Nothing For Us Without Us

On the 3rd of October, 2018, we at Youth Leaders for Reconciliation and Development (YOLRED) hosted our community visioning summit, an important part of the Gather curriculum, which was attended by 56 community members from various categories including youths, older people, and local leaders. During the sessions, participants were formed into four groups by Diana… Continue reading Nothing For Us Without Us

Going Big in South Africa

What a year! What a week! Two years ago, I set out on a crazy journey of helping African youths discover their light – their creative talents – and supporting them to shine this light by transforming their creative talents into solutions to critical challenges facing their communities. I founded an organization called Global Leading… Continue reading Going Big in South Africa

Welcome Jassi, Burrell, Abby, Oz and Delasha

Since last spring, the Goldin Institute has gratefully welcomed four new staff members and a research fellow to the organization’s community. All bring a rich diversity of experience working in development and aid work, as well as innovative storytelling and reconciliation. Jassi Sandhar A second year PhD student in International Human Rights Law at the… Continue reading Welcome Jassi, Burrell, Abby, Oz and Delasha

Global Associate Helps Craft Bangsamoro Organic Law

Dear Friends: Warm greetings from Manila! I am thrilled to announce that on July 26, President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL). The BOL will address Muslim Filipinos’ decades-long struggle for self-determination, and is the result of a long peace-building process in which we are very proud to have played a role. The… Continue reading Global Associate Helps Craft Bangsamoro Organic Law

Meet the 2018 Goldin Global Fellows

The Goldin Institute is proud to introduce the inaugural class of Goldin Global Fellows. The 2018 cohort is comprised of 20 caring, capable, and impassioned individuals across 16 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North and South America who came together to learn and work collaboratively over 16 weeks as a community of… Continue reading Meet the 2018 Goldin Global Fellows

Gather Platform Launched

Speaking at a July 17 celebration for the launch of Gather, the Goldin Institute’s online fellowship for community leaders around the world, Raymond Richard, Executive Director of Brothers Standing Together, a not-for-profit organization based in Chicago, Illinois, USA, said that he had already received the IPad preloaded with the Gather software and was looking forward… Continue reading Gather Platform Launched

Haiti Update: Moving Women to Safety

On behalf of KOFAVIV, the Commission of Women Victims for Victims, I want to share this update and our appreciation with the global network of partners of the Goldin Institute.  Thanks to your support, I am pleased to report that we have successfully moved more than twenty women who were under immediate threat to safety.… Continue reading Haiti Update: Moving Women to Safety

Volunteers Double the Impact of Grant from Lush Foundation

When our team in the Philippines received the grant from the Lush Cosmetics Foundation, they made a commitment to install 16 water pumps serving at least 3,500 students in Maguindanao.  Thanks to the additional support from a crowdfunding campaign led by Board member Akif Irfan and the tireless efforts of a network of volunteers in… Continue reading Volunteers Double the Impact of Grant from Lush Foundation