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A correspondent recommends people whose work they admire, who inspire them or who changed their life.

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Simon BernardCo-founder, Plastic OdysseyMarseille, France Coralie Custos QuatrevilleResearcherParis, France Constance AlbanelArtist and impact advisorLondon JJ HazouméCo-founder, Applied ArchiveMontreal, Canada Alberto AlemannoAcademic entrepreneur · Founder, The Good LobbyParis, France Paul Emilieu MarchesseauFounder Emilieu StudioParis, France Søren HermansenDirector, Samsø Energy AcademySamsø, Denmark Ilaria GaspariWriter and philosopherRome, Italy Katy ForazEngineering specialist · CERNGeneva, Switzerland Rob HopkinsCo-founder, Transition Network · Permaculture teacherTotnes, England Cesar Jung-HaradaInventor, educator & environmentalist · Founder, MakerBaySingapore / Paris / Saint-Malo Florian GuillaumeFounder CHNGMKRParis, France

What a correspondent writes.

A description of what the person does, and a note: why the correspondent recommends them.

The editorial team reads each card before it is published. The correspondent's name stays on it.

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Germaine Acogny
Germaine Acogny
Toubab Dialaw · Senegal
“Because gesture and movement are, above all, a constant rethinking of openness.”
Recommended by Coralie Custos Quatreville

Germaine Acogny is a Senegalese-French dancer, choreographer and teacher widely described as the mother of contemporary African dance. Born in Benin in 1944 and raised in Senegal, she built a technique rooted in traditional African dances and the body's relationship to the earth, combined with classical and modern Western training. She directed Mudra Afrique in Dakar, founded by Maurice Béjart, from 1977 to 1982, and in 1998 opened the École des Sables in Toubab Dialaw, an international centre for training in traditional and contemporary African dance. She received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale Dance in 2021.

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Letting everyone discover people who set an example through their work, their ideas or their causes.

CHNGMKR brings their profiles, projects and places together on a collective map, free for everyone. Each card comes from a correspondent.

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Before you write.

Who becomes a correspondent?

There is no call for applications. Correspondents are invited, often on the recommendation of another correspondent.

How many cards?

Up to 25 names a year, people or projects. Each one is published as your recommendation, under your name.

What goes on a card?

The description states facts: what they do and why it matters. Your note says why you recommend them. It is the first thing a visitor reads, under your name.

Who reads my cards?

The editorial team reads every submission. The card goes live, sometimes with light edits. You may be asked for a small change, or told why it stays out for now. You receive an email at each step.

Do I earn anything?

No. CHNGMKR is a not-for-profit and every correspondent contributes voluntarily; nothing on the map is for sale. You keep your name on every card you sign and a public correspondent page. Once a year, at your request, the team arranges an encounter for you with a changemaker or a correspondent of your choice.

Can I stop?

You can pause or stop recommending at any time, without notice or justification. When you leave, you decide whether your published cards remain online with your name attached, or are withdrawn.

Where are the rules?

In the Correspondent Charter, in your desk, and in the Constitution, article 10.

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