Mazi: CFSC Report
The Communication For Social Change Report
Mazi, which means "together", is our online report on trends and issues in communication for social change. Bringing people together through dialogue and elevating all voices are critical principles of communicaton for social change.
Mazi 21 - June 2010
- The Consistency of Stories, Dialogue and Reflection for Healing
Message from Denise Gray-Felder - Photo Essay: How Does Communication for Social Change Impact the Lives of Women Refugees
by Lourdes Margarita Caballero - FUTURECONNECT™ Forum in Taiwan
by Lourdes Margarita Caballero - Positive Deviance and Social Change
by Arvind Singhal, Ph.D. - Photo Essay: Participatory Media Help Ugandan Women Who Have Experienced Obstetric Fistula Tell Their Stories
by Amy Hill - Global Media in Disasters and Media Disasters: Alleged Looters in Haiti
by Jude Fernando, Ph.D. - Communication for Empowerment: Global Report
by Elizabeth McCall - Public Conversation DVD Now Available
- Exclusive Special Preview for Mazi Readers
Communication for Social Change Anthology: Historical and Contemporary Readings Excerpts from the English and Spanish Versions - DVDs: “Women of Pastapur” and "Voices from the Magdalena" Show Power of Community Media Ownership
Mazi 20 - January 2010
- Can there be a Happy New Year as Haiti Cleans Up?
Message from Denise Gray-Felder - Becoming Visible: CFSC and Cameroon's Public Conversations
by Lourdes Margarita A. Caballero - Inviting—Not Requiring—Social Change
by Karen Greiner and Arvind Singhal - Continuing the Struggle for Social Justice
by Dayna Cunningham - Photo Essay: Public Conversations in Cameroon About AIDS
by Denise Gray-Felder with Dominique Kondji Kondji and BCH Africa Staff - Recommendations from Communication Working Group to aids2031 Agenda for the Future
- CFSC Consortium and UNDP Oslo Governance Centre Partner to Address the Communication Needs of Poor People
- Exclusive Special Preview for Mazi Readers
Communication for Social Change Anthology: Historical and Contemporary Readings Excerpts from the English and Spanish Versions
Mazi 19 - September 2009
- The Complexity of Humanity
Message from Denise Gray-Felder - Future Connect: Social Networking and AIDS Communication
by Pete Cranston and Tim Davies - aids2031 Examines Long-Wave Phenomena
by Denise Gray-Felder - Pushing the Boundaries: New Thinking on How We Evaluate
by Ailish Byrne - Monitoring and Evaluating U.N.-assisted Communication for Development Programmes by Andrew Puddephatt, et. al.
- Why Uruguay? Proving That Media Reform Is Possible
by Silvio Waisbord - Media in Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding: An Opportunity for E.U. Leadership by Bernardo Monzani
- London’s Africa Gathering Explores Using Technology to Advance the Continent by Karen Merkel and Mazi Editors
- Transforming the Kenyan Dairy Feeding System through a Communication for Social Change Approach by Patrick Papania et al.
- Exclusive Special Preview for Mazi Readers
Communication for Social Change Anthology: Historical and Contemporary Readings Excerpts from the English and Spanish Versions - DVDs: “Women of Pastapur” and "Voices from the Magdalena" Show Power of Community Media Ownership
Mazi 18 - February 2009
- When Typing is Not Talking
Message from Denise Gray-Felder - Winning the Youth Vote for Obama: A Conversation With Jonathan Kopp by Susan Mach
- Ethiopia’s Civil Society and the Current Media Environment by Lourdes Margarita Caballero
- Striding Toward the Future in Rwanda by Shirley Randell
- Stories of Community Radio in East Africa: Powerful Change by Birgitte Jallov
- Exclusive Special Preview for Mazi Readers
Communication for Social Change Anthology: Historical and Contemporary Readings Excerpts from the English and Spanish Versions - DVDs: “Women of Pastapur” and "Voices from the Magdalena" Show Power of Community Media Ownership
Mazi 17 - November 2008
- Year-End Reflections Prompt Increased Hope for the Future
Message from Denise Gray-Felder - Critical Need for Water Information in the Congo
- Are International Aid and Community Participation Inevitably at Odds? by Silvio Waisbord
- Evaluating Social Change and Communication For Social Change: New Perspectives by Ailish Byrne
- Exclusive Special Preview for Mazi Readers
Communication for Social Change Anthology: Historical and Contemporary Readings Excerpt from the Spanish Version - Praise for the Spanish edition of Communication for Social Change Anthology by Alfonso Gumucio-Dagron
- Report from Rwanda: Rebuilding in the Wake of Catastrophe
by Shirley Randell - Photo Essay: CFSC in the Republic of Maldives: A Community in Transition by Jean Douglas-Laird
- Photo Essay: “Women of Pastapur” by Alfonso Gumucio-Dagron
- DVDs: “Women of Pastapur” and "Voices from the Magdalena" Show Power of Community Media Ownership
Mazi 16 - August 2008
- Grappling With the Complexity of Change
Message from Denise Gray-Felder - Exclusive Special Preview for Mazi Readers
Communication for Social Change Anthology: Historical and Contemporary Readings Excerpt from the Spanish Version - When It Comes to Social Change, The Machine Metaphor Has Limits by Virginia Lacayo
- Mexico City Highlights: Looking at AIDS Globally and Locally
by CFSC Consortium Staff - Remembering Orlando Fals Borda (1925-2008)
by Alfonso Gumucio-Dagron - Photo Essay: How Community Radio Helped Move Democracy Forward in Sierra Leone by Bill Siemering
- DVDs: “Women of Pastapur” and "Voices from the Magdalena" Show Power of Community Media Ownership
- Media’s Role in the Global Divides: A Report From IAMCR’s 2008 Congress by Florencia Enghel
- OURMedia 7 Meets in Accra, Ghana
by Alfonso Gumucio-Dagron - Photo Essay: Ghana Welcomes OURMedia 7 to Africa
by Alfonso Gumucio-Dagron
Mazi 15 - May 2008
- Why Dialogue Is Priceless
Message from Denise Gray-Felder - Putting the Last First: Gandhi and Communication for Social Change by Arvind Singhal
- Photo Essay: Fostering Social Change Through Public Conversation: aids2031 by Denise Gray-Felder
- Photo Essay: Developing Locally Relevant Theatre in Nigeria
by Alfonso Gumucio-Dagron - Promoting Freedom of Expression, Access to Information and Empowerment of People: AMARC Salutes World Press Freedom Day
- Celebrating 25 Years of Working Toward a Better World Through Community Radio: AMARC’s Bogotá Declaration
- Photo Essay: Using CFSC to Meet the Needs of Today’s Students by Alan Thomson and Alex Mavrocordatos
- The Communication for Social Change Anthology: Historical and Contemporary Readings – The Spanish Version
- DVDs: “Women of Pastapur” and "Voices from the Magdalena" Show Power of Community Media Ownership
Mazi 14 - February 2008
- Looking into the Eyes of Those We Serve: Reflections on Future Challenges
Message from Denise Gray-Felder - Ensuring Vulnerable People Have Information and Communication Channels: Communication for Empowerment
by Birgitte Jallov - Communication for Empowerment in Mozambique: An Assessment of Communication and Media Needs at the Community Level
by Faruco Sadique Ibraimo and Barry Driscoll - Making a Bid to Become Africa’s IT Hub: Rwanda Makes Huge Strides
by Shirley Randell - Photo Essay: Pioneering Community-run Radio in Laos: The Khoun Community Radio Station
by Birgitte Jallov with support by Laurence Mach - Photo Essay: Using Photography to Help Young Shoe Shine Workers Tell Their Stories in La Paz, Bolivia
by April Pojman - Evaluating Impact: Only a Diverse Approach Makes Sense
Statement by the European Evaluation Society - Measuring Change: Exploring a Collegial Way to Share and Learn
by Birgitte Jallov - The Communication for Social Change Anthology: Historical and Contemporary Readings – The Spanish Version
- New DVD: “Women of Pastapur” Shows Power of Community Media Ownership in India
Mazi 13 - November 2007
- Can New Technology Promote Dialogue?
Message from Denise Gray-Felder - Democracy, Development and the Media
by James Deane - Playing With Fire
by Alfonso Gumucio Dagron - Battling Stigma and Silence: Using CFSC to Fight HIV/AIDS in African American Communities
by Lenora Kukome - Working Toward Evidence-Based Process: Evaluation That Matters
by Ailish Byrne - Photo Essay: Using Communication to Help Bring Education for All in Lesotho
Photos and text by Joanne Edgar with support from Laurence Mach - Dialogues on Communication and Development
- CFSC Anthology: Historical and Contemporary Readings
- Message to Universities of the South
Mazi 12 - August 2007
- When Parents Say No
Message from Denise Gray-Felder - The Irony of Communication for Social Change
by Silvio Waisbord - Reflections on Communication Challenges of HIV-AIDS
by Alfonso Gumucio, Ailish Byrne and Denise Gray-Felder - From Early Field Trials to Global Reach: The Roots of the Communication for Social Change Consortium
by Francina Radford and Denise Gray-Felder - Photo Essay: Community Dialogue Tool Helps Prevent Polio in Nigeria
by Dominique Thaly - Strengthening Our Alliance with the Universidad del Norte
by Alfonso Gumucio Dagron - ‘When the Task is Accomplished, Can We Say We Did It Ourselves?’ A Quest to Eliminate MRSA at the Veterans Health Administration’s Hospitals in Pittsburgh
by Arvind Singhal and Karen Greiner - Send Us Your Nominations for Experts on Social Accountability
- CFSC Anthology: Historical and Contemporary Readings
Mazi 11 - May 2007
- Dreams Deferred?
Message from Denise Gray-Felder - Letter from Sydney, Australia: OURMedia 6 Moves Toward a Just and Better World
by Participants of OURMedia’s Most Recent Conference - Photo Essay: How TV Helps Give Voice to Palestinian Youth
by Birgitte Jallov - Transforming Traditional Gender Structures: Giving Women Access to Information Technology
by Ami Sengupta, Esther Long, Arvind Singhal and Corrine L. Shefner-Rogers - Journalists Look at Development Communication
by G. Pascal Zachary - Celebrating 20 Years of Growth: Communication and Development Studies at Ohio University
by Laura Newman - Message to Universities of the South
- Three Challenges of Communication for Social Change
by Alfonso Gumucio Dagron - Memories and Perspectives of the OURMedia Network
by Alfonso Gumucio Dagron - DVD on Colombia’s Magdalena Region Radio Available Now
- CFSC Anthology: Historical and Contemporary Readings
Mazi 10 - February 2007
- Always a Friend, Rarely a Stranger
Message from Denise Gray-Felder - What Complexity Science Teaches Us About Social Change
by Virginia Lacayo - U.N. Round Table by James Deane
- Photo Essay: Helping a Mali Village Confront a Water Crisis
by Alex Mavrocordatos - Living With HIV/AIDS by Nyambe Kamungoma
- The Humanity of Muhammad Yunis by Arvind Singhal
- Voices from the Magdalena: Communication for Peace
- CFSC Anthology: Historical and Contemporary Readings
- Help Wanted
Mazi 9 - November 2006
- We Are As Big As We Can Dream
Message from Denise Gray-Felder - Democracy in Nepal: The Role of Community Radio
- The Right to Communicate, Social Movements and Democratic Participation
- The Babel Challenge
- 'Difficult Dialogues' and Communication for Social Change
- Voices from the Magdalena: Communication for Peace
- Photo Essay: Voices from the Magdalena
- Photo Essay: Communication for Social Change Helps Defuse Conflicts In Niger
- In Memoriam: Omololu Falobi, Nigerian Journalist, HIV/AIDS Activist
- CFSC Anthology: Historical and Contemporary Readings
- Call For Papers: Communication and Development Studies
Mazi 8 - August 2006
- Message from Denise Gray-Felder
- CFSC Anthology: Historical and Contemporary Readings
- How Ethiopian Youth and Community Dialogues Fight HIV/AIDS by Ailish Byrne
- Focusing on People's Cultural Beliefs and Social Influences: Soul City's Approach by Lebo Ramafoko
- New Horizons and Challenges in Communication for Social Change in Zambia by Ailish Byrne
- Time to Deliver: Report on the Toronto AIDS Conference by Heidi Larson
- Media, Freedom and Poverty: A Latin American Perspective by Alfonso Gumucio
- Money Talk: Microfinance as a Means of Reaching People who are Poor by Stan Parish
- CFSC Resources Available
Mazi 7 - May 2006
- Talking Truth
Message from Denise Gray-Felder - Roots and Relevance: Introduction to the CFSC Anthology
- Communication and Participation: Two Sides of the Same Coin? by James Deane
- The Strategic, Participatory Approach: An Irritant to Power by Alfonso Gumucio
- What My Grandmother Taught Me About Communication: Perspectives From African Cultural Values by Alfred Opubor
- The KALAHOK Theater Approach: A Communication Perspective by Ricamela Palis
- Geometries of Development by Hemant Shah and Karin Gwinn Wilkin
- Our Media: Past and Future by Alfonso Gumucio
- Photo Essay: Budikote: Community Media in a Small Indian Village by Alfonso Gumucio
- CFSC Resources Available
Mazi 6 - February 2006
- Facing our Humanity in 2006
Message from Denise Gray-Felder - A Conversation With Nora Quebral by Cel Cadiz
- Understanding the Mission of the Partnership for Communication in Africa by Peter daCosta
- Assessing Davos and the Global TB Campaign by James Deane
- Winning the Argument: But What About Communication for Social Change Practice? by James Deane
- Developing a Unique Proposal for Communication for Development in Latin America by Luis Peirano
- Consortium in the News
- Using Cinema to Promote Communication for Social Change in Rural Africa by Dominique Thaly
- The Consortium's September 2005 Global Meeting in Los Baños, the Philippines
- The Beginning of a Global Information Society Discourse by Parminder Jeet Singh and Anita Gurumurthy
- CFSC Resources Available
Mazi 5 - November 2005
- Happy Birthday, Mazi: We Have a Lot of Work Ahead
Message from Denise Gray-Felder - Why the Media Matter: Ensuring the World's Poorest People Have a Say
- Dissemination vs. Dialogue: A False Dichotomy
- Communicating the Plight of 'Untouchable' Children in Nepal
- Using Street Theatre for Health Education in Niger's Villages
- To Change the Dance You Must Change the Music: Youth Programmes in Ethiopia Aimed at HIV/AIDS
- Men and Traditions Against AIDS
- Kibera Field Centre Uses Innovative Programmes to Create Public Dialogue About Health Issues
- The Racial Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
- CFSC Resources Available
- Updates and Announcements
Mazi 4 - August 2005
- Gaining Speed and Confidence: Reflections on Progress
Message from Denise Gray-Felder - Looking At The G8 Summit Through The Prism Of CFSC
- Culture, Education and Development : Some Gaps
- Deciding How Aid is Spent
- Honouring Nora Quebral
- Looking at the MacBride Report 25 Years Later, Part I
- Looking at the MacBride Report 25 Years Later, Part II
- Fighting AIDS: No to "˜Business as Usual'
- Tracking the Impact of an Advocacy Paper
- CFSC Resources Available
- Call for Papers, Abstracts: World Congress, Rome, March 2006
Mazi 3 - May 2005
- Collective Wisdom Is Always Better Than Individual Opinion
Message from Denise Gray-Felder - Conversation with George Atkins:
Don't be so darn sure that we are right! - Communication For Social Change Anthology: Historical and Contemporary Readings
- CFSC: Measuring Change
- Analysing How Decision Makers Perceive Communication for Social Change
- Making the Connection: CFSC and the ‘Report of the Commission for Africa’
- Talking With a Purpose: When Dialogue is Not Just Talk
- Changing the Face of the World
- Using Communication for Social Change To Build Social Capital for Bangladeshis Who Are Ultrapoor
- New ALAIC Board
Mazi 2 - February 2005
- Make Them Hear You
Message from Denise Gray-Felder - A Conversation with Everett Rogers
- Mobilizing Resources for Social Change Communication: Is This the Best of Times or the Worst?
- Voiceless People Speaking Truth to Power
- Whose Class is This Anyway?
- Toward a New Kind Of Communication to Defeat Zambia's HIV/AIDS Pandemic
- The Dynamics of Citizens' Media
- La Primerísima
- Communication for the Abandonment Of Female Genital Cutting
Mazi 1 - November 2004
- The Power of All
Message from Denise Gray-Felder - Body of Knowledge
- International Days: A Burden or an Opportunity?
- Our Evolving Education Programmes
- Notable Quotables
- Trajectoires Culturelles Transamericaines
- Calling for Guest Columnists
- Another Communication Is Possible
- The Power of Community Consultation
- U.S. in the World : Talking Global Issues With Americans, A Practical Guide
- Interview With Luis Ramiro Beltrán:
'I've Lived My Life As a Communication Artist, Not a Scientist'