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06/23/2026

💬 "We are not waiting for outside media to tell our story. We are creating our own communication from the territory, from the front lines."
—Yutsu Maiche, Mullu TV Collective, Ecuador

⬇️ Discover more echoes from the discussion yesterday on local, ancestral, and cultural approaches to social & behaviour change communication, moderated by WACC's program director Lorenzo Vargas.



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06/22/2026

The 2026 Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit is underway in Panama City! Theme for the week is The Power of Connection: Reimagining Knowledge, Action and Equity in a Changing SBC Landscape.

Here’s WACC’s program director Lorenzo Vargas together with some of the organizers and panelists for the discussion he is moderating on Local, Ancestral, and Cultural Approaches to Social & Behaviour Change Communication.

(left ro right) Debora Freitas (Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs), Babafunke Fagbemi (Centre for Communication for Social Impact), Jair Vega (Universidad del Norte), Lorenzo Vargas, Adebayo Fayoyin (African Society for Social and Behavioural Change), Yutsu Yakakua (Mullu TV, Ecuador), Omayra Casamá (Emberá Indigenous nation in Panama), Soraya Bayuelo (Colectivo de Comunicación Montes de María, Colombia).

Lorenzo is attending the Summit with two WACC project partners: José Luis Aguirre from Secrad UCB La Paz in Bolivia and Pia Rieublanc from La Sandía Digital in Mexico.

SBCC Summit

06/22/2026

📣 A partir de las 10:45 h en la Ciudad de Panamá (11:45 h en Nueva York)

No se pierda la mesa redonda inaugural de la sobre «Enfoques locales, ancestrales y culturales de la comunicación para el cambio social y conductual», moderada por Lorenzo Vargas, director de programas de la WACC.

Entre los ponentes se encuentran Gideon Too (Kenia), Soraya Bayuelo (Colombia), Yutsu Maiche (Ecuador), Adebayo Fayoyin (Nigeria/Sudáfrica) y Omayra Casamá (Panamá)

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Servicio de interpretación en inglés y español.

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Don't miss today's plenary livestream: Local, Ancestral, and Cultural Approaches to SBCC

This plenary will explore how Indigenous, ancestral, and traditional knowledge systems and cultures shape social and behavioral change communication, highlighting the central role that local cultures, worldviews, and lived experiences play in defining and advancing change.

Expect a rich conversation on diverse, non-Western understandings of development, well-being, social justice, and collective life.

By centering these voices and knowledge traditions, the plenary aims to challenge dominant development paradigms and foster a richer understanding of how social and behavioral change can be envisioned and achieved in different cultural contexts.

📅 Monday, June 22 | 🕙 10:45 AM (Panama City, Panama)
🎥 Live on Zoom: https://bit.ly/plenary26



🤝 Promtur Panamá Autoridad de Turismo de Panamá Ministerio de Salud de Panamá Ministerio de Ambiente de Panamá Alcaldía de Panamá Centre for Communication and Social Impact - CCSI Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

06/22/2026

WACC América Latina has launched a new phase with a regional strategic plan for 2026–2029. Debated and approved recently by members of the regional association at an extraordinary assembly, the plan sets out five strategic priorities.

Read more https://bit.ly/WACC-AL-2026

06/22/2026

📣 Starting at 10:45am Panama City (11:45 New York)

Don’t miss the opening panel on Local, Ancestral, and Cultural Approaches to Social & Behaviour Change Communication, moderated by WACC’s program director Lorenzo Vargas. Panelists include Gideon Too (Kenya), Soraya Bayuelo (Colombia),Yutsu Maiche (Ecuador) Adebayo Fayoyin (Nigeria/South Africa) & Omayra Casamá (Panama).

📲 Register to watch live at 10:45am Panama City (11:45 New York) ⬇️

Interpretation in English & Spanish.



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Don't miss today's plenary livestream: Local, Ancestral, and Cultural Approaches to SBCC

This plenary will explore how Indigenous, ancestral, and traditional knowledge systems and cultures shape social and behavioral change communication, highlighting the central role that local cultures, worldviews, and lived experiences play in defining and advancing change.

Expect a rich conversation on diverse, non-Western understandings of development, well-being, social justice, and collective life.

By centering these voices and knowledge traditions, the plenary aims to challenge dominant development paradigms and foster a richer understanding of how social and behavioral change can be envisioned and achieved in different cultural contexts.

📅 Monday, June 22 | 🕙 10:45 AM (Panama City, Panama)
🎥 Live on Zoom: https://bit.ly/plenary26



🤝 Promtur Panamá Autoridad de Turismo de Panamá Ministerio de Salud de Panamá Ministerio de Ambiente de Panamá Alcaldía de Panamá Centre for Communication and Social Impact - CCSI Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

06/22/2026

The next WACC Europe online discussion will take a closer look at Pope Leo XIV's Magnifica Humanitas - On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence. Join the conversation on Tuesday, 23 June, at 3:00-4:00 pm CEST (Berlin/Warsaw)!
Register ➡️ https://bit.ly/ReflectionsEncyclical



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Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical letter, Magnifica Humanitas, is the first formal Catholic magisterial document to address artificial intelligence (AI) comprehensively. Presentations will help lead reflections. The full text of the Encyclical is available at: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en...

06/21/2026

The Power of Connection. Our program director Lorenzo Vargas is on the ground at the SBCC Summit 2026 in Panama now, together with José Luis Aguirre from WACC member & partner Secrad UCB La Paz and Pia Rieublanc from our partner La Sandía Digital.

📲 In the spotlight first – the central role of Indigenous, ancestral, and traditional cultural and knowledge in driving social change. Watch the panel live tomorrow, 22 June, at 10:45am (11:45 New York) with moderation by Lorenzo ➡️ https://bit.ly/SBCC2026-Livestream

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06/21/2026

El poder de la conexión. Nuestro director de programas, Lorenzo Vargas, se encuentra ahora mismo en la 2026 de Panamá, junto con José Luis Aguirre, de Secrad UCB La Paz —miembro y socio de la WACC— y Pia Rieublanc, de nuestra organización asociada La Sandía Digital.


📲 En primer plano: el papel central de la cultura y los conocimientos indígenas, ancestrales y tradicionales a la hora de impulsar el cambio social. Siga mañana, 22 de junio, a las 10:45 h (11:45 h en Nueva York), la mesa redonda en directo, moderada por Lorenzo ➡️https://bit.ly/SBCC2026-Livestream

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06/18/2026

| Our partner Media And Gender Enlightenment Initiative has been raising awareness about women’s digital communication rights and empowering social media users to challenge hate speech against women.

Discover more about the project: https://bit.ly/MEGEIN-StopTFGBV



— Part of our Communication for All Program (CAP), supported by Brot für die Welt

Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), WACC WACC Africa

06/16/2026

Football and communication have something in common – belonging, shared meaning, a local community. And being hijacked for profit.

It’s time to reclaim both football and communication for the common good, writes our program director Lorenzo Vargas in the latest WACC Comment: https://bit.ly/Comment-15June26.



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