The Peace Fellows are partnering with DePaul University's Technology for Social Good Lab to create a city-wide “Living Asset Map” to connect grassroots leaders with a range of civic institutions dedicated to peace building in Chicago.

Dr. Ceasar McDowell, Professor of Civic Design and Urban Planning at MIT presents 2019 Ikeda Lecture on Dialogue in Demographic Complexity: Overcoming Our Discriminatory Consciousness at Depaul University and meets with Goldin Institute to review GATHER Platform.

GATHER alumnus Dieudonne Allo from South Africa met with Chicago Peace Fellow Jacquelyn Moore in Chicago September 29-October 1, a visit that fortuitously coincided with a visit from Ceasar McDowell, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who has been a senior advisor to the GATHER program since it was first conceived.

Alumni Lo Ivan Castillon shares an update on the the Volunteers’ Initiatives in Bridging and Empowering Society (VIBES) with the Goldin Institute’s supporters about our activities in September 2019.

With the first cohort of the Chicago Peace Fellows finishing their summer projects and nearing the end of their curriculum, prominent advisers convened to discuss strategies for sharing the Fellows’ accomplishments and wisdom during their upcoming graduation.

Peace Fellows teamed up with the Maple Park Neighborhood Association, Chicago Police 5th District CAPS, the Chicago Park District and area communities of faith to host the “Passport 2 Peace” event.

Over 200 neighbors gathered in Cooper Park in the West Pullman community on the Far South Side for the second of the Passport 2 Peace series, one of the Chicago Peace Fellows’ summer projects.

On Thursday, September 5th, the Goldin Institute hosted its first ever women’s-focused joint discussion with GATHER’s global alumni as well as Chicago Peace Fellows. A lively and informative conversation unfolded over 90 minutes with GATHER alumnus Michelle Kuiper, Yale University researcher and field consultant Jillian Foster, as well as St. Louis, Missouri-based Pamela Merritt of Repro-Action.

On Friday, August 30, the Chicago Peace Fellows toured the University of Chicago Urban Labs to learn more about the work of the Crime Lab, hosted by Kimberly Smith, associate director of criminal justice initiatives.

Chicago Peace Fellows toured the Rebuild Foundation's Stony Island Arts Bank and met with Studio Gang's Urbanism and Civic Impact team to explore the Role of Urban Planning and Design in Peace-building and Violence Prevention.