Rob Corcoran es el director nacional de Iniciativas de Cambio-EEUU. Su libro, "Trustbuilding: an honest conversation on race, reconciliation, and responsibility" (Fomento de la confianza: una conversación honesta sobre raza, reconciliación y responsabilidad), será publicado por la editorial University of Virginia Press en el 2010.

Rob Corcoran est le directeur de l'association Initiatives et Changement aux Etats-Unis. Son livre : « Trustbuilding : an honest conversation on race, reconciliation, and responsibility" (Construire la confiance, une conversation honnête sur la race, la réconciliation et la responsabilité) sera publié par University of Virginia Press courant 2010.

Líderes políticos nacionais subestimam a capacidade dos americanos de escolhas altruístas. Ceder aos instintos mais básicos de medo e ressentimento em relação a questões como a saúde ou a mudança climática é uma injustiça para com a generosidade e bom senso deste país.

National political leaders underestimate Americans’ capacity for unselfish choices. The current pandering to the baser instincts of fear and resentment over issues like health care or climate change does an injustice to the generosity and good sense of this country.

National political leaders underestimate Americans’ capacity for unselfish choices. The current pandering to the baser instincts of fear and resentment over issues like health care or climate change does an injustice to the generosity and good sense of this country.

What is ‘servant leadership’ in a world that needs a moral dynamic to answer the challenges of global climate change? What is ‘servant leadership’ in a world of powerful vested interests that have given us global terrorism, a world that needs to find freedom and peace? What is ‘servant leadership’ in a world that wants more and more economic growth, but must change direction, so that all people across the planet have the chance to live in a just way?

The third and final phase of a Faith in Leadership (FiL) training course for 2008 was held at Lambeth Palace on 5 November, at the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Thirty-two young faith leaders from the UK’s main religious communities spent the day together, affirming what they had learnt from being part of the course and looking ahead to the future. There was a certain symbolism that it took place on the date when centuries earlier, across the river at the Palace of Westminster, tensions between Protestants and Catholics had been so intense. 

“Conversations That Matter” presented by Gayle Hardie and Malcolm Lazenby at Australia/Pacific Centre for Initiatives of Change, Melbourne.
Reported by Niloufer Rakhangi in Melbourne

An International Youth Forum on the theme 'The role of youth: action on the Millennium Development Goals toward a peaceful world' brought 138 young people from 36 countries to Bandung, Indonesia 23-30 June 2008.

Nigel Heywood, Team Leader, of the international Action for Life programme reports on Conversations that Matter on ‘Leadership and Values’, held on 24th June in Melbourne, Australia.