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The Foundation of Shared Citizenship

In suburban Paris, residents are learning to engage in dialogue to address the split developing between the West and the Muslim world. Frédéric and Nathalie Chavanne report...

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UPCOMING EVENTSMORE>>

Harambee Leadership Training, South Africa
Sat, 20/09/2008 - Sat, 15/11/2008
Action for Life IV, India
Wed, 01/10/2008 - Sat, 09/05/2009
East African Farmers' Dialogue, Kenya
Fri, 05/12/2008 - Wed, 10/12/2008

LATEST EDITORIALEARLIER ITEMS>>

Heirs of May ’68: Imagination to Power, but What For?
Antoine Jaulmes

Earlier this year in France, a lot of attention was devoted to the legacy of May 1968, with the media building up expectations of celebration. But there were hardly any celebrations. Why the letdown?
Friday, September 5, 2008
Antoine Jaulmes
Icons and the Cult of Celebrity
Mike Lowe

As the world watches sporting celebrities being made and un-made at the Olympics, Mike Lowe fears that if ‘our minds are focussed on other people rolling in the gutter, that is where we ourselves are likely to end up’.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Mike Lowe
Mr Karadzic, Let’s Talk About the Future
Antoine Jaulmes

An Open Letter to Radovan Karadzic. You have quoted the Chinese proverb: ‘He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.’
Monday, August 11, 2008
Antoine Jaulmes

LATEST RESOURCES
Global Update July 2008

'Global Update'>> The latest edition of GLOBAL UPDATE newsletter, published every two months by Initiatives of Change-International, reports on Solomon Islands ex-militants making a commitment to work for peace. In People Building Trust we hear how residents in suburban Paris are learning to engage in dialogue to address the split developing between the West and the Muslim world.

Caux Report 2007 cover

Caux 2007 Conference Report >> A 16 page full colour report of the CAUX 2007 conferences has just been published and is available from some IofC centres or as a downloadable PDF file (2MB)

Poster, 'The Imam and the Pastor'

'The Imam and the Pastor' >> At a time when many in the world are wondering whether friendly relations are possible between those of Muslim and Christian background, the Nigerian protagonists of this new documentary on Muslim-Christian relations emphatically assert that they are.

Worldwide Legacy of Frank Buchman

The Worldwide Legacy of Frank Buchman>> In 1908 Buchman, an American Lutheran minister of Swiss descent who was the originator of Initiatives of Change, had a spiritual experience of release from bitterness in crucial relationships that altered the course of his life.