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The Communication Initiative
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.
 
Co-founder Victoria Martin is pleased to see this work continue under Wits' leadership. Victoria knows that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction.
 
We honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades. Meanwhile, La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA) continues independently at cila.comminitcila.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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Building and Working with the Leadership of People Who Use Drugs - Vienna World AIDS Conference (July 18-23 2010)

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Information on "Building and Working with the Leadership of People Who Use Drugs" (Tuesday July 20 2010, from 14:30-18:00, in Mini Room 2) - explores leadership development within organisations of people who use drugs as a core component of broader community organising-based advocacy strategies. Requesting your response and ideas...

Facilitated by Matthew Curtis from the United States, this workshop is intended to provide participants with skills and knowledge related to leadership development within organisations of people who use drugs. Presented concepts will include the history and current circumstances of drug-user organising and activism; base-building and community organising as an advocacy model; identifying and engaging potential leaders; mentoring; drug user identity and public advocacy; and practical systems for "institutionalising" leadership development efforts in community-based organisations (CBOs).

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