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Movement update

Network-wide organisational and program-related developments

• International Forum Commits to A Counter-Imperial Faith as it Links Colombia’s ‘Bleeding’ To U.S. Agenda in Latin America (2009.04.07)
• Peace for Life’s Second People’s Forum (Announcement) – 20-23 March 2009, Bogotá, Colombia
• Workshop on the Adoption of the People’s Charter on Peace for Life (Announcement) – 9-12 November 2008, Hwacheon, Korea
• Groundwork begins for “World without Empire” congress in ‘09 (Announcement) – November 2009, New York City, USA
• PfL joins No Bases! international coordinating body (2008.08.06)
• Activities lined up to commemorate al-Nakba (2008.05.08)
• Peace for Life Tribute to Clement John (2008.06.04)

Partners

News from PfL partners and related networks

• Faith groups hail recognition of ‘right to food’ as hunger weapon (2009.01.30) – ENI news report on the response of church-related groups on the outcome of the Madrid High Level Meeting on Food Security for All held on 26-27 January
• Vatican critic Boff sounds alarm on ecology threat (2009.01.23) – ENI news report on the keynote message of Brazilian liberation theologian Leonardo Boff to the 3rd World Forum on Liberation and Theology held in Belém, Brazil
• US churches and Obama: rolling up sleeves rather than finger-pointing (2009.01.20) – WCC news report on the letter sent by WCC member churches in the US to President Barack Obama
• Christian leaders say justice must be at heart of global economy (2008.12.15) – news report on the outcome of the colloquium and launching of the WCC/WARC/CWM-organised Oikotree movement, held in the Philippines on 11-16 December 2008
• World religious leaders commit to uphold human rights (2008.12.11) – WCC news report on the Faith in Human Rights Statement signed by ten world religious leaders at an inter-religious conference held in The Netherlands on 10 December 2008
• WCC urged not to play into the hands of market forces and donor agencies (2008.12.10) – APEN report on the message of the statement issued by the International Consultation on Revitalizing Ecumenical Movement held in Seoul, Korea on 13-15 November 2008
• Reformed churches in Africa intensify commitment to justice (2008.12.08) – WARC report on the Mozambique meeting of the Alliance of Reformed Churches in Africa, held in December 2008, which vowed to step up resistance to the evils of neoliberal economic globalisation and empire
• Global economy needs radical changes, WCC team says (2008.11.19) – WCC news release on the position of the ecumenical delegation attending a UN conference on financing for development taking place in Doha, Qatar on 29 November to 2 December 2008
• Economic systems must serve the needs of ordinary people, WARC churches say (2008.11.18) – WARC reports on the position taken by Reformed Churches on the global financial crisis
• Ecumenical consultation demarcates common ground for dialogue with Islam (2008.10.22) – news release on the WARC-WCC joint consultation on Christian-Muslim dialogue held on 18-20 October in Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland

Local advocacy

Activities initiated by the Secretariat aimed at promoting PfL concerns locally and grounding the work of the Secretariat in the Philippine context

• Tourism is part of development aggression, says consultation (2008.11.17) – APEN news report on the outcome of the ECOT-sponsored consultation on “Tourism in the Philippines: A view from the underside”
• PfL, ECOT, Philippine groups probe impacts of global tourism (2008.10.27) – report on the national consultation on tourism, “Tourism in the Philippines: A View from the Underside”, held on 21-23 October in Quezon City
• Filipinos remember 60th year of the Palestine Nakbah(2008.06.26) – report on the Youth Café and Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Palestine held by Philippine faith-based groups on 7 June

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