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Movement update

Network-wide organisational and program-related developments

• 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)
• 2nd PfL People’s Forum set for March ‘09 in Colombia (Announcement) – 20-23 March 2009, Bogotá, Colombia
• Activities lined up to commemorate al-Nakba (2008.05.08)
• Peace for Life Tribute to Clement John (2008.06.04)
• Mideast subgroup plans next steps for Palestine solidarity – report on the combined meeting of the Mideast Subgroup and Working Group in New York City, 14-16 March 2008
• PfL-led team visits Occupied Palestine – news brief on the Interfaith Peace Pilgrimage and Solidarity Visit to Palestine-Israel on November 4-13, 2007

Partners

PfL-related developments and projects initiated by PfL partners and related networks

• Ecumenical consultation demarcates common ground for dialogue with Islam (2008.10.22) – news release on the WAR-WCC joint consultation on Christian-Muslim dialogue held on 18-20 October in Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland
• 3rd WFTL 2009: Forward a theological Forum in the Amazon Water-land (2008.10.21) – complied information on the 3rd World Forum on Theology and Liberation on the theme “Water, Earth, Theology for Another Possible World” to be held in Belém, Brazil on 21-25 January 2009
  
• Oikotree ceremonial launch to be hosted by PfL (2008.10.17) – formal launching of the WCC-WARC-CWM sponsored Oikotree movement on 11-16 December 2008 in the Philippines
• Engage the powers of destruction, churches urged by international feminist theologians (2008.08.18) – WARC and WCC joint news release on “Feminist Discourse on Economy, Ecology and Empire” held in Bangalore, India on 12-17 August 2008
• Seek spirituality that energizes and sustains justice movements (2008.05.26) – WARC news release on the interfaith workshop on “Spirituality of Resistance, Liberation and Transformation” held in Matanzas, Cuba, 15-20 May 2008
  
• ECOT marks 25th year seeking to ‘transform, re-form tourism’ – report on the consultation celebrating the 25th anniversary of ECOT, held in Chiang Mai, Thailand on 7-9 April 2008
• Faith leaders urge Japan to uphold Article 9 – news brief on the Inter-religious Conference on Article 9 of the Japanese Peace Constitution held on November 29 to December 1, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan

Local advocacy

Activities initiated by the Secretariat with Philippine-based groups aimed at promoting PfL concerns and grounding the work of the Secretariat in its own local context

• 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