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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Shaken out of one's comfort zone

Will and Angela Elliott have just returned from participating in the IofC action in South Sudan. They live in Northern Virginia where Will is an international development manager and serves on the board of IofC USA. Angela, a retired nurse, currently volunteers as a long-term care ombudsman in Fairfax County. Angela writes of their visit.

Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Rob Lancaster
The toolkit of a peacemaker - South Sudan

Rob Lancaster from Australia was one of the team responsible for training the peace and reconciliation mobilizers. This was his speech to the graduates of the four-week course which concluded on 1 May.

Thursday, May 2, 2013
The better angels of our nature

On 25 April (the 60th anniversary of the publication of the structure of DNA) I attended a conference on genetics in downtown Boston. The conference venue was just a few blocks from where ten days before two bombs had exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, so I went to the site.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Tiger Kloof – the school that would not die

Mark Boobbyer, head of South Africa's historic Tiger Kloof school, writes about the school's work to produce leaders for the future who are grounded in the ethics of service and integrity.

Monday, April 8, 2013
From Leadership to ‘Medarbetarskap’

What does leadership mean in a complex and increasingly diverse world, and how do we find what is right? Bhavesh Patel looks at leadership in a human centred organization.

Monday, April 1, 2013
The Challenge of Human Security

John Bond writes about the growing global recognition that security is not just a matter of armies and alliances, and describes the work of the Caux Forum for Humam Security in this article, first published on the Oxford Human Rights Hub.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Rob Corcoran
When majority becomes minority

U.S. democracy hangs in the balance, writes Rob Corcoran. Political partisanship has paralyzed the federal government. There are many causes for the dysfunction in Washington but a major factor is the seismic demographic and cultural shift that is occurring as a long-established majority becomes a minority.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Chris Breitenberg
A change of pope – from the personal to the global

Chris Breitenberg reflects on the historic nature of the pope’s resignation and what it says about the intimate connection between inner, personal, change and wider transformation in institutions and society.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Trust not terror: Trustbuilding for a peaceful Indonesia

While Indonesia still struggles with violence and religious intolerance, Miftahul Huda shows how initiatives to build trust between people of different faiths can overcome prejudice and ignorance.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Randy Ruffin
Like a silent drum tapping on every rooftop

At the start of President Obama’s second term of office, Randy Ruffin reflects on where the USA is as a country and finds grounds for hope despite the deep divisions.

IofC in Brief

Who we are: Initiatives of Change (IofC) is a world-wide movement of people of diverse cultures and backgrounds, who are committed to the transformation of society through changes in human motives and behaviour, starting with their own.

 

Purpose: We work to inspire, equip and connect people to address world needs, starting with themselves, in the areas of trustbuilding, ethical leadership and sustainable living.

 

 

Omnia Marzouk, President, IofC International
'Nothing lasting can be built without a desire by people to live differently and exemplify the changes they want to see in society.'