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This journey I have been on for the last four years has seen real moments of me finding my voice, my inner power, shedding insecurities and finding my brave. It is a journey that has and is still changing my life. It is March 2014, and I am at the Sexual Assault Awareness Month kickoff.… Continue reading Finding My Brave

Cynthia Austin is the founder and CEO of Shyne, an organization based in San Diego, USA, created by women, for women, and in collaboration with those who’ve gotten out of, or are seeking to leave sexual exploitation.[/hl] When I was a little girl, my heart was pure and trusting. In those days, my bare feet… Continue reading I Am Unstoppable

Young girls from Northern Uganda were ambitious and had dreams like children born in different parts of the world. They had dreams of becoming great leaders, doctors, pilots and engineers but all these were shattered when they were taken into captivity. They were forced to drop out of school and were made to leave everything… Continue reading She Will Rise!

On February 5, members of the inaugural class of GATHER Fellows who graduated from the course last November met for the first session of a series of virtual trainings about topics they would like to learn about as alumni. There has been overwhelming interest in learning more about several topics, with fundraising standing out as… Continue reading Gather Fellows Learn About Grassroots Fundraising

At 4:53 pm, January 12, 2010 an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale struck the island of Hispaniola, comprising the two nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, 15 miles southwest of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. “In ten seconds, everything the population took decades to build was destroyed,” recalled Goldin… Continue reading Reflections on the 2010 Earthquake in Haiti

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The Goldin Institute’s Board of Advisors had a busy year fundraising, donating their own time, and contributing other resources toward our mission.  Month by month, Goldin’s Board represented us at international conferences, collaborated with our partners around the world, and established funding streams that will be essential to expanding our efforts in the near future. Founder… Continue reading Reflecting on a Momentous 2017

I am proud to welcome a new colleague to the Goldin Institute, Ethan Michaeli, as a Senior Advisor for Communications and Development. Ethan is an award-winning investigative journalist, educator and former executive director of a not-for-profit organization in Chicago that focused on citizen journalism. Most recently, Ethan is the author of “The Defender: How the… Continue reading Author Ethan Michaeli Joins Team as Senior Advisor

We are pleased to share this opportunity to follow along with Diane and Travis as they visit partners in Haiti in the photo journal below. The photos are from a visit in April 2017 to see our partners at KOFAVIV and IJDH as well as learning more about the work of Fr. Joseph Philippe and… Continue reading Visiting Partners in Haiti: a photographic update

This week we mark the anniversary of one of the Institute’s defining events: the 2003 Building Social Cohesion in the Midst of Diversity and Migration conference held in Manresa, Spain.   At that Event, community leaders from over 20 cities gathered to explore best practices from their practical experiences building social cohesion. The Conference came… Continue reading This Week in GI History: Manresa, Spain