Jubilee 2025 brainstorming session:
Addressing Ecological Debt in the Jubilee Year
KAIROS Regina invites you to join a conversation about ways that we might participate in the Jubilee 2025 debt reduction campaign. KAIROS Canada is working together with other agencies to address third world debt, particularly debt due to climate-related loss and damage. While we are still learning about this campaign, KAIROS Regina is reaching out to other church and civil society groups in Saskatchewan with an invitation to brainstorm about ways to participate in the Jubilee 2025 campaign.
You are invited to join our in-person brainstorming session: Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, 10 am to 12 noon at Harmony United Church (former Sunset United, 177 Sunset Drive, Regina).
Please invite others with an interest in third-world debt relief and ecological justice.
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You may recall the Millennium Jubilee of 2000, which mobilized millions globally to demand debt cancellation for nations in the Global South. In Canada, this movement took shape as the Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative, the country’s most successful faith-based advocacy campaign. This powerful campaign, led by church-based justice organizations, KAIROS' predecessor coalitions, and the Canadian Council of Churches, played a crucial role in achieving over $100 billion in global debt relief.
Yet, 25 years later, a worsening global debt crisis continues to affect vulnerable populations, exacerbated by rising interest rates, climate change, and economic inequality. An unacknowledged “ecological debt” owed by the North to the South and Indigenous Peoples further exacerbates the crisis.
