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Hi Visitor:
Here’s a new newsletter with a selectionof news and activities that have been updated in our web.
One of the last year’s highlights is the rise of social movements in many places around the globe. These movements took place amongst different cultures and societies, different names and expressions (The Arab Spring, The Outraged, 15M, the Occupy movement, the Chilean student protests, and so on) but all sharing a common language: uprising against all injustice, violence and lack of liberty. It’s a fight against inequality, a struggle to restore the Human Being as the central value in the society.
Many humanists at Convergence of Cultures have strongly supported these demonstrations, for we feel that underneath lays the arousal of a new culture, one truly universal andmeaningful: the nonviolence culture. Others among us keep on working on conflicts that might seem less “global” but with the same hopes and direction.
And to do just so, to reflect diversity and convergence in all what we do remember you can send your news, photos, video and the like to info@convergenceofcultures.org. In that way we can share achievements and experiences with all the members andsupporters of Convergence of Cultures.
Greetings from the World Team.
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Activities
Ana Añaxat, Qom people! (Force, Qom people!)
In 2010, community members of Qom Potae Napocna Navogoh* camped in the center of Buenos Aires during 5 months. In that moment members of ‘Convergence of Cultures’ got in touch with them. Since then, we have been supporting them with their complaints and today we are taking part actively in new initiatives.
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Interchange in the Park Toledo
Park Toledo (Spain). ). On January 14, 2012 an informal meeting was held between members of Convergence of Cultures of Spain, Italy and France. These are the notes of the meeting.
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In the Global Action Day for the rights of immigrants, refugees and displaced person
Rome (Italy), 17 to 18 December 2011. Following the success of recent years, the African Party III event this year has grown.
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International Migrant Day
Madrid (Spain). On 18th of December the International Migrant Day was celebrated, and for this day the team of Convergence of Cultures in Carabanchel (Madrid) wanted to organize a special memorial towards those persons locked-in in the Internment Centres of Immigrants (CIE), persons who previously had suffered the police raid of foreigners' identification and who now are deprived of freedom without having committed any crime or offence, except an administrative lack, that should be settled as others are, with a simple fine.
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Just one race, the human race
December 17th, with several Associations from Mollet del Valles (city near Barcelona, Spain), we organized an event at Plaza Catalunya in the city, that with The name JUST ONE RACE, THE HUMAN RACE, wanted to commemorate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from 1948 (December 10th) and the Day of Global Action against racism and for the Migrant's Rights (December 18th).
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IST FORUM "THE AWAKENING OF THE PEOPLE IN THE ARABIC COUNTRIES”
In order to discuss about ‘Where is the Arabic Spring going?’ Convergence of Cultures is organizing a forum in Madrid (Spain) in collaboration with the Association of Support to the Syrian people, Moroccan and other Arab countries communities on Saturday, December 3th.
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The world we want: Nonviolent ways towards a Universal Human Nation
Roma (Italy). On 2 October there was a local initiative to mark the International Day of Nonviolence. The event, titled "The World We Want: Nonviolent ways towards a Universal Human Nation," was held in a park in the city of Rome.
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White March against Violence in Ivory Coast
Abobo, Abidjan (Ivory Coast). The Humanist Center of Cultures is organizing in Abobo a “White March against Violence” on 2 October 2011 to commemorate the International Day of Non-violence.
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Nonviolence march in Turin
In Turin, Italy, the International Day of Non-Violence was celebrated for the purpose of spreading the message of nonviolence and creating public awareness. We performed the March of Non-Violence, a colorful and lively “snake”with more than 200 people marching through the streets of downtown.
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Day of non-violence in Las Palmas (Canary Islands)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. The Humanist Center of Cultures in Las Palmas organized the celebration of nonviolence in the Plaza Saulo Toron, las Canteras.
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A day of extraordinary nonviolence
Milan (Italy) celebrates the International Day of Nonviolence. See the program:
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Press releases
International support for Qom conference in Buenos Aires
After a year of unanswered complaints, the “carache” (leader) of Navogoh Napocna Potae Community (Spring) renewed their complaints in the same place where they camped with his brothers and sisters for months.
Convergence of Cultures was present in the press conference, and gave their accession to the media.
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Statement about Bolivia events
In connection with the violent breaking up of the peaceful march in defense of the TIPNIS indigenous territory, Bolivian humanists state:
First, we totally reject the use of violence on the part of the Bolivian Government to break up the peaceful march that indigenous comrades were doing from El Beni to La Paz against the construction of the Cochabamba-El Beni road.
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Seen at Pressenza
The Arab peoples on a dialogue at Madrid
About two hundred people from different Arab countries met at the 1st Forum for the Awakening of the people of the Arab Countries. They discussed the so-called “Arab Spring” and decided to create a space for the exchange of ideas and common proposals that may help –in some way, at least- the revolutions that are still taking place in their homelands.
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Publications
New edition of Conexion is just out
Convergence of Cultures Turin (Italy) has published N.36 of the Conexion Magazine. Download at www.conexion.it
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