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Regional Webinar on Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination in The Caribbean

The thematic focus of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace (PJP) in 2019 is Racism.The WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA), organises a series of eight WCC CCIA regional expert Webinars on the issue of racism and racial justice from August to December 2019. The aim of the webinars is to explore how racism manifests itself in the respective regions, learn about the work that churches and ecumenical partners are doing in this respect, identify synergies and avenues for possible collaboration.

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WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit during an official visit to the Caribbean region in October 2018, Photo:Marcelo Schneider/WCC

WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit during an official visit to the Caribbean region in October 2018, Photo:Marcelo Schneider/WCC

The thematic focus of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace (PJP) in 2019 is Racism.The WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA), organises a series of eight WCC CCIA regional expert Webinars on the issue of racism and racial justice from August to December 2019. The aim of the webinars is to explore how racism manifests itself in the respective regions, learn about the work that churches and ecumenical partners are doing in this respect, identify synergies and avenues for possible collaboration.

 

3rd WEBINAR on Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination in the Caribbean Context

Monday 30th September at 4:00PM- 6:00PM CEST

Region in focus: The Caribbean

 

Moderator: Rev. Kelli Jolly D., Itinerant Presbyter at The Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas Bahamas/ Turks and Caicos Islands District, Nassau Circuit of Churches, will moderate the webinar.

WCC staff: Nicole Ashwood, Mikie Roberts and Segma Asfaw

 

Speakers:

  • His Excellency David Comissiong , Barbados’ Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
  • Mr Ronnie Daniel , St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Mrs Karen Francis , Council for World Mission
  • Rev. Diana de Graven , Caribbean and North America Council for Mission (CANACOM)
  • Rev. Merlyn Hyde Riley , Jamaica
  • Rev.  Annabell Lalla-Ramkelawan , Trinidad and Tobago
  • Mrs Jennifer Martin ,WCC Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace and Caribbean and North America Council for Mission (CANACOM)
  • Ms Ayana McCalman, Guyana

 

Contact staff persons: Segma Asfaw

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