When Rightsholder groups meet at the Asian Link and Learn Festival

A big circle with people from all generations, some wearing headsets, whispering in different languages and visible sign language going on. The silhouette of an empty human is on the floor. …

Chers amis de la Constellation

Voici un cadre d'autoévaluation pour stimuler les réponses locales face au coronavirus. Vous voulez bien le tester pour vous mêmes, en famille ou avec n'importe quel groupe? Aussi, ppouvez vous le partager avec vos autorités publiques, afin qu'ils voient le potentiel des réponses locales face à ce nouveau défi? Merci de poster votre expérience ici. Ensemble nous surmonterons le défi posé par le coronavirus!

Dear Constellation Friends

Attached is a proposed Self Assessment framework for your perusal. Do try it individually, with your family and with other groups. Also, share it with public authorities to get their buy in and support! Do post your experience with it here! Coronavirus_%20let%20us%20do%20our%20part%21.pdf

Dear friends,

Belated Happy New Year to you!

We hope that you have all been well and enjoyed practising SALT/CLCP in your HIV/AIDS- related work in the past year(s).  We suppose that you have accumulated experiences and lessons learned that you would like to share with others who work on HIV/AIDS issues around the world.  It’s great that in 2020 there…

WWF Netherlands and the IUCN National Committee of the Netherlands organized a three-day workshop on Citizen Science in The Hague in early July 2019. The workshop brought together  representatives from civil society, science and government to learn from interesting cases studies, unpack prominent themes related to citizen science and share experiences.…

"¿Es posible imaginar un [...] mundo donde los individuos y las comunidades reconozcan, respeten su humanidad común y vivan plenamente su capacidad de contribuir a la sociedad en su conjunto?

Muchos de nosotros, somos participantes en esta plataforma virtual de Constellation. Sentimos que estamos contribuyendo a crear ese mundo. Lo hacemos a nuestra manera, con nuestros…

« Est-il possible d'imaginer [...] un monde où les individus et les communautés reconnaissent et respectent leur humanité commune et vivent leur…

“Is it possible to imagine [...] a world where individuals and communities recognise and respect their common humanity, and live out their full potential to contribute to society as a whole?”

Many among us as participants in this Constellations virtual platform will surely feel we are contributing to creating that world. We do so in our own way, with our own means, in our own context.…

What is a local response and how can I help?

Local teams respond to their current challenges and work towards longer-term dreams by encouraging local ownership of issues and solutions. This is what we mean by a local response.

Some teams have more pressing needs than others at any given time, and would benefit greatly from your support now.

In Sankuru, together against monkeypox

In Sankuru,…

En réponse à ceux qui veulent nous déchirer. Notre tissu social est mis à mal: retissons nos liens!

Je parle avec mon voisin.

Blanc ou noir,

Jaune ou rouge,

Riche ou pauvre,

Homme ou femme,

Vieux ou jeune,

Beau ou laid,

Homo ou hétéro,

Trans ou bi,

Musulman, chrétien, athée, agnostique, Bahia, yezidi, bouddhiste ou animiste,

Compatriote ou pas,

Avec ou sans papiers,

Bien portant ou…

#Italkwithmyneighbors

In response to  those who want to tear us apart let us weave more threads to our social fabric!

I talk with my neighbors

White or black,

Yellow or red,

Rich or poor,

Man or woman,

Old or young,

Beautiful or not,

Gay or straight,

Trans or bi,

Christian or Muslim, Bahai or Hindu, Buddhist or animist, agnostic or atheist,

Country mate or not,

Documented papers or not,

Sick or…

(Voir FR ci-dessous)

Dear Friends of the Constellation

Our Voting Members recently elected our new Board, composed of April Foster, Autry Haynes, Gaston Schmitz,…

Blogs provide a space to members for sharing their experience with local response to an issue and also their experience wiht the facilitation of local response.  Articles, studies and other research papers can be shared in Press corner which is under the tab  Forums. We call the blog section 'Our stories'.

In the 'Our stories' section, you will find all blog postings of individual members.…

Les blogs offrent aux membres un espace pour partager leur expérience de réponse locale à un problème et leur expérience de facilitation de la réponse locale. Articles, études et autres documents de recherche peuvent être partagés dans le Press Corner qui est sous l'onglet REQUESTS. Les blogs se trouvent sous l'onglet OUR STORIES:

Pour publier votre expérience :

- Rendez-vous à l’adresse …

Une constellation connectant poussières d’étoiles et galaxies… Mais qui est cette étoile ? L’être humain dans la totalité de sa force et de sa vulnérabilité…

 « C’est magique ? » demande Jean-Louis Lamboray, « Bien sûr, puisque c’est humain ! Cet humain dont le fond, je n’ai pas peur de l’affirmer, est toujours bon* ».

 L’histoire que Jean-Louis nous dévoile au fil des anecdotes et des…

After three intense days of dialogue in early April, the team that had gathered to create a vision and plan for the future of the Constellation's Share function had formed a
collective dream. In this video, MariJo Vasquez shares about the dream, which was also captured graphically. Enjoy!

I came across this quote today. It sums up quite nicely my philosophy on posting blogs:

"Do not tell me what to do, tell me what you do. Do not tell me what is good for me, tell me what is good for you.  If, at the same time, you reveal the you in me, if you become a mirror to my inner self, then you have made a reader and a friend."            - …