Category: Goldin Global Fellows

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

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

By Yusuph Masanja, Co-Facilitator, Global Alumni Network We want to teach young people how to be productive, we don’t just give them jobs! We ensure they can keep the jobs and grow to creating their own jobs Raymond Richard, Goldin Global Fellow Raymond emerged from struggles of homelessness, criminal activities and substance abuse to become… Continue reading Every One of Us is Better Than Any One of Us

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By Jimmie Briggs, Director of Learnign In the last two weeks alone, more than 8,000 Cameroonian refugees have streamed across the border into neighboring Nigeria, fleeing an increasingly high intensity conflict between the national government and English-speaking militias seeking to form a breakaway state called “Ambazonia.” For Global GATHER alumnus Alexander Gwanvalla, the deteriorating situation… Continue reading GATHER Alum Supports Community Amidst Conflict in Cameroon

For two weeks starting on January 17, Shyne San Diego—founded and led by Global Gather alumnus Cynthia Austin—partnered with area organizations in the San Diego and Orange County area to mount a first-of-its-kind exhibition on sexual and human trafficking entitled, “Behold Her: Portraits of Survivors of Human Trafficking” at You Belong Here, a co-working and community events… Continue reading SHYNE On You Crazy Diamond

By Daniel Tillias, Goldin Global Fellow, Haiti A letter to the Goldin Institute’s global network of champions for community driven social change on the 10th Anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti Thank you for keeping your promise. After the earthquake, ten years ago, a lot of promises were made. I remember people saying that out… Continue reading Thank you to those who stand with Haiti

By Dieudonne Allo, Goldin Global Fellow, South Africa Dear All, Our Acceleration Summit was a remarkable success. I am writing to share a few highlights and pictures of the event. The head of CSI of IDC (our current donor) IDC’s portfolio manager, IDC’s Mthatha-based staff, representatives of the local municipality, Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda),… Continue reading South African Acceleration Summit Update

By Lissette Mateus Roa, Co-Facilitator, Global Alumni Network Colombia is the third most unequal country in the world, and the gap is growing. That is what is causing the latest mass protests in the country. Colombians no longer care about FARC guerrillas, they no longer protest nor fear this group that signed a peace agreement… Continue reading Colombia Protests Inequality