Tag: Colombia

By Lissette Mateus Roa, Co-Facilitator, Global Alumni Network Creating an accessible leadership program for Spanish-speaking grassroots leaders On December 10th we celebrated the graduation of the first Goldin Global Fellows… Continue reading Celebrating the Graduation of the 2022 Goldin Global Fellows Spanish Cohort

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 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 Diana Rocio Gomez Torres, 2022 Goldin Global Fellow, Argentina Last Thursday, August 25, we held the discussion “Social Movements and State Violence: past and present” organized by Trenzar Memorias, Memory… Continue reading Social Movements and State Violence

By Lissette Mateus Roa, Co-Facilitator, Global Alumni Network Colombia is the third most unequal country in the world, and the gap is growing. That is what is causing the latest… Continue reading Colombia Protests Inequality

On August 6, Global GATHER alumni Lissette Mateus from Colombia, and Diana Alaroker and Geoffrey Omony from Uganda engaged in an online video conversation about child soldiers and war-affected children… Continue reading GATHER Alumni Focus on Child Soldiers, Mitigating Trauma

By Lissette Mateus Roa, Co-Facilitator, Global Alumni Network Just over a year ago, I experienced one of the saddest days in my life. On that day in October 2016, Colombians… Continue reading Perspective: Making Peace Sustainable in Colombia

[quote]Being in a Colombian jail working with women and girls who are serving time after being child soldiers is an interesting place from which to reflect on the last day… Continue reading Reflections on Women’s History Month from a Colombian Jail

Goldin Institute Associate Srishtee Dear on her Recent Trip to Colombia to Attend the Foundation for Reconcilation Conference Ten thousand feet in the sky, rocking back and forth in a… Continue reading A View From Afar: My Trip to Colombia