Author: Travis Rejman

featuring Dieudonne Allo and Jacquelyn Moore Two Goldin Fellows from South Africa and the USA (Dieudonne Allo and Jacquelyn Moore) are joining forces to convene young people with an interest in STEM and Robotics from Chicago (USA) and Port Alfred (South Africa) to collaborate as a unified team to compete in the FIRST® Innovation Challenge presented by Qualcomm.… Continue reading United by STEM: One Team, Two Continents

The Goldin Institute invites you to learn about each of our 2021 Chicago Peace Fellows representing 14 community areas across the city.  Founded in 2019 in collaboration with the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities, the Chicago Peace Fellows program is the only leadership development program that is built by and for grassroots community leaders on the… Continue reading Meet the 2021 Chicago Peace Fellows

by Frank Latin, 2019 Chicago Peace Fellow My name is Frank Latin and first and foremost I’m a black man. I am also the founding Executive Director of Westside Media Project, a small non-profit organization on Chicago’s West side that works to provide exposure to students (and now adults) in media/technology related fields. I’ve been wanting to get… Continue reading Dear White Funders: I Can’t Breathe Either

by Oz Ozburn How can urban planners work with grassroots activists to make neighborhoods safer? That was one of the topics of a deep and wide-ranging conversation on August 27 between several Chicago Peace Fellows, Mallory McClaire, chief of staff of the Rebuild Foundation, and Gia Biagi, principal of urbanism and civic impact at famed architectural… Continue reading The Role of Urban Planning and Design in Building Safe Communities

How has Gather informed the work that you do? Have you made any meaningful connections between Gather and your work? I am grateful to the Chicago Peace Fellows for not only increasing my personal capacity as a leader but also increasing the Chicago Alternatives to Incarceration’s Collaborative organizational capacity as well. The skills I have… Continue reading Peace Fellow Spotlight: Pastor Robert Biekman

On Thursday, May 9, 2019, Peace Fellows Velvian Boswell, Robin Cline and I as well as Goldin Institute staff Travis Rejman and Burrell Poe attended the City Club of Chicago’s luncheon with Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson. Superintendent Johnson stated crime in the City of Chicago is down since 2016 and attributed the decrease… Continue reading Reflecting on Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson

The Goldin Institute invites you to learn about each of our Chicago Peace Fellows representing 14 neighborhoods across the city as they join together and establish a community of practice determined to promote peace across the city! ABOUT GATHER The Fellows are learning together through GATHER, which is both a mobile platform for shared learning and… Continue reading Meet the 2019 Chicago Peace Fellows

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Meeting for the first time in Dharamshala, India over the course of seven days in October, I had the opportunity to meet Goldin Institute team member Jimmie Briggs with whom I shared the unique opportunity to not only be in intimate dialogue with Tibetan spiritual leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate the Dalai Lama, but… Continue reading Seeking Peace from Somalia to Dharamshala

  Grassroots leaders are invited to join us for a skill building workshop: February 20th, 2019 2:30 – 4:00 PM 1543 West Division Street 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60610 This workshop will feature an opportunity to learn: How to identify and map assets that your community already has How to frame questions in ways that… Continue reading Gather Workshop: Build Your Leadership Skills