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WACC staff participated in a “Walk for Justice” through downtown Toronto on Good Friday, March 21. The walk was organized by a coalition of local churches and ecumenical organizations.
The walk continues a tradition begun more than 20 years ago in which Christians from diverse churches hold a creative alternative to traditional Good Friday services. Their “Walk for Justice” draws inspiration from the Biblical account of Jesus’ execution as a political criminal. Walkers focus on sites that remind them of people treated unfairly by our society. Participants listen to reflections; watch drama and dance presentations; sing, pray and reflect, then move on in a contemporary “Stations of the Cross.”

Stephen Brown, (2nd left), Managing Editor, Ecumenical News International (ENI) during a recent visit to WACC's headquarters in Toronto, Canada where he held consultative meetings with WACC's staff on congress 2008 to be held in Cape Town, South Africa October 6-10.

WACC's staff: (left to right: Teresia Mutuku, Communications Officer and Web Manager, Randy Naylor, General Secretary, Kristine Greenaway, Congress Manager, Julienne Munyaneza, Programme Manager for HIV and Ecumenical Relations and Sarah Macharia, Programme Manager for Media and Gender Justice.
(Photo by Edgar Bernal-Martinez, WACC)

Buenos Aires, Argentina - Some of the participants at the WACC-Latin America regional assembly held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in September 2007. WACC was represented at meeting by the Deputy General Secretary and Director of programmes, Lavinia Mohr and Programme Manager for partnerships and projects, Maria Teresa Aguirre.
(Photo by Alma Montoya, Vice-Chair- WACC-Latin America region).

Images of Communication photographic competition 2005. More than 400 submissions from all over the world were judged by a panel. The six winning images among a selection of other shortlisted submissions are posted in this gallery. Pictured left is Frederick Omondi's winning photograph of journalists grilling a politician in Kenya.

WACC’s Executive Committee met in Antigua Guatemala, former capital of this Central American country. It took place 29 September to 1 October 2007. Members glimpsed Guatemalan reality in presentations by Ana Silvia Monzón on women, migration and communication and by Gustavo Berganza on media monitoring in relation to forthcoming political elections. They also had the opportunity of visiting the Mayan fortress of Iximche and of hearing about Mayan spirituality from local groups.

Images of Communication photographic competition 2004. Chaired by Adrian Evans, the director of Panos Pictures, a panel judged more than 200 submissions to the competition from all over the world. Communication was illustrated in many moving ways and the quality of the submissions was high. The competition is being repeated this year.

The winning images with a selection of other submissions are posted in this gallery

A new regional executive committee has been elected to represent WACC- Latin America region.

The President of the new committee is Luciano Sathler, from Brazil, formerly Vice President and the new Vice President is Alma Montoya from Colombia, formerly the Secretary. The Committee’s Treasurer is Andrés Cañizález from Venezuela, the Secretary is Vilma Peña Vargas from Costa Rica and the Member at large is Claudia Florentin from Argentina.

The Forum for Development, Culture & Dialogue (FDCD) held a three days workshop from June 28th to July 1st 2007, in Amman, Jordan to discuss “The Role of Media in Building a Culture of Peace.” Rev. Dr. Riad Jarjour the former General Secretary of the Middle East Council of Churches, now the President of the FDCD and President of WACC Middle East Region inaugurated the workshop. He called for the development of alternative media strategies that could contribute substantially to building a culture of peace. The workshop was attended by Young writers, journalists, editors and media entrepreneurs from Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq, Palestine, Syria and Jordan.