WCC NEWS: Workshop and study guide to help people navigate justice issues online

An online workshop, “How to be a digital justice advocate”, will be held on Monday, 7 November, to help people delve deeper into how to respond to the challenges and opportunities of the digital age. Photo: WACC 31 October 2022 The workshop will launch a study and action guide that explains some of the key justice dilemmas of our increasingly digital world, with fast facts, case studies, faith connections, discussion questions, and suggestions for further resources.  Participants in the 60-minute online workshop, starting at 10:00 am (New York)/ 4:00 pm (Paris), will have the opportunity to discuss some of the issues with the guide’s author, Dr Erin Green, as well as experts addressing real world consequences of our increasing reliance on digital technology.  From access issues to online violence, from data privacy to fake news, the publication, “Digital Justice: A study and action guide” aims to help individuals and groups committed to ecological and social justice relate their work to the online world and the economic and political systems behind it. Interested workshop participants are asked to register in advance at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclcOuppjwqH9ZdD-2ttwGb9_WF5xdw0zHA “Digital Justice: A study and action guide” is a co-publication of the World Council of Churches and the World Association for Christian Communication. The guide will be available online after the launch 7 November. Workshop details: Monday, 7 November 10:00 am (New York)/ 4:00 pm (Paris)  Participants must register in advance: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclcOuppjwqH9ZdD-2ttwGb9_WF5xdw0zHA World Association for Christian Communication See more

The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 352 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 580 million Christians in over 120 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC acting general secretary is Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, from the Orthodox Church in Romania.  Media contact: +41 79 507 6363; www.oikoumene.org/press Our visiting address is: World Council of Churches 150 route de Ferney Geneve 2 1211 Switzerland