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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 Earth. In late 2018, the Goldin Institute was asked to design a course for grassroots organizers by the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities, a coalition… Continue reading 2019 Chicago Peace Fellows Report

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, friends and supporters at the Peace Fellows’ graduation, Boswell, who works as a recovery specialist for the Chicago Women’s AIDS Project, recalled the component of… Continue reading Celebrating the Graduation of the Chicago Peace Fellows