World Student Christian Federation WSCF-FUMEC Latin American and Caribbean & North American Regions Intercultural Exchange Program and Cultural Trip
Havana, Cuba, April 1-8 2012: “Students on an Encounter for Solidarity and Justice: Celebrating 50 Years of SCM Cuba”
The UDPS is one of the longest established ecumenical events. It was first celebrated on 13 February 1898! Celebrate this year’s UDPS with students from around the globe in our common liturgy!
If you travel this June to Shakori Hills, NC, you will have the opportunity to participate in conversations with leaders in social justice work, hear extraordinary music from around the country, dialogue with political influencers and creative writers, experience performances of provocative theatre and inspiring cinema, eat together with friends, strangers, maybe even a few enemies. And the end, you’ll have journeyed somewhere new, and maybe have found your way back to things you thought you had lost. Wild Goose is your festival: a miraculous space at the intersection of justice, spirituality and art.
The World Student Christian Federation -North America (WSCF-NA) is one of the proud sponsors of Ecumenical Advocacy Days (EAD). This year the EAD will explore economy, livelihood and the USA's national priorities through the lens of Isaiah 58. Join other Christians in heeding Isaiah's call to become "repairers of the breach and restorers of streets to live in." Visit their website and Facebook page to learn more and apply for a scholarship to attend!
The ecumenical community of Taizé, founded by Brother Roger in central France in 1940, is organizing a gathering for young adults aged between 18 and 35 that will take place in Chicago over Memorial Day Weekend.
Since the North American Region was re-launched in January 2009, it has been growing and developing significantly. Not only has a new Student Christian Movement emerged in the US; the other movements in the region have engaged themselves with new vigor and purpose. Following this surge in energy, movements and new students and young adults could come together for the first North American Regi