Initiatives of Change is a diverse network committed to building relationships of trust across the world's divides.
Initiatives of Change International is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
'When you see wrong, do something about it, but also consider whether you have some responsibility for it. Fight, but turn the searchlight inwards.' Rajmohan Gandhi, President, IofC-International
The Caux Scholars Program (CSP) is now accepting applications for next summer... Caux Scholars website >>
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Action for Life. Learning to be change-makers and trust-builders, young people from 11 countries spread out across Asia. Carole Khakula from Kenya is one of them. Read more >>
9 – 15 July 2009: Learning to Live in a Multicultural World
For community relations workers and those living in multicultural societies
9 – 15 July 2009: Leading Change for a Sustainable World
For people who want to invest time in concrete change projects
17 – 22 July 2009: Caux Forum for Human Security
For peace-builders at all levels, and from varied sectors, around the world
24 – 29 July 2009: Trust and Integrity in the Global Economy – a people-focused approach to globalization
For young professionals, students, business leaders, farmers, media, academics
9 – 15 August 2009: Tools for Change – Learning to be Peacemakers
A week exploring alternatives to violence as methodologies for change
Information on 2009 conferences >>
'Global Update'>> The latest edition of GLOBAL UPDATE newsletter, published every two months by Initiatives of Change-International, reports on young Tibetans in search of global vision, plus news from India, Australia, Jammu, Kashmir, Moldova, and the launching of a new book about the late Kim Beazley. People Building Trust reports on young people from 11 countries learning to be change-makers and trust-builders, working in different parts of Asia with Action for Life.
Caux 2008 Conference Report >> A 16 page full colour report of the CAUX 2008 conferences has just been published and is available from some IofC centres or as a downloadable PDF file (7.3MB).
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'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.
A Transforming Experience>> Summer 2008 marked the 100th anniversary of a transforming experience of Frank Buchman, founder of IofC. A very diverse group of seventeen people journeyed from Keswick in the UK, to Sweden, Germany and Caux, Switzerland. In this new DVD they explore the essence of Buchman’s spiritual journey, what developed from it, and its significance for today.
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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.
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