Today, June 20, is World Refugee Day and WACC is calling on communicators to “create greater awareness among the public” about the plight of displaced people, migrants and refugees worldwide and how they can help them....
WACC will be featured in the highly-anticipated DW Global Media Forum scheduled May 27-28 in Bonn, Germany.
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Stephen Brown will serve another term as treasurer of WACC.
WACC’s Board of Directors named Brown as treasurer from 2019 to 2023. He served in the same capacity from 2015-2019.
Eldorado, a brutally honest documentary, reveals the hidden dimensions of what has become a universal tragedy.
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WACC’s vision of “Communication for all,” means that its purpose is “to disturb the conscience of the world by being critical, opening up dialogue and creating greater understanding,” says General Secretary Philip Lee....
Acknowledging that “achieving communication rights for all is a long
process,” Julienne Munyaneza says WACC’s work remains as important
today as when it was founded 50 years ago....
International Migrants Day 18 December 2017.
...WACC event takes next step in news coverage of migration.
...Call for European news media to end invisibility of refugees and migrants.
...New project to assess media portrayal of refugees in Europe and promote their rights to speak on their own behalf....