Author: Travis Rejman

by Travis Rejman, Executive Director The Goldin Institute invites you to learn about each of our 2023 Chicago Peace Fellows representing 14 community areas across the city.  Founded in 2019 in… Continue reading Meet the 2023 Chicago Peace Fellows

by Oluchi Achi Uzodimma, 2022 Goldin Global Fellow, Nigeria Nigeria experienced its worst flooding in a decade this October, resulting in the deaths of at least 600 people. More than… Continue reading Flooding in Nigeria Impacts Millions

By Zeki Salah, Facilitator, Mutual Aid Collaborative The Chicago Peace Fellows Mutual Aid Collaborative is introducing teenagers to work in the media industry through a project called Generation NOW. Generation… Continue reading Generation Now Helps Teens Produce New Talk Show

by Zeki Salah, Mutual Aid Collaborative Facilitator On October 11, the Girls Like Me Project, Inc. hosted the 11th annual Chicago Day of the Girl at the South Shore Cultural Center.… Continue reading Celebrating the Chicago Day of the Girl

By Lissette Mateus Roa, Co-Facilitator, Goldin Global Fellows In 1981, the United Nations declared that September 21 would be observed as the International Day of Peace, devoting the day to… Continue reading Peace Day activities from South America

By Geoffrey Omony, 2018 Goldin Global Fellow, Uganda We are delighted to announce the launch of YOLRED’s new apprentice program for Children Born of War (CBOW). In the Northern Ugandan… Continue reading YOLRED Begins Apprenticeship Program for Children Born of War

By Jamal Alkirnawi, 2018 Goldin Global Fellow, Rahat, Israel “We all feel that the violence in Israeli society is increasing and threatening to get out of control. To prevent this… Continue reading Hands-On Peace: how youth leadership leads to peace 

By Lissette Mateus Roa, Facilitator, Goldin Global Fellows We want to share the unique and inspiring journey of twenty-four year old Johnatan Cordoba from Florencia in the Caqueta region of Colombia. Johnathan is… Continue reading Freestyling for Change: inspiring youth in Caqueta, Colombia

By Omar Arturo Diaz, Goldin Global Fellow, Colombia The “Peace and Unity festival” was initiated to use football as a fundamental element to hatch social ties, where different ways of thinking… Continue reading Unity, Peace and Reconciliation Through Soccer

By Zeki Salah, Mutual Aid Collaborative Facilitator On April 14 at 6:15 am, Juliet Jones received a call from her son and was surprised to hear a police officer on the other… Continue reading Mutual Aid Collaborative Launches Safe Cycling Project