Hosted by Chicago Peace Fellow La'Keisha Gray-Sewell and the team at Girls Like Me Project, the Chicago Day of the Girl provided Black girls from Chicago with a sense of belonging within both local and global communities and emphasized their capacity to enact change.

Global Fellow Oluchi Uzodimma provides an update on the devastating impact of the recent flooding in Nigeria which has displaced more than 2 million people and damaged over 200,000 homes.

We are seeking a dynamic leader to support the growing network of 74 Peace Fellow Alumni who launched the Mutual Aid Collaborative as a platform for ongoing cooperation.

The Chicago Peace Fellows Mutual Aid Collaborative launched Generation NOW, providing opportunities for young people to write and produce a teen talk show addressing everyday issues that teenagers face.

Our 2022 Global Fellows (Spanish Edition) have been doing just that, by utilizing this opportunity to engage with their communities, peers, politicians, and civil society groups to further messages and actions around peace and healing. Below we share three stories from our Fellows in Colombia, Argentina, and Venezuela.

YOLRED launched a new apprentice program for Children Born of War (CBOW), helping children who were born during captivity to combatants under the Lord’s Resistance Army. The war ended over a decade ago, but there are now approximately 6,000-8,000 CBOW living in Northern Uganda.

The culture of the internet interwoven with traditional beliefs oftentimes creates a contradiction between old and new values. Consequently, the tension we are observing in our Israeli communities in general, and particularly the Bedouin community, represents a period of transition from tradition to modernization.

Now in its fourth year, the Week of Peace festival brings together different football, social, and political organizations into a safe space where ideas, actions, and dreams are worked around the ball, a tool for boosting peace and unity in Colombia.

As Trenzar Memorias, we came together to explore the emergence of social movements across South America and bring visibility to the history and memory of these strategies of practical and symbolic resistance.

Learn more about the unique and inspiring journey of twenty-four year old 2022 Global Fellow Johnatan Cordoba, a trained attorney who combines his legal skills with the arts to support youth development and youth leadership through Flowrencia Crew in Florencia, Colombia.