The practical and ethical uses of AI and ways to raise awareness of WACC’s expertise and resources on communication rights were key topics when the regional executive committee (REC) of WACC Europe met last week in Wroclaw, Poland The REC announced that the region will host...
Twenty-six television productions exploring religious, ethical, and moral perspectives through a wide range of genres were showcased at the 20th European Festival of Religious Television and Online Programmes, Belief on Screen, held in Berlin at the end of September. WACC Europe organized the four-day Festival in...
WACC has launched a new quiz as a fun way for people to test their knowledge of justice issues related to digital technology. WACC Deputy General Secretary Sara Speicher and WACC Europe President Ralf Peter Reimann, together with WACC partner the Association of Protestant Churches and...
WACC’s regional association in Europe unanimously elected new leaders, reflected on accomplishments since its last assembly in 2019, and thanked outgoing president Stephen Brown at its assembly on 26 April. Elected as officers of the new 12-person Regional Executive Committee (REC) were: — Ralf Peter Reimann (Germany)...
“AI, AI, AI!” — Is this how you feel about artificial intelligence? An online seminar on April 26 hosted by the WACC regional association in Europe offered rich perspectives for those struggling with the implications of digital transformation, for those seeking digital justice — and for...
The European Festival for Religious Television and Online Programmes is back after a Covid-enforced pause. TV producers and enthusiasts from across Europe are invited to participate in the 20th edition of the Festival on 27–30 September in Berlin, which will pose questions and seek answers under the...
Members of the public need to hold media accountable for coverage about migrants and refugees, and advocate for balanced, representative reporting, WACC Program Manager Sarah Macharia said at the annual conference of ACAT-France (Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture) on 28–29 January.Macharia, global...
Illegal. Terrorist. Criminals. Invasion. These are just a few words common in headline news about migrants and refugees. Throughout Europe and around the world, displaced people face enormous challenges in fleeing war and persecution, seeking safety outside their homelands, and building new lives for themselves. Imbalanced...
A podcast series focused on migrant women workers in Lebanon having a conversation among themselves about their hopes and experiences, a multi-media package of stories on refugees pursuing higher education through a scholarship program in Italy, and audio interviews with enterprising women refugees in Cameroon...
A former refugee from Syria is urging journalists to avoid the narrative that portrays refugees as succeeding "despite being a refugee" or "despite (their) background," and to recognize instead that people who were forced to flee their homelands do "have an entire life's worth of...