Category: EYCE News
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EYCE links the Campaign to Promote Ecological Justice with global actions
An EYCE representative participated on a meeting of World Council of Churches (WCC) Working Group on Climate Change which came together to plan and synergize next steps in climate change advocacy. The meeting hosted by the Institute of Theology and Ecology of the Orthodox Academy of Crete in Kolympari, Greece took place from 1st to…
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Young people gather to overcome poverty!
From the 2nd to the 9th of September, 2012 more than twenty-five young people from various beliefs and from across Europe and further abroad gathered in Paris, France to discuss issues of social justice and how religious communities can contribute to increasing social justice in Europe. At the end of the training course, a Jubilee…
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UPCOMING EYCE EVENT: “Gender: Revised!?” Study session in cooperation with WSCF-E
DATE 11th – 18th of November 2012 PLACE European Youth Centre, Budapest, Hungary AIM AND OBJECTIVES Gender identity is only one aspect of identity, however it is the most easily stereotyped, pigeonholed, overlooked aspect, and very often is the cause of severe violence, discrimination and jeopardisation of Human Rights on a daily basis. In…
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The third issue of the Leaf is out!
The third issue of The Leaf, magazine of EYCE’s Campaign to Promote Ecological Justice is out! In the magazine you will find articles about the activities of the campaign, interesting projects implemented on local level, about ecology and its social implications (relations between ecology and poverty reduction, ecology and economic growth/development etc). This list is…
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UPCOMING EYCE EVENT: “Acting Together to Overcome Poverty! Young people address social injustice through interreligious cooperation”
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in EYCE NewsDATE 2nd – 9th of September 2012 PLACE Paris, France Acting together to overcome poverty The religious communities have a long history of social work and welfare institutions, running alongside state welfare systems and often substituting them. However, despite of the interreligious work already being done, there is much potential in the cooperation between religious…
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EYCE Press Release: EYCE General Secretary takes part in High-Level Religious Leaders meeting at the European Commission.
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Yesterday, on the 12th of July 2012, the EYCE General Secretary Kristine Jansone represented the voice of young Christians at the annual High-Level Religious Leaders meeting, which took place at the European Commission. Upon the invitation of José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, the meeting brought together more than twenty senior representatives from…