Sobre cómo romper el silencio
María Elena Hermosilla Son meses y días de calor intolerable para una chilena criada en el frío. Es el “calentamiento global”. En el litoral, los incendios forestales queman Viña del Mar y amplios sectores de Valparaíso; se identifican más de ciento treinta muertos. ¿Cuántos más...
Communiquer comme un droit
Mathilde Kpalla Il y a plusieurs décennies, Jean d’Arcy a promu sans relâche le concept de droit à la communication dans les instances internationales. Depuis, de sérieux débats continuent sur la reconnaissance ou non de ces droits et surtout l’appréhension de ceux-ci. Comprenons-nous vraiment ce...
Radios et réseaux sociaux, des réponses aux besoins d’interactions sociales des jeunes
Sébastien Nègre La famille, les amis, l’école, le travail, les loisirs constituent autant d’espaces essentiels pour les interactions sociales des jeunes.1 Partout dans le monde, les médias et les réseaux sociaux permettent, eux aussi, aux jeunes de s’exprimer, s’informer, partager leurs préoccupations, poser leurs questions,...
A “brand-new” world communication order: BNWCO?
Aliaa Dakroury There is always a “once upon a time” prologue in stories, but they do not necessarily end with “happily ever after”. I am not sharing any spoiler when I argue that it is a very familiar story of human communication. The story of...
Creating public communication spaces that are open, accessible, comfortable, and sociable
Working Group An international working group prepared a paper for the symposium on “Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age”, which took place in Berlin and online September 13-15, 2021. It set out an understanding of public space today, outlined what issues are at...
May 5, 2024: Love
Sixth Sunday of Easter Love The more I read through the Bible, the more I see the word “love”: love God, love each other. It sounds simple, but it is anything but simple. Our humanity limits our ability to remain faithful to these commandments. I grew up in a church-going family. By the time I […]
Connecting at Christian Citizenship Seminar 2024
Making connections is one of my life’s joys, and the Christian Citizenship Seminar (CCS) held on April 11-16 in Washington, D.C., was a place to make them.
Emergency Disaster Fund grant allocates more than $100,000 for Haiti emergency
An appropriation of $143,000 from the Church of the Brethren’s Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF) is being directed by Brethren Disaster Ministries for a humanitarian response to multiple crises in Haiti. The money will provide emergency food distributions at all the congregations and preaching points of l’Eglise des Freres d’Haiti (the Church of the Brethren in Haiti).
Synthèse wa 3 Mai: Mkutano wa kihistoria inaisha
Katika siku ya mwisho ya Conférence Générale, wajumbe waligeukia kuweka budget ambayo ita financer ministères za Kanisa kwa miaka minne ijayo — budget ambayo inapunguzwa kwa environ 40% kutoka ile iliyopitishwa mwaka wa 2016.
May 3 wrap-up: Historic conference comes to a close
On the final day of a General Conference eight years in the making, delegates turned to setting the budget that will fund the ministries of the denomination for the next four years — one that is about 40% lower than the budget passed in 2016.