Community radio participants at WCC Assembly underline need for diversity of voices in communication.
Photo: L to R, María Elena Martínez Torres, Boniface Bahizire, Jean-Pierre Mugisho, WACC President Dennis Smith, Sócrates Vásquez García, Amra Seleskivic and Edin Atlic.
By Philip Lee, WACC Deputy Director of Programs
Communication rights were highlighted at the 10th Assembly (http://wcc2013.info/en) of the World Council of Churches (http://www.oikoumene.org/en) (WCC) during a workshop given on Wednesday 6 November. Moderated by WACC President Dr. Dennis Smith, six community radio practitioners explained their work to workshop participants.
WACC’s workshop was titled “Hearing Many Voices for Justice and Peace.” It focused on the role played by community radio in voicing the concerns of poor, marginalized, excluded and dispossessed people.
Two journalists each from Radio Bubusa FM (Congo – DRC), Radio Vesta (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Radio Comunitaria Jënpoj (Mexico) took part in a workshop jointly sponsored by WACC and the WCC. Two others from...