River Above Asia and Oceania Ecclesial Network
Eneriza Menaling I was happy to be part of a group that visited the Umayamnon community in Sitio Catablaran in February. Catablaran is the farthest sitio of Barangay Canangaan in Cabanglasan, Bukidnon and when weSustaining our Indigenous culture amidst change
Asia’s largest church organizations launched a regional alliance to confront pressing social and environmental challenges and collaborate to advance ecological protection, Indigenous rights, and economic justice. The River Above Asia and Oceania Ecclesial Network (RAOEN),Church groups in Asia launch regional alliance to tackle social and environmental crises
The River Above Asia Oceania Ecclesial Network (RAOEN) encourages Church leaders across Asia and Oceania to take decisive action in protecting Indigenous communities and addressing the escalating climate crisis. The organization emphasized the Church’s responsibilityRAOEN encourages Asia and Oceania Church leaders to champion Indigenous rights, climate action
James Pochury The global 30×30 conservation initiative, aimed at safeguarding 30% of Earth’s land and seas by 2030, is framed as an urgent ecological necessity. Yet, this approach runs the risk of mirroring colonial systemsReclaiming conservation: A call for justice and Indigenous guardianship in implementing the 30×30 conservation goal
Raydan Tangwayan Wherever I go, I am always proud to begin with my positionality as a member of the Indigenous tribes – a Sarangani Manobo and a B’laan. My tribal identity informs my stances inVoices of the Indigenous Peoples in RAOEN
RAOEN is implementing a biome-based synodality project to engage more broadly with ecclesial communities in Oceania, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, and new staff are contributing to this work. James Pochury is the RAOEN RegionalNew ways, new energies for RAOEN’s mission
As the Church undertakes its renewed dialogue with Indigenous Peoples, the issuance and release on 30 March 2023 of the Joint Statement of the Dicasteries for Culture and Education and for Promoting Integral Human DevelopmentRepudiation of the “Doctrine of Discovery”: Joint Statement of the Dicasteries for Culture and Education and for Promoting Integral Human Development
River above Asia Oceania Ecclesial Network (RAOEN), with Ecojesuit, organized Culture-based solutions: Indigenous responses to biodiversity challenges, a two-day virtual event on 20 and 21 April 2022 to share and amplify local and indigenous experiencesIndigenous responses to biodiversity challenges