Author: Jassi Sandhar

By Diana Alaroker, Global Fellow from Uganda In Northern Uganda, where I grew up, educating a young girl like myself was not a priority. My culture is patrilineal, so my worth would have been negligible in many other families. Indeed, the dropout rate for girls in my region is 78% for primary school. Girls are… Continue reading African women are brave, and there cannot be just one day to celebrate them

By Jassi K. Sandhar, Global Research Fellow As we wind down the end of another year, I am amazed at how much we have achieved within our network and the strides we have made, both as individuals and as a collective. Our global network and partners continue to accelerate their efforts to attend to the… Continue reading A Look Back on 2022: a year of growth and strengthened solidarity around the globe

By Lissette Mateus Roa, Co-Facilitator, Global Alumni Network Creating an accessible leadership program for Spanish-speaking grassroots leaders On December 10th we celebrated the graduation of the first Goldin Global Fellows program in Spanish language, where 17 Spanish-speaking grassroots leaders from eight countries in Latin America and Europe came together to create a new community of… Continue reading Celebrating the Graduation of the 2022 Goldin Global Fellows Spanish Cohort

By Jamika Smith, Tina Gulley-Augustus, Don Williams, Jacqueline Williams, and Cree Noble On September 29th, 2022, 14 grassroots leaders from across Chicago gathered at the Chicago History Museum to celebrate their achievements as the fourth cohort to graduate in the Chicago Peace Fellows program. The Chicago Peace Fellows (CPF) program spanned over six months with… Continue reading Celebrating the 2022 Chicago Peace Fellows Graduation

By Yusuph Masanja, Co-Facilitator of the Global Alumni Network Since the inaugural cohort of the Goldin Global Fellows in 2018, the Goldin Institute has evolved the GATHER curriculum to remove barriers to access for grassroots leaders and to augment the pedagogy to work for the realities of our Fellows across the globe. One such development… Continue reading Our 2022 Global Fellow graduates are stronger together

By Jassi K. Sandhar, Global Research Fellow It is very rare to find organizations like the Goldin Institute. As an employee of the Institute, I promise this is not a biased opinion. Having worked in the non-profit sector for 12 years, being involved in various social justice and human rights projects, the Goldin Institute has… Continue reading Celebrating 20 years of grassroots leadership and social change

By Nicholas Songora Odoll, 2021 Goldin Global Fellow, Kenya Manyatta Youth Entertainment (MAYE) is a community based organization active in the coastal counties of Kenya, which uses arts, sports and media to promote social change. Our team is led by youth for the youth and we are grounded in human rights principles. We have been involved… Continue reading Promoting Peace Through the Arts in Mombasa

By Munyaradzi Dzimunwe, 2021 Goldin Global Fellow, Zimbabwe In my voluntary role as the national board member for COMESA Federation of Women in Business (COMFWB) Zimbabwe Chapter, I was involved in organizing a training event which took place on March 15th and 16th at Cresta Oasis, Harare. The training provided information and guidance for women entrepreneurs on… Continue reading Empowering Business Women in Zimbabwe Through Export Trade

By Reverend Berry Behr, 2021 Global Fellow, South Africa A collaboration between two DePaul University students and the Cape Town Interfaith Initiative (CTII) has yielded a rare treasure – funding for the recording of an important personal account from an interfaith stalwart as part of our efforts to capture an oral history of the interfaith… Continue reading Chicago and Cape Town Collaboration helps Capture History

By Zeki Salah, Mutual Aid Collaborative Facilitator Last summer, the 2021 Chicago Peace Fellows collaboratively designed and launched seven peace building projects geared towards serving and building community with people throughout the Chicagoland area. The Peace Fellows Retreat was one of those projects and was designed to give back to the Fellows in return for… Continue reading Deepening Our Bonds at the Peace Fellows Retreat