Tag: Goldin Institute

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 Michael Henderson, Director, Mutual Aid Collaborative Juliet Jones, a 2021 Chicago Peace Fellow Alumni and the Co-Founder and Director of  The Original Sixty Fourth Street Drummers, Inc. “wanted to bring children back to play” due to the set back and effects COVID-19 had on kids during the holidays. She thought holding a toy drive… Continue reading A December To Remember: Mutual Aid Collaborative Organizes a Toy Drive

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 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 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

By Yusuph Masanja, Co-Facilitator, Global Alumni Network In December 2021, a new cohort of 24 grassroots leaders graduated from an 18-week community based leadership course called GATHER. Designed and implemented by the Goldin Institute, the GATHER Platform engages people who want to build on the talents of their neighbors and the assets of their communities to make real and… Continue reading Collective Campaign Supports Grassroots Leaders in 19 Countries

By Cree Noble, Team Coordinator Last summer, our 22 Chicago Peace Fellows collaboratively designed and supported a wide range of peace building projects using a dedicated pooled fund for violence prevention. When creating projects, Annette Kelly noticed many of these projects dealt with youth, health, and well-being, but not with crime prevention directly. During the summer, she… Continue reading Crime Stoppers Microgrant Awarded to StickTalk

By Jassi Kaur Sandhar, Global Research Fellow On August 9th 2021, twenty-four grassroots leaders from 19 different countries, representing diverse backgrounds, communities, languages and experiences, came together to embark on a four-month long journey through the Goldin Institute’s Global Fellows Program. Twenty-four fellows, working with over 24 communities, to impact the lives of thousands of… Continue reading Collective Campaign for Global Change