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Leanne Brady is a medical doctor and
award winning documentary filmmaker embedded in the public ambulance service in Cape Town, South Africa. Her work combines storytelling and activism to grapple with the complex socio-political consequences of apartheid on public infrastructure, and the ongoing impact on health (in)equity.

She works with activists, community organisers and public servants to design and implement projects that disrupt patterns of spatial apartheid reimagining the role the public health system can play as a mechanism for
restorative justice. 
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AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

2018 - 2024

Loeb Fellowship

2024 - 2025

Award located at the Harvard Graduate School of Design for practitioners influential in shaping the built environment and advancing positive social outcomes. 

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2018 - 2024

Department of Emergency Medical Services

Embedded Action Researcher 

Responsible for conceptualisation and implementation of a range of projects seeking to disrupt spatial apartheid.

Played a key role in Covid-19 pandemic response team.

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Get in touch for more information, or to collaborate!

Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day I can hear her breathing

-- Arundhati Roy

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