Dear All, It has been a while since I provided updates about my grassroots project as a GATHER Fellow and I thought with so much happening at the Global Leading Light Initiative (GLLI), it would be nice to share some of the news. I must warn you that this will be an unusually long missive… Continue reading Leading Lights Shine in South Africa
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One Year Anniversary of Shyne!
Hello to the global network from San Diego! I am pleased to share an update on the work of Shyne on our one year anniversary! The Social Garden, a new space designed to include holistic alternative therapies to assist with healing complex trauma, officially launched with their Sprang Thang on May 25, 2019. It’s a… Continue reading One Year Anniversary of Shyne!
Solving Tough Issues through Community Parliaments in Uganda
Warm greetings from Uganda! On Saturday, April 20, Youth Leadership for Restoration and Development (YOLRED) organized a community dialogue, called a ‘Kabake,’ where the community was granted a platform to share their experiences and derive solutions. The dialogue was attended by, among others, local council leaders, the police, child rights activists, business men and women,… Continue reading Solving Tough Issues through Community Parliaments in Uganda
GATHER Alumnus Jamal Alkirnawi Honored as Torch Lighter
GATHER Alumnus Jamal Alkirnawi, CEO of a New Dawn in the Desert, a Bedouin-Jewish organization in Rahat, Israel, was recently named as one of 12 prominent people in the Negev Desert, a sparsely populated, but culturally diverse and vibrant region of southern Israel. Along with an actor, an oncologist, a choreographer and others, Jamal was… Continue reading GATHER Alumnus Jamal Alkirnawi Honored as Torch Lighter
GATHER: For the Margins, not the Masses
DePaul University Professor Lisa Dush recently presented the Goldin Institute’s GATHER program as “A Learning Platform for the Margins, not the Masses,” at an April 1, 2019 “Research Meet and Greet” event for colleagues, members of the university community and special guests. GATHER is both a curriculum for grassroots organizers and an on-line learning system… Continue reading GATHER: For the Margins, not the Masses
Evaluation Workshop with Rebekah Levin
Evaluation. No word provokes fear more promptly among non-profit organizations, who depend on positive assessments of their work to keep receiving grants, contracts and other crucial resources. But evaluation can help grassroots leaders do their work and communicate effectively with funders as well as potential supporters, according to Rebekah Levin, director of evaluation and learning… Continue reading Evaluation Workshop with Rebekah Levin
Confessions of a Rebel Architect
Confession: I am an architect. Architects are skilled at approaching issues from different angles. We have the ability to research a problem and the tools to design a solution that meets a specific problem. In this way, architecture has an amazing potential to contribute to society. Yet too often the daily realities of the profession… Continue reading Confessions of a Rebel Architect
Video: We are Still Not Free
Graphic Novel “Still Not Free”
Can We Talk About “Celebrating” International Women’s Day?
International Women’s Day is a particularly relevant moment for us, as it coincides with our founding 15 years ago. Since that day, we have struggled to fight for the rights of women and girls who have suffered from sexual and gender-based violence through the Commission of Women Victims for Victims (KOFAVIV) in Haiti. International Women’s… Continue reading Can We Talk About “Celebrating” International Women’s Day?