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After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. 

Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future. 

On the transfer, co-founder Victoria Martin expressed her pleasure to see this work continue under Wits' leadership, knowing that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction. 

As Wits, we honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades and look forward building from that strong base. This includes co-founders Warren Feek (1953-2024) and Victoria Martin as well as La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA), which continues independently at lainiciativadecomunicacion.com with links to The CI Global site. We are also eager to forge new partnerships and entertain new ideas as we consider how best to contribute to social and behaviour change in our rapidly evolving environment.

If you are joining the International Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in Panama, please join Wits and CILA on Monday, 22 June, to share your thoughts and suggestion for the relaunch of the Communication Initiative. We will be in Pacifica 5 from 12-1:25 for the Refuel, Reflect, and Renew Lunch Series: The Communication Initiative: celebrating a driving force for Communication for Social Change and the way forward. We will reflect on the legacy of Warren Feek and family in creating the Communication Initiative, consider the contributions of CI over the years and then turn our attention towards the future in this dynamic session. 

If you are unable to join us in Panama, we still want to hear from you. Please contribute your thoughts by following this link: https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026 or reaching out to ci_surveys@commint.com. 

You can also follow the QR Code:

 https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026

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Global Citizen Corps Poetry Contest

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Global Citizen Corps, an office of the international humanitarian organisation Mercy Corps, is inviting youth aged 15-25 to enter a poetry contest. Participants are asked to write a creative poem of 25 lines or less that answers the question, "What makes me a global citizen?" First place receives a US$275 gift card to Amazon.com, second place a US$175 gift card to Amazon.com. It is an opportunity to share views on global citizenship. First and second place also select a Mercy Kit worth US$25. Participants may submit as many poems as they wish.


Global Citizen Corps is challenging the global youth community to understand what it means to be a global citizen, in terms of both knowledge and action. The best submissions will take into account the following issues:

1. The interconnections between you and other people or areas of the world

2. Your personal convictions about global citizenship

3. Your personal responsibilities as a global citizen and how you can take action.

In addition to submitting the text of a poem, participants may add a photo that illustrates the poem, or record themselves on video or audio reading their poem.

Application Info

Click here for more information, registration, and a submission posting link.

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Email from Jamie Moore to The Communication Initiative on August 10 2009.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 10/29/2009 - 17:19 Permalink

when might we expect the winners of the poetry competition to be announced? when mightwe see the results? October has, essentially, come and gone. . ..

Jim W