28 October 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA ADVISORY
Yogjakarta, Indonesia: As the ACT Alliance holds its General Assembly in Yogyakarta, faith leaders and actors, international and Indonesian speakers will comment on the growing humanitarian emergencies and the challenges linked to the ongoing climate breakdown and the role of civil society, including faith-based actors, in tackling these crises amid growing polarisation and reduced fundings.
Speakers will include senior representatives of ACT Alliance, the World Council of Churches, ACT Alliance members, and Indonesian civil society and churches.
What: The role of polarization in inhibiting climate justice, and what civil society and faith-based actors are and can do to improve the situation
Who:
- Rudelmar Bueno de Faria, General Secretary of ACT Alliance
- Erik Lysén, Moderator of the ACT Alliance Governing Board and Director of Act Church of Sweden
- Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches
- Alissa Wahid, National Director of Gusdurian Network Indonesia
- Arshinta, Director of YAKKUM Development and Humanitarian Programs
- Brigita Ra Sekar Laras, Sustainability, Humanitarian and Inclusion, Yakkum Emergency Unit
- Rev. Jacky Manuputty, General Secretary of the Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI)
Where: Royal Ambarrukmo Hotel and online
When: Tuesday, October 29, 2024 13h00-14h00, Indonesia time
Why: Faith actors and civil society represent a positive voice and presence to counteract the challenges of polarization on responding to the climate emergency, particularly as it pertains to meeting the needs of the most vulnerable people and communities around the world.
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MEDIA CONTACT
Simon Chambers- WhatsApp: +1-416-435-0972, Email: simon.chambers@actalliance.org
Director of Communications, ACT Alliance
