May 2 to 10, 2009
Toronto, CanadaSolidarity Greetings from the WSCF Asia-Pacific region! It is with great happiness and excitement that I convey this message of solidarity to all of you participating in the SHINE Gathering and General Conference of SCM Canada!
We stand in solidarity and offer our support to all of you as you affirm your commitment to inclusion and liberation to the LGBTQIA people and all oppressed people in Canada. We believe that liberation projects are core to the mission and prophetic vision of the SCMs and WSCF. As progressive Christian, we are called to take the sides of the marginalized, oppressed and the poor as Jesus Christ himself did in Luke 4:16-21. We are called to do justice, to love unconditionally in Micah 6:8 by a God that knows no boundaries and liberates people from all forms of oppression. [read on]
What Israel is doing is not democracy. It is genocide. It is terrorism.
This we say as we condemn in the strongest possible terms the Israeli Zionist government for intensifying its military onslaught on the Gaza Strip.
It continues to hurl bombs through aerial attacks, fire artillery shelling through naval vessels as its tanks and troops invading Palestinian territory have been strifing at civilians, homes and even medical personnel. [read on]
The WSCF community expresses its solidarity to our brothers and sisters in the Student Christian Movement (SCM) India and the whole Christian community in India. We are deeply concerned about the communal violence in Orissa which has caused the indiscriminate killings of 20 lives, displacement of 50,000 people and the burnings of more than 4,000 homes and churches. The WSCF strongly condemn the killing of both Hindus and Christians and the destruction of the Churches and Christian institutions by the religious fanatics in the Orissa region. It is the poorest of the poor, the Dalits, Adivasis that have been gravely affected by the violence that has affected in this region in the last 10 days. We uphold in our prayers the victims of violence, their families and friends and understand the feelings of panic, loss, sorrow, and anger among both the Christians and Hindu communities. Let peace, justice and reconciliation bring healing to the people of Orissa. [read on]
June 2-10, 2008
Bogor, Jawa Barat, IndonesiaWe the 30 participants* of the WSCF AP Human Rights Workshop on the theme, ‘Youth, Migration and Human Trafficking’ held from 2-10 of June 2008 in Bogor, Jawa Barat, Indonesia, gathered together to learn and share about the social, cultural, gendered, political, religious and economic problems concerning ‘forced’ migration and human trafficking. The workshop enabled us to deepen our analysis of the problems experienced by people who are ‘forced’ as migrant workers or victims of human trafficking, draw parallel stories from the Bible and reflect upon our role as Christian youth in responding to the problem of Migrations and Trafficking. [read on]
August 25-30, 2008
KoreaWe, the 95 young people of different churches and faiths representing 20 countries gathered for the Asia-Pacific Students and Youth Gathering (ASYG) with the theme Youth Across Boundaries, Redefining the Culture of Peace on August 25-30, 2008 in Yong In, Korea.
We believe that peace based on justice is possible, and together we shared inspiration through study, reflection and collective action planning towards the achievement of the culture of peace. [read on]
28 June 2007
Manila, Philippines
We, the participants of the International Youth Solidarity Mission (IYSM), representing 15 Asia-Pacific countries*, held a human rights workshop and subsequently conducted fact-finding missions in the regions of Central Luzon and Bicol from 23-26 June 2007. Our aim was to express solidarity and support for the victims and their families, as well as to conduct actual investigation, documentation and reportage of human rights violations in the Philippines to the international community, especially in the case of youth and student victims. [read on]
The World Student Christian Federation (WSCF) Asia-Pacific, an ecumenical federation of 17 Student Christian Movements in the Asia-Pacific expresses its solidarity and support to the Burmese people in their collective struggle to bring about meaningful change in their lives and their country.
The people of Burma is speaking to us today in a language that has long been muted by systematic repression and fear. The Burmese people have had enough! They have long endured suffering under the repressive Military regime and abject poverty brought about by unjust economic and social order. Triggered by the astronomical increase in fuel price early this month, the Burmese people finally said NO! [read on]
We, Christian youth and students representing the Student Christian Movements from different parts of the world and the World Student Christian Federation, express our deep concern with regards to the alarming human rights situation in the Philippines.
We strongly condemn the killings of members of the clergy, church workers, activists, journalists and ordinary citizens coming from the ranks of the workers, peasants, professionals and youth in the Philippines. We are saddened that the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo government failed to solve the killings, even when lives are taken almost every day, including a significant number of church leaders and youth. [read on]
We from the International Students and Youth Network Opposed to WTO (I SAY NO TO WTO), shall gather together this December in solidarity to represent the voice of the youth and students as we define our role in the sphere of globalization and WTO.
In this era, we seek to let our voices be heard as we stand on common ground, notwithstanding the diversity of the land and culture we represent. Inside our organizations, schools, workplaces and communities, we face the rising repression and exploitation brought about by the heightened plunder and destruction in the name of globalization. The international youth community continues to confront and struggle against the threats and impacts of the inclusion of education, culture and employment in the WTO's General Agreement on Trade in Services. [read on]
There is a far-reaching call to critically view the World Trade Organization as a trade regime benefiting only the major economic and political blocks of the world. There is also a profound need for sustaining such formidable resistance of the world’s people against the unequal treaties under the WTO, which led, for example, to the collapse of the Cancun Ministerial Conference in 2003.
WTO is not just emblematic of the oppressive Globalization but the very mechanism of coercion for the liberalization, privatization and deregulation policies to weaker and poorer countries, to the great detriment of majority poor people of the world. The 6th Ministerial WTO Conference will take place in Hong Kong on December 13-18, 2005. [read on]
Two churches in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia were bombed and attacked and victims were undergoing rehabilitation while we gathered on the theme “Together in Action for Peace and Reconciliation” in Cipayung, Indonesia. We, the 104 students and youths from 16 countries in Asia and Pacific, belonging to 6 ecumenical organizations namely, the Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs, Christian Conference of Asia, International Movement of Catholic Students Asia-Pacific, International Young Christian Students Asia Secretariat, World Student Christian Federation Asia-Pacific Region, World Young Women Christian Association and friends from the Asian Methodist Youth Network, Ecumenical Coalition on Tourism and International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs met from 7-14 December 2004 through the EASYNet (Ecumenical Asia-Pacific Students and Youth Network). In a threatened and violent world, we shared as a learning community, enabling each other and lighting the flame of hope and love in us. [read on]
Last month, we organised the 3rd National Coordinator’s Meeting of the WSCF AP in Thailand. The Coordinators of 13 national Student Christian Movements (SCM) were present together with officers and staffs.
We discussed several critical issues both on the regional and global level, and we reached a common understanding that “the US-led war situation is the most urgent agenda for the SCMs to voice out”.
We have decided therefore, to encourage our members to actively involve in promoting-peace and campaigning against war. This campaign includes the following action plans:
- Declaring our position – “No War! Give Chance to Peace!”
- Putting up anti-war poster campaigns in the campuses, churches and streets
- Signature campaign against war in the campus and on the streets
- Fund-raising for war victims through skipping meals
- Organising anti-war seminars and street demonstrations
Peace in the world is at a critical moment! We should not be silent! We should voice out with the prophetic vision as SCMs have always been doing.
We sincerely ask you to support and join our Anti-War campaign with prayers and action. [read on]
For Women: God of strength, we pray for the women in Iraq who will be subjected to a lot of pain and suffering when the war breaks out.
For Children: God of love and care, surround the children of Iraq with your loving embrace and healing touch. We pray that Iraqi children also be given the right to dream about a future, the right to nourishments, the right to experience security, and the right to experience peace.
Country Leaders: God of wisdom, we pray that you bring insight to government officials and country leaders, so that they may see there is no justification for this declaration to war. Violence cannot and will not end violence.
Environment/Ecology: God of creation, we pray for the environment that will be subjected to massive destruction and plundering when the war breaks.
Economic Justice for People: God of justice, we pray for economic justice for the thousands of Iraqi people who have been deprived of basic food and medical necessities due to the economic embargo which has been going for more than a decade.
Neighbouring countries: God of all nations, we pray that you not only be with the Iraqi people, but also the people who are living in the surrounding countries. There are constant struggles for power, land, and other material needs. [read on]
We, the student leaders of the Student Christian Movements in the Asia-Pacific Region who gathered at the Students Empowerment for Transformation 2002 from June 16-30, 2002 in the University of the Philippines, Los Baños Laguna, Philippines, are united in vehemently opposing “globalisation” as an economic order imposed by global capitalism and its instruments.
Globalisation with its policies of liberalisation, privatisation and deregulation only seeks to optimise profits of foreign monopoly-capitalists while violating the basic human rights and dignity of the people who suffer as victims of the economic plunder. [read on]
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