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Salman Ahmad: Musical Bridges

Monday September 21st is the United Nations International Day of Peace, when individuals, communities, nations and governments are invited to highlight efforts to end conflict and promote a culture of peace. Initiatives of Change sees many signs of hope – including, at the recent Caux Forum for Human Security, a gathering of Indians and Pakistanis working to build bridges of trust in their region. Among them was Salman Ahmad, rock star, medical doctor and ambassador extraordinaire for peace, who has touched millions of lives.

A Discussion with Rajmohan Gandhi, President of Initiatives of Change

In 2009 Rajmohan Gandhi, biographer and grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, was elected President of the International Council of Initiatives of Change. A product of the Modern School in New Delhi, Gandhi is a journalist and political activist as well as a research professor at the Centre for Policy Studies in New Delhi, India. Katherine Marshall interviewed him for the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs

The Story of an Unlikely Friendship

As young Jews and Arabs in France become more and more violently aware of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, one book, So Far Yet So Near, has a particular focus. Nathalie Chavanne meets the book's protagonists.

A Revolutionary Looks Back

RD Mathur, as a student leader in India, found that the greatest thing a person can have in life is a clear purpose

Vasu Vaitla, Ex-Director of the IofC Office at the UN in New York

IofC's long engagement with the UN entered a new phase in the 1990s with the opening of an office adjacent to the UN headquarters. Vasu Vaitla took up responsibilities for this office in July 2002, serving until 2005. Will Jenkins asked Vasu to share his vision for change.

A Passion for the Human Family

Retirement hasn't slowed the pace of Cornelio Sommaruga, former President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Andrew Stallybrass discovers.

Steps in Faith

Hugh Nowell has made a vocation of rising to the unexpected, as Paul Williams and Mary Lean discovered.

Faith in Diplomacy

Throughout the highs and lows of a long diplomatic career, Archie Mackenzie has always striven to put service ahead of ambition. Campbell Leggat and Kenneth Noble tell his story.

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IofC in Kürze

Initiativen der Veränderung (Initiatives of Change/ IofC) ist eine internationale Bewegung von Menschen unterschiedlicher Herkunft und Kultur, die sich für eine Veränderung der Gesellschaft einsetzen. Diese Veränderung beginnt bei jedem Einzelnen und basiert auf der Veränderung von Beweggründen und persönlichen Verhaltensweisen.

Wir setzen uns dafür ein, Menschen zu inspirieren, auszurüsten und miteinander in Kontakt zu bringen, um die Bedürfnisse dieser Welt in den Bereichen Vertrauensbildung, einer ethischen Führungskultur und einem zukunftsfähigen Lebensstil anzugehen. Dabei fängt Veränderung bei jedem Einzelnen an.

 

Omnia Marzouk, Präsidentin, IofC International
"Nichts kann auf Dauer geschaffen werden ohne das Verlangen von Menschen, ihr Leben zu verändern und die Veränderung, die sie sich für die Gesellschaft erhoffen, als Beispiel vorzuleben."