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Our series of interviews with Thursdays in Black ambassadors highlights those who are playing a vital role in increasing the impact of our collective call for a world without rape and violence. Rev. Michael Blair is general secretary of the General Council for The United Church of Canada. He is also a member of the World Council of Churches Commission on World Mission and Evangelism.

In a video released on 22 October, Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and Susan Johnson, national bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, are promoting awareness of domestic violence and offering support.

Rev. Fr Dr Lawrence Iwuamadi is dean of the Ecumenical Institute, the graduate school which opened its academic year this week. Below, Iwuamadi reflects on the arrival of new students at the Ecumenical Institute during this remarkable time.

Pan African Women of Faith will gather in Washington, DC from 13-15 November to advocate for global nutrition and to observe the 400th anniversary of the arrival of enslaved African peoples to Jamestown, Virginia (USA).

Susan Johnson is the national bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. She was elected in 2007 and is the first woman to hold the post.

Elizabeth Eaton is presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). On 8 August, the ELCA adopted a resolution to encourage church-wide participation in the World Council of Churches Thursdays in Black campaign for a world free from rape and violence.

Durch die Annahme einer Resolution zur Unterstützung der Kampagne Donnerstags in Schwarz im August hat die Gesamtkirchliche Versammlung der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in Amerika (ELKA) öffentlich die Selbstverpflichtung der Kirche bekräftigt, sich für Geschlechtergerechtigkeit einzusetzen. Diese Aktion ist ein bedeutender offizieller Schritt, um jetzt formal „alle Menschen über alle Ausdrucksformen kirchlichen Lebens hinweg aufzurufen, an der Kampagne #ThursdaysinBlack teilzunehmen, indem sie an jedem Donnerstag schwarze Kleidung anlegen und sich aktiv an diversen Diskussionen und Aktionen zum Thema beteiligen.“

Through adoption of a resolution in support of the Thursdays in Black campaign in August, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Churchwide Assembly has publicly affirmed the church’s commitment to fostering gender justice. The action is a significant official step that now formally “calls upon all people across all expressions of the church to participate in the #ThursdaysinBlack campaign by wearing black on Thursdays and actively participating in the various reflection and action items.”

Rev. Nathan Day Wilson is a pastor with the Disciples of Christ in the United States and currently holds the position as director of communications at the Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is associate editor and columnist for the Faith and Values section of the Indianapolis Star. Wilson was a lecturer at the seminar, “Equipping each other for Christian Witness in a multi-cultural and multi-faith world”, taking place at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute from 5-15 August.

Mehr als 1.000 Teilnehmende der 15. Gesamtkirchlichen Versammlung der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in Amerika haben sich offiziell hinter die Bewegung Donnerstags in Schwarz gestellt, die sich für eine Welt ohne Vergewaltigung und Gewalt einsetzt.

More than 1,000 attendees at the 15th Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Churchwide Assembly have formally endorsed the Thursdays in Black campaign for a world free from rape and violence.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is standing in solidarity with the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA and WCC member churches in the USA as they demand an end to gun violence, racist rhetoric, and white supremacy.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has released “A 60-Day Journey Toward Justice in a Culture of Gun Violence,” a collection of daily observances that call people to face the painful truth of gun violence and work for its prevention.

The World Council of Churches, working with the Jamaica Council of Churches and Caribbean and North America Council for Mission, offered a training in Jamaica to help people cope with violence against children, particularly sexual violence, gang-related violence, and gun violence.

In the wake of the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, the Omnia Institute for Contextual Leadership, based in Chicago, lifted up points of hope that peace will win in the end. In a 25 April message, Shanta Premawardhana, president of the institute, wrote that every person of every faith of every nation deserves to wake up in peace. “Every child deserves to feel safe, welcomed, and alive to the promise that each day brings,” Premawardhana wrote. “I'm sure you know that this is why we build Interfaith Peacemaker Teams in Sri Lanka.”

„Was kann ein Mensch schon ausrichten“ – das ist ein Satz, der häufig Frustration und Ohnmacht ausdrückt.

Für die Kampagne Donnerstags in Schwarz kann ein Mensch aber den entscheidenden Unterschied bedeuten.

David Emmanuel Goatley, Fakultätsleiter der Abteilung für Schwarze Kirchenstudien an der Theologischen Fakultät der Duke University in North Carolina (USA), erfuhr durch sein Engagement für den Pilgerweg der Gerechtigkeit und des Friedens des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen von der Kampagne Donnerstags in Schwarz. Inzwischen hat er die Kampagne über seine Abteilung auch an der Duke University eingeführt.