The Communication Initiative
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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. 

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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Hi - Can we please encourage you to encourage anyone you know who will be in New York this week to attend the  RAISED HANDS - PEOPLE, CITIES AND WASH - Evidence, data, strategic insights and conversation with a focus on engagingcitizens for effective priority setting and action on SDG 11 (Cities) and SDG 6 (Water and Sanitation) event on Tuesday 17 July, 2018 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm in the Millennium Hilton Hotel – Manhattan Conference Room - East 44th St between 1st and 2nd Av New York, NY.

Of course if you work in New York or will be there at this time, we would love to have you participate. (Many thanks if you have already registered.)

Details of this event can be accessed at this link.

The registration form for the event is at this link.

There will be a very substantial focus on social change and community engagement including: the strategies the city of Medellin pursued to reduce the murder rate by 95% and the extreme poverty rate by 86%; and the gobal stratgeies that have contributed to 28% reductions in diarrhea (30% in children).  

Thanks for considering - hope to see you and/or your colleagues there - Warren