Meet the 2020 Chicago Peace Fellows

The Goldin Institute invites you to learn about each of our 2020 Chicago Peace Fellows representing 14 community areas across the city.  Founded in 2019 in collaboration with the Partnership for Safe… Continue reading Meet the 2020 Chicago Peace Fellows

2019 Chicago Peace Fellows Report

For nearly two decades, the Chicago-based Goldin Institute has worked to build the capacity and amplify the voices of grassroots organizers in communities contending with the most challenging circumstances on… Continue reading 2019 Chicago Peace Fellows Report

Celebrating the Achievements of 2019

Lo Ivan Castillon (Philippines) Leads Session on Volunteering

By Ethan Michaeli, Senior Advisor Happy New Year from the Goldin Institute! 2019 was a momentous year with the debut of the Chicago Peace Fellows, our fellowship for grassroots organizers… Continue reading Celebrating the Achievements of 2019

Celebrating the Graduation of the Chicago Peace Fellows

By Ethan Michaeli, Senior Advisor for Communications For Velvian Boswell, being a Chicago Peace Fellow transformed the way she saw her own neighborhood. Speaking to a room packed with family,… Continue reading Celebrating the Graduation of the Chicago Peace Fellows

Women of Faith Building Resilience in Kenya

Global Fellows in Kenya Discuss Women's Leadership in Preventing Violent Extremism

GATHER alumnus Mariam Ali Famau in Kenya recently announced the launch of a new program that will play an important role stopping the recruitment of young women for terrorist organizations… Continue reading Women of Faith Building Resilience in Kenya

GATHER Advisor Dr. Ceasar McDowell Speaks on Ethics, Design and Democracy

Ceasar McDowell, a professor of civic design at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a longtime senior adviser to the GATHER curriculum, gave an inspiring lecture in Chicago recently attended… Continue reading GATHER Advisor Dr. Ceasar McDowell Speaks on Ethics, Design and Democracy

GATHER Alumnus Previews Chicago to Mthatha Robotics Collaboration

The Goldin Institute was thrilled to welcome GATHER alumnus Dieudonne Allo from South Africa to our hometown in Chicago September 29-October 1, a visit that fortuitously coincided with a visit… Continue reading GATHER Alumnus Previews Chicago to Mthatha Robotics Collaboration

Peace Fellows Advisors Review Progress

With the first cohort of the Chicago Peace Fellows finishing their summer projects and nearing the end of their curriculum, the Goldin Institute convened a dinner meeting of prominent advisers… Continue reading Peace Fellows Advisors Review Progress

Peace Fellows Present to Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities

On July 24, a delegation of Chicago Peace Fellows presented their work together thus far to a large meeting of 2019 grantees as well as the funders of the Partnership… Continue reading Peace Fellows Present to Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities