Christian student activists unite in San Francisco
CHRISTIAN STUDENT ACTIVISTS UNITE
World Student Christian Federation Revitalizes Activism on Campuses
Forty years later after the heyday of student activism in 1968, Christian student activists from across the Christian spectrum are rising as a formidable force again.
Eighty students from across the U.S., Canada and the world are gathering January 29 – February 1 in San Francisco for a historic conference bringing together progressive Christians with a global vision of change. ‘Raising New Prophets: Arising of a Movement’ is the first North American conference of the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF) in decades and is re-launching a Student Christian Movement in the U.S.
“We are committing to the radical message of Jesus who saw enough bread to go around and justice for all,” said Luciano Kovacs, the federation’s North American secretary. “We hope this conference will inspire us to spend our time and energies to understand the reality of dialogue and partnership if we want to break the yoke that Empire binds together.”
The conference will hear from renowned activist theologian Rita Nakashima Brock (author of ‘Saving Paradise: How Christians Traded Love for this World for Crucifixion and Empire’), host student-led grassroots strategy workshops, and meet with local activists and church leaders.
The World Student Christian Federation (WSCF) is a network of more than 100 national movements in every region of the world. Founded in 1895, the WSCF was a precursor to the World Council of Churches (WCC), and now has advisory status with the WCC as well as consultative status with the United Nations and UNESCO.
“Students have struggled, and sometimes even died, to build a movement that follows the radical life of Jesus Christ,” Alice Hageman, an alumni of the Student Christian Movement (SCM) in the U.S., which voted itself out of existence in 1969. “It is they who paved the way.” For more information, see www.wscfglobal.org
