2025 Goldin Global Fellows

A collage of portraits of the 2025 Global Fellows with the Goldin Global Fellows Logo in the bottom right

Overview

We invite you to learn about each of the outstanding 2025 Goldin Global Fellows who live and work in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Fiji, Ghana, India, Israel, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, the United States, Venezuela, and Zambia. This diverse group of fellows will learn and work together as a Community of Practice, building on the talents of their neighbors and the assets of their communities to make real and lasting change around the world.

Meet the 2025 Goldin Global Fellows

Abdul Mufeez Shaheed

Abdul Mufeez Shaheed

Co-Lead Programmes & Organizational Development, Oceania Pride

Adiba Aslami

Adiba Aslami

Founder, Shakhaee Omid Online Academy

Amina Murhebwa Marie

Amina Murhebwa Marie

Program Manager, GAARJ Organization

Amjad Mohamed-Saleem

Amjad Mohamed-Saleem

Trustee, Eduspots

Berlotte Antoine

Berlotte Antoine

Senior Paralegal, New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)

Charles Esibikhwa Edward

Charles Esibikhwa Edward

Founder, Kenyan Program on Pedagogies for Community (KPPC)

Daraa Patel

Daraa Patel

Founder, You are not alone - Human is near you

Dylan Pereira

Dylan Pereira

CEO, Youth Forum for Democracy, Dialogue and Reconciliation

Joseph Asare

Joseph Asare

Founder, Asaasiam Vision International

Kibwana Gasinya

Kibwana Gasinya

ICT, Communications and MERL Officer, Manyatta Africa

Kouakou Michel Konan

Kouakou Michel Konan

Communication Coordinator, United for Peace Against Conflicts International

Lydia Ayikoru

Lydia Ayikoru

Refugee Engagement and Participation Coordinator, Oxfam

Maha Jamal

Maha Jamal

CEO, The Engineering Organization for Development (EOD)

Miracle Ogbogu

Miracle Ogbogu

Co-founder, Health Alliance Africa

Owais Amin Khan

Owais Amin Khan

Program Coordinator and Operations Lead, The Kashmir Journal

Rachel Kamins

Rachel Kamins

Compliance Officer & Grants Manager, The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies

Ruth Mulenga

Ruth Mulenga

Community of practice leader, Mwekera Beekeeping Educational Forum

Sherna Alexander Benjamin

Sherna Alexander Benjamin

Founding Director, The Center for Non-Violence, Research and Development

SM Shaikat

SM Shaikat

Executive Director, SERAC-Bangladesh

Sonam Palden

Sonam Palden

Founder, Happy Bamboo

Veronica Ngum Ndi

Veronica Ngum Ndi

Founder, Community Association for Vulnerable Persons (CAVP)

Portrait of Yehuda Silverman

Yehuda Silverman

Cultural Exchange Assistant, Acquaint

Learn about the GATHER platform

The Chicago Peace Fellows utilize the GATHER Platform, a mobile learning tool created by the Goldin Institute to support shared learning and community-driven change. The platform provides an innovative curriculum designed for leaders who want to build on the talents of their neighbors and the assets of their communities to create lasting impact. Through GATHER, Fellows learn and work together using materials, videos, practices, and tools that form a mobile classroom and comprehensive toolkit for developing strong community leadership.

The Goldin Global Fellows connects and equips grassroots leaders across the world to lead community driven social change. The 2025 Goldin Global Fellows connects virtually using the GATHER platform, an online learning hub built by the Goldin Institute to empower grassroots leaders. They will engage in a 30-week course of intensive shared learning as well as group projects, culminating in a graduation event in Fall 2025. The curriculum has been designed and refined in collaboration with the Alumni of the Fellows themselves, based on their practical knowledge and hard earned wisdom, with input from a wide range of civic leaders.

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Goldin Global Fellows Team

John Zeigler

John Zeigler

Director of Community Partnerships