Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation
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Resistere è creare, resistere è trasformare

Sabato 10 marzo 2018
Grazie al gran lavoro svolto dal Comitato organizzatore brasiliano tutto è pronto per la realizzazione del prossimo
Forum Sociale Mondiale (FSM) che si terrà dal 13 al 17 marzo 2018, a Salvador di Bahia (Brasile). Questa volta lo slogan del FSM è “Resistere è creare, resistere è trasformare”. ONG, sindacati movimenti popolari e di lotta, urbani e rurali, comunità indigene ed afro-discendenti, movimenti di donne, studenti brasiliani hanno ricomposto lo spirito di Porto Alegre, dove nacque l’esperienza del social forum, in una stagione di crescita partecipativa, di conquiste e di rafforzamento della democrazia.

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Fr. Dario Bossi shares his thoughts about the World Social Forum

Friday, August 19, 2016
The question that I have heard more often during the
World Social Forum is: “What can we do from here?”. Organising for the first time the forum in the North highlighted the distance that still exists with the global South. In this rich city in Quebec, during high season, we missed words and thoughts from the South, especially from Africa and Asia. The Canadian borders’ policy has not granted the right of people to travel and to meet. As it is known, at least 250 entry visas requested from foreign participants to the Forum have been rejected. “We are carrying ideas, not bombs”, said the human rights’activist Aminata Traoré, previously minister of culture in Mali and candidate to succeed to Ban Ki-moon as UN Secretary General. [...]. In the picture: Fr. Jaime Calvera, Comboni missionary, in Montreal.

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World Social Forum 2016 in Montreal

Sunday, August 7, 2016
The
World Social Forum (WSF) will take place this year in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 9 to 14 of August. The WSF 2016 seeks to gather tens of thousands of people from groups in civil society, organizations and social movements who want to build a sustainable and inclusive world, where every person and every people has its place and can make its voice heard. The WSF is “an open meeting place for reflective thinking, democratic debate of ideas, formulation of proposals, free exchange of experiences and interlinking for effective action, by groups and movements of civil society”. Thirteen Comboni Missionaries and two Comboni Sisters will participate in the event as “Comboni Network” and will present some workshops on topics related to issues of social and environmental justice. [Comboni Jpic Network].

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Workshops of the Comboni Network at the World Social Forum

Sunday, August 7, 2016
The program of the
World Social Forum (WSF), which takes place this year in Montreal, Canada, from the 9th to the 14th of August, is now official. The WSF 2016 will host about 50 000 people, from 120 countries and around 5000 organizations who want to build a sustainable and inclusive world, where every person and every people has its place and can make its voice heard. There will be more than1300 events, including arts and culture, as well as 21 Grand Conferences. The slogan of the WSF 2016 is “Another world is needed. Together it is possible!” Thirteen Comboni Missionaries and two Comboni Sisters will participate in the event as “Comboni Network” and will present six workshops on topics related to issues of social and environmental justice.