Tag: grassroots

By Zeki Salah, Facilitator, Mutual Aid Collaborative On Sunday May 1st and Friday May 6th, a group of Chicago Peace Fellows supplied 300 Mother’s Day bouquets to mothers who have lost their children to violence in Chicago. Now in its third year, the Peace Flowers campaign was first launched in 2020, when over $5,000 were raised… Continue reading Peace Flowers Bloom in Chicago

By Zeki Salah, Mutual Aid Collaborative Facilitator Goldin Institute Peace Fellow, Annette Kelly, is helping host a series of workshops on Violence Prevention through her work with the Chicagoland Vaccine Partnership (CVP). Annette is the founder of FOUS Youth Development Services and was connected to the CVP through a funder of her organization. The CVP work focuses on sharing quality… Continue reading Building Safer Communities with the Chicagoland Vaccine Partnership

By Reverend Berry Behr, 2021 Global Fellow, South Africa A collaboration between two DePaul University students and the Cape Town Interfaith Initiative (CTII) has yielded a rare treasure – funding for the recording of an important personal account from an interfaith stalwart as part of our efforts to capture an oral history of the interfaith… Continue reading Chicago and Cape Town Collaboration helps Capture History

By Cree Noble, Team Coordinator On Saturday, February 5th, and Saturday, February 12th, the Ladies of Virtue hosted their annual LOV Day Celebration as an expression of their mission “to instill purpose, passion, and perseverance in girls, ages 9 to 18, while preparing them for college, careers and to become change agents in their communities”. Ladies of… Continue reading LOV Day Hosted by Ladies of Virtue, Chicago

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 Mathias Ngong Njoya, Global Fellow from Cameroon Personally, I have been unsuccessful in achieving new years’ resolutions! I also came to realize that many other young professionals are faced with a similar issue. So, I decided to come up with a biannual workshop that would help train and guide youth on professional development planning.… Continue reading Global Fellows from Cameroon and the UK on a mission to help youth plan their future

By Yusuph Masanja, Co-Facilitator, Global Alumni Network The Chicago Peace Fellows have tirelessly continued to find ways in helping families survive COVID. In the stories below, our Fellows, Jamila Trimuel, Dawn Hodges, and David Gonzalez are making a huge difference in South Side Chicago. Chicago Peace Fellow, Jamila Trimuel, is a founder of Ladies of… Continue reading Solidarity and Survival During COVID

By Yusuph Masanja, Co-Facilitator, Global Alumni Network Goldin Global Fellow from Chicago, Robin Cline, serves as Assistant Director of NeighborSpace, the only nonprofit land trust in Chicago that preserves and sustains gardens on behalf of dedicated community groups. NeighborSpace has helped neighbors and community groups protect over 120 outdoor sites, transforming them into places where… Continue reading Generating food, beauty and safety for neighbors in Chicago

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

by Frank Latin, 2019 Chicago Peace Fellow My name is Frank Latin and first and foremost I’m a black man. I am also the founding Executive Director of Westside Media Project, a small non-profit organization on Chicago’s West side that works to provide exposure to students (and now adults) in media/technology related fields. I’ve been wanting to get… Continue reading Dear White Funders: I Can’t Breathe Either