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Initiatives of Change (IofC) holds a Global Fellowship Gathering every 18 months. In January 2025, three Brisbane women travelled to Panchgani, India, to take part alongside 130 participants from...
Mike Brown reflects on the recent weekend conference held at Armagh - ‘Life-Work: examining life’s fundamental struggle through problems in everyday life' -hosted by Ren-Jou Liu and his wife Grace....
A snapshot of what one former Rwandan refugee has been involved in the past year illustrates how Initiatives of Change can impact situations through initiatives inspired by the energy of personal...
Thanh Bui, who is Agile Delivery Lead at Insignia Financial in Melbourne, put this post on his social media after the last Life Matters workshop in November. It gives a full and personal insight...
May Thu Ne Win is a peacebuilder from Myanmar and a postgraduate student of social justice at the University of Sydney. IofC International recognised her “exceptional leadership” in trustbuilding,...
The first ever Life Matters program in Queensland took place 31 May – 2 June, with around 40 participants including groups from the Pasifika community and the Africa diaspora, some of whom were...
A reflection by Peter Thwaites Background ... One Century Old Initiatives of Change is known today as an international association with branches on every continent and two major conference centres...
The Senses and the Quiet Time by Tony Gates Stephen Winward, in his book, Your Five Senses, reminds us that the senses are all gateways of the world to us and therefore some of the entry points for...
Sarah Naarden, IofCA Trustbuilding Program Manager reflects on how growing a community of practice in trustbuilding can be likened to cultivating pearls. ...
Sahba, a human rights advocate and community engagement specialist of Iranian background, took part in a Creators of Peace Circle online in 2020. The Circle took place as the impacts of COVID-19...
Finding a way forward with Sprout In 2019, Anvita had just left her role as a corporate sustainability advisor in search of a more authentic life path. Shannon, meanwhile, had moved to Melbourne...
IofC Australia and Work Force Diversity collaborated to offer a seven-part public webinar series on ‘Effective Leadership in Times of Crisis,’ from September 2020. The webinars brought together a...
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