From election results to COVID-19 to systemic racism, and how to manage and lead amid these various challenges was the focus of Monday’s “Voices in Leadership” webcast series sponsored by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Mary T. Bassett, director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, moderated the conversation that featured Atlanta’s mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.
Bassett started off the conversation with reaction to the election voter turnout in the “flip” state of Georgia. Bottoms shared that she wore a t-shirt that said ‘Atlanteans influence everything,’ which is a nod to the cultural influence occurring.
“But of course, this virus will still be here. It doesn’t pay attention to electoral cycles,” said Bassett.
Given that, Bottoms said she’s not sure what the inauguration will even look like, or if there will be a traditional one for that matter.
“The virus is still very very real,” echoed Bottoms.
The public battle she had with Gov. Brian Kemp over the summer for a mask mandate, however “was an opportunity to educate the public about wearing masks,” she added.
