers Have Always Known
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A certain Zen proverb goes something like this: 'A five year old can understand it, but an 80 year old cannot do it.' The subject of this riddle-like saying has been descr...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
How Walking Fosters Creativity: Stanford Researchers Confirm What Philosophers & Writers Have Always Known
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Morning meditation — It is this quiet, persistent practice.
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Morning meditation — It is this quiet, persistent practice.
‘The Buddha often likened his teachings to a raft — a means of crossing the river of suffering to reach the far shore of liberation. Once the far shore is reached, there is no need to carry the raft further.’ Everyday Buddhism
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November 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Morning meditation — It is this quiet, persistent practice.
https://wp.me/pFy3u-aWA
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There is always a pathway to light, when you start at the Crown. Authentic leadership starts within.
#Leadership #Emotionalntelligence #Resilience
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#Leadership #Emotionalntelligence #Resilience
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November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
There is always a pathway to light, when you start at the Crown. Authentic leadership starts within.
#Leadership #Emotionalntelligence #Resilience
@catherineroy.bsky.social @tasiav.bsky.social
#Leadership #Emotionalntelligence #Resilience
@catherineroy.bsky.social @tasiav.bsky.social
Gratitude transforms us.
In life and in program evaluation. When we acknowledge contributors, highlight strengths, center participation, and treat communities as true experts, evaluation becomes more meaningful.
Small acts of gratitude can shift the whole culture.
#Gratitude #Evaluation #EQ
In life and in program evaluation. When we acknowledge contributors, highlight strengths, center participation, and treat communities as true experts, evaluation becomes more meaningful.
Small acts of gratitude can shift the whole culture.
#Gratitude #Evaluation #EQ
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Gratitude transforms us.
In life and in program evaluation. When we acknowledge contributors, highlight strengths, center participation, and treat communities as true experts, evaluation becomes more meaningful.
Small acts of gratitude can shift the whole culture.
#Gratitude #Evaluation #EQ
In life and in program evaluation. When we acknowledge contributors, highlight strengths, center participation, and treat communities as true experts, evaluation becomes more meaningful.
Small acts of gratitude can shift the whole culture.
#Gratitude #Evaluation #EQ
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Not that anyone asked, but the country with the World's lowest life expectancy (Chad) has a higher life expectancy than the country with the highest life expectancy 120 yrs ago (Sweden).
Think Science and especially Medicine has somehow failed you? Think again.
#ScienceMatters
Think Science and especially Medicine has somehow failed you? Think again.
#ScienceMatters
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Not that anyone asked, but the country with the World's lowest life expectancy (Chad) has a higher life expectancy than the country with the highest life expectancy 120 yrs ago (Sweden).
Think Science and especially Medicine has somehow failed you? Think again.
#ScienceMatters
Think Science and especially Medicine has somehow failed you? Think again.
#ScienceMatters
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I love how every artist has a different style that's wholly and uniquely them. even if ppl draw in the same general style, there's still just ✨something✨ about it that has the fingerprints of its creator and I think that's part of what makes art so beautiful
November 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I love how every artist has a different style that's wholly and uniquely them. even if ppl draw in the same general style, there's still just ✨something✨ about it that has the fingerprints of its creator and I think that's part of what makes art so beautiful
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your moment of calm
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
your moment of calm
You can’t understand a person or community without its history.
And you can’t evaluate a program honestly if you ignore the story that shaped the need.
Ask the basics:
“What did you try before?”
“Why did it stop?”
Communities remember. Their history is data.
#Evaluation #Context #History
And you can’t evaluate a program honestly if you ignore the story that shaped the need.
Ask the basics:
“What did you try before?”
“Why did it stop?”
Communities remember. Their history is data.
#Evaluation #Context #History
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
You can’t understand a person or community without its history.
And you can’t evaluate a program honestly if you ignore the story that shaped the need.
Ask the basics:
“What did you try before?”
“Why did it stop?”
Communities remember. Their history is data.
#Evaluation #Context #History
And you can’t evaluate a program honestly if you ignore the story that shaped the need.
Ask the basics:
“What did you try before?”
“Why did it stop?”
Communities remember. Their history is data.
#Evaluation #Context #History
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Recently finished up my last freelance work of the year before moving on to a mad sprint of book writing, so —rather earlier than usual — it's time for my year in review! Here, in no particular order, are the features I'm proudest of.
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Recently finished up my last freelance work of the year before moving on to a mad sprint of book writing, so —rather earlier than usual — it's time for my year in review! Here, in no particular order, are the features I'm proudest of.
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We're excited to announce that applications are OPEN for the 2026 class of Fellows of the Academy of Pharmacology Educators. If you've made significant contributions to education in pharmacology, read more about this opportunity: https://ow.ly/1fvf50Xu57I #science 🧪
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We're excited to announce that applications are OPEN for the 2026 class of Fellows of the Academy of Pharmacology Educators. If you've made significant contributions to education in pharmacology, read more about this opportunity: https://ow.ly/1fvf50Xu57I #science 🧪
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November 19, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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🧪 Starting in 1 hour!
Join our HFSP Research Grant webinar today at 13:00 CET with Almut Kelber & Guntram Bauer.
👉 zurl.co/FekdN
#HFSP #FrontierScience #sts
Join our HFSP Research Grant webinar today at 13:00 CET with Almut Kelber & Guntram Bauer.
👉 zurl.co/FekdN
#HFSP #FrontierScience #sts
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🧪 Starting in 1 hour!
Join our HFSP Research Grant webinar today at 13:00 CET with Almut Kelber & Guntram Bauer.
👉 zurl.co/FekdN
#HFSP #FrontierScience #sts
Join our HFSP Research Grant webinar today at 13:00 CET with Almut Kelber & Guntram Bauer.
👉 zurl.co/FekdN
#HFSP #FrontierScience #sts
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this started as a mess and then when I stepped back to look at it, i knew it needed a moon. it’s small but mighty.
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#artistsonbluesky #blueskyartshow #abstractart #abstractexpressionism #painter #art #artist #womensartbluesky #abstractartist #blueskyart #oregonartist #oregon
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#artistsonbluesky #blueskyartshow #abstractart #abstractexpressionism #painter #art #artist #womensartbluesky #abstractartist #blueskyart #oregonartist #oregon
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
this started as a mess and then when I stepped back to look at it, i knew it needed a moon. it’s small but mighty.
🤍🕊️
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#artistsonbluesky #blueskyartshow #abstractart #abstractexpressionism #painter #art #artist #womensartbluesky #abstractartist #blueskyart #oregonartist #oregon
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#artistsonbluesky #blueskyartshow #abstractart #abstractexpressionism #painter #art #artist #womensartbluesky #abstractartist #blueskyart #oregonartist #oregon
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Good morning ✨☕💛
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Good morning ✨☕💛
Sometimes you have to show up in person.
I once walked into a partnership meeting expecting 60+ people.
Three showed up.
Turns out, one represented a full coalition behind the scenes.
A reminder: every site has its own logic.
Arrive with understanding.
#Evaluation #Learning #Context
I once walked into a partnership meeting expecting 60+ people.
Three showed up.
Turns out, one represented a full coalition behind the scenes.
A reminder: every site has its own logic.
Arrive with understanding.
#Evaluation #Learning #Context
November 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Sometimes you have to show up in person.
I once walked into a partnership meeting expecting 60+ people.
Three showed up.
Turns out, one represented a full coalition behind the scenes.
A reminder: every site has its own logic.
Arrive with understanding.
#Evaluation #Learning #Context
I once walked into a partnership meeting expecting 60+ people.
Three showed up.
Turns out, one represented a full coalition behind the scenes.
A reminder: every site has its own logic.
Arrive with understanding.
#Evaluation #Learning #Context
Traveling to four cities for a chronic disease prevention initiative taught me this:
Context isn’t background—it’s the story.
Local leaders, politics, community history… each shaped the work differently.
How do you explore context in your work?
#Evaluation #Context #EmotionalIntelligence
Context isn’t background—it’s the story.
Local leaders, politics, community history… each shaped the work differently.
How do you explore context in your work?
#Evaluation #Context #EmotionalIntelligence
November 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Traveling to four cities for a chronic disease prevention initiative taught me this:
Context isn’t background—it’s the story.
Local leaders, politics, community history… each shaped the work differently.
How do you explore context in your work?
#Evaluation #Context #EmotionalIntelligence
Context isn’t background—it’s the story.
Local leaders, politics, community history… each shaped the work differently.
How do you explore context in your work?
#Evaluation #Context #EmotionalIntelligence
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If you have students looking to pursue a PhD in health policy, Pitt HPM is accepting applications! No bias, but we have a great department with faculty studying wide-ranging subjects— opioids, public & private insurance, reproductive health, administrative burden, and more! Plus Pittsburgh is great.
Pitt’s PhD in Health Services Research & Policy is recruiting for Fall 2026 — Dr. Travis Donahoe has funding for a graduate research assistantship to work with him to examine how policy and local economic conditions shape the opioid epidemic.
Info: linktr.ee/pittHPM
@PittHPM
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Info: linktr.ee/pittHPM
@PittHPM
Please repost!
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The Department of Health Policy and Management at Pitt
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November 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
If you have students looking to pursue a PhD in health policy, Pitt HPM is accepting applications! No bias, but we have a great department with faculty studying wide-ranging subjects— opioids, public & private insurance, reproductive health, administrative burden, and more! Plus Pittsburgh is great.
Self-care isn’t selfish — and neither is evaluation.
If we only measure what funders ask for, we may miss out on what communities truly care about: affordable health, groceries, or even the release of diVine. #evaluation #self-care #diVine
👉 Check it out: www.instagram.com/reels/DRBKr1...
If we only measure what funders ask for, we may miss out on what communities truly care about: affordable health, groceries, or even the release of diVine. #evaluation #self-care #diVine
👉 Check it out: www.instagram.com/reels/DRBKr1...
TMZ on Instagram: "🚨Talk about diVine timing… the app Vine is finally making a comeback
The reboot, called diVine, is funded by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. It includes a massive archive of old cl...
The revamped Vine app, now called diVine, is back with a bang. Funded by Jack Dorsey, it boasts a massive archive of old Vine videos and new tools to create 6-second looping videos. But what's more in...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Self-care isn’t selfish — and neither is evaluation.
If we only measure what funders ask for, we may miss out on what communities truly care about: affordable health, groceries, or even the release of diVine. #evaluation #self-care #diVine
👉 Check it out: www.instagram.com/reels/DRBKr1...
If we only measure what funders ask for, we may miss out on what communities truly care about: affordable health, groceries, or even the release of diVine. #evaluation #self-care #diVine
👉 Check it out: www.instagram.com/reels/DRBKr1...
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Happy World Kindness Day! 🌍🩷
Let’s celebrate by doing one kind act for others.
Let’s send ripples of kindness around the world for World Kindness Day!
#happiness #worldkindnessday #worldkindnessday2025 #wellbeing
Let’s celebrate by doing one kind act for others.
Let’s send ripples of kindness around the world for World Kindness Day!
#happiness #worldkindnessday #worldkindnessday2025 #wellbeing
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Happy World Kindness Day! 🌍🩷
Let’s celebrate by doing one kind act for others.
Let’s send ripples of kindness around the world for World Kindness Day!
#happiness #worldkindnessday #worldkindnessday2025 #wellbeing
Let’s celebrate by doing one kind act for others.
Let’s send ripples of kindness around the world for World Kindness Day!
#happiness #worldkindnessday #worldkindnessday2025 #wellbeing
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Counting down to Public Domain Day 2026
The New Classics Collective turned Fire!!, a 1926 Harlem magazine for young Black artists, into a play at Philadelphia’s Quintessence Theatre, featuring works by Langston Hughes & Zora Neale Hurston. via @[email protected]
#books
The New Classics Collective turned Fire!!, a 1926 Harlem magazine for young Black artists, into a play at Philadelphia’s Quintessence Theatre, featuring works by Langston Hughes & Zora Neale Hurston. via @[email protected]
#books
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Counting down to Public Domain Day 2026
The New Classics Collective turned Fire!!, a 1926 Harlem magazine for young Black artists, into a play at Philadelphia’s Quintessence Theatre, featuring works by Langston Hughes & Zora Neale Hurston. via @[email protected]
#books
The New Classics Collective turned Fire!!, a 1926 Harlem magazine for young Black artists, into a play at Philadelphia’s Quintessence Theatre, featuring works by Langston Hughes & Zora Neale Hurston. via @[email protected]
#books
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Holy based
Also damn it’s been 8 years since Vine shut down 💔
Also damn it’s been 8 years since Vine shut down 💔
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Holy based
Also damn it’s been 8 years since Vine shut down 💔
Also damn it’s been 8 years since Vine shut down 💔
A friend called to say she took my advice—years ago, I told her to collect evaluation data.
Today, that data helped her organization win funding.
Lesson learned: evaluation works, and our words have power—more than we realize.
#Evaluation #Listening #Leadership
Today, that data helped her organization win funding.
Lesson learned: evaluation works, and our words have power—more than we realize.
#Evaluation #Listening #Leadership
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A friend called to say she took my advice—years ago, I told her to collect evaluation data.
Today, that data helped her organization win funding.
Lesson learned: evaluation works, and our words have power—more than we realize.
#Evaluation #Listening #Leadership
Today, that data helped her organization win funding.
Lesson learned: evaluation works, and our words have power—more than we realize.
#Evaluation #Listening #Leadership
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In 2025 we take every ounce of joy we can find!
Bluesky rn:
"So what is wrong with Ameri ... hold on ... OMG NORTHERN LIGHTS BRB."
(I'm a joiner.)
"So what is wrong with Ameri ... hold on ... OMG NORTHERN LIGHTS BRB."
(I'm a joiner.)
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
In 2025 we take every ounce of joy we can find!
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Pure joy on the Bike Bus this morning!
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Pure joy on the Bike Bus this morning!