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Are you interested in topics such as interreligious cooperation and intercultural exchange? For current issues that challenge us in our complex global world? Here you will find numerous events that will broaden your horizons and inspire your everyday life. Our educational work is EduQua certified.

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Current events

Young@Mission21

Get-together

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The "Get-together" of young@mission21 facilitates regular exchange between young adults worldwide. The format is closely linked to our podcast Young Voices and offers space for exchange, discussion and questions about the topics covered in the podcast.

January 31, 2026, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Webinar "Global Voices - Acting Together for Peace"

The dignity of the earth - Indigenous connection to the land

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In our new webinar series „Global Voices - Acting Together for Peace“, we ask about a respectful and sustainable relationship with the earth, starting with the elements of the earth. The first webinar is about the connection of indigenous communities to land. With Jackie Hookimaw-Witt, educator, human rights activist and chef from Canada and Jocabed Reina Solano Miselis, director of Memoria Indígena and theology doctoral student from Panama.

February 20, 2026, 3:00 to 4:30 pm, online via Zoom
Cooperation, city tour

Guided tour of Basel's migration history

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Mission 21 is taking part in the Basel History Days 2026 under the motto "History moves" (March 16-21, 2026). With the city tour on Basel migration stories, we present stories of people who traveled to Basel or were brought here.

March 17, 2026, 13:30 to 15:30, Basel
Cooperation, Visiting the research archive

Archive tour: Missionaries as travelers between cultures (2)

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Mission 21 is taking part in the Basel History Days 2026 under the motto "History moves" (March 16-21, 2026). With the guided tour "Missionaries as travelers between cultures in Africa and Asia (19th and 20th centuries)", we take interested visitors on a journey through time to the archives of the Basel Mission.

March 18, 2026, 18:00 to 19:30, Basel
Cooperation, city tour

Guided tour of the historic mission house on migrants in Basel's mission history

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Mission 21 is taking part in the Basel History Days 2026 under the motto "History moves" (March 16-21, 2026). On a tour in and around the Basel Mission House, we will present stories of people who traveled to Basel or were brought here.

March 19, 2026, 18:00 to 19:30, Basel
Cooperation, Visiting the research archive

Archive tour: Missionaries as travelers between cultures (2)

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Mission 21 is taking part in the Basel History Days 2026 under the motto "History moves" (March 16-21, 2026). With the guided tour "Missionaries as travelers between cultures in Africa and Asia (19th and 20th centuries)", we take interested visitors on a journey through time to the archives of the Basel Mission.

March 20, 2026, 18:00 to 19:30, Basel
Cooperation, city tour

Guided tour of Basel's migration stories - short tour 1 - 1:45 p.m.

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Mission 21 is taking part in the Basel History Days 2026 under the motto "History moves" (March 16-21, 2026). On Saturday, the experience day for families, we will introduce people who came or were brought to Basel in a short city tour on Basel migration stories.

March 21, 2026, 13:00 to 13:45, Basel
Cooperation, city tour

Guided tour of Basel's migration stories - short tour 15:30-16:15

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Mission 21 is taking part in the Basel History Days 2026 under the motto "History moves" (March 16-21, 2026). On Saturday, the experience day for families, we will introduce people who came or were brought to Basel in a short city tour on Basel migration stories.

March 21, 2026, 3:30 to 4:15 p.m., Basel
World Arts

"World Arts" in Schaffhausen: self-awareness through encounters

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In the service for the Week against Racism, the Swiss-Togolese artist Afi Sika Kuzeawu uses poetry and lyrical singing to open up new access to inner worlds and forge connections between people.

March 22, 2026, 10:15 to 11:15 a.m., St. Johann City Church, Kirchhofplatz
World Arts

"World Arts" in Gränichen

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Poetry from different cultures tell of longing, courage and personal paths. Music by Afi Sika Kuzeawu, a Swiss Togolese double bass player, singer, composer and dancer.

March 26, 2026, 2:30 to 4:00 pm, Ref. parish hall, Hinterhagweg 11, 5722 Gränichen
Young@Mission21

Youth Summit 2026

Next year's International Youth Summit will take place online via Zoom on March 27 and 28, 2026. At the annual online event, young adults deal with various topics of global justice.

March 27-28, 2026
Information event

Platform world view

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At the annual World View platform, church employees and other interested parties are given an insight into the wide range of services offered by Mission 21 for their own activities. The platform is based on Mission 21's campaign - this year on the topic of "Standing up for human rights: empowering people affected by violence, promoting self-determination". The campaign focuses on projects for the prevention of violence and for acute care and self-determination in Peru, Bolivia and Indonesia.

April 23, 2026, 13:00 to 17:00, Frieden City Monastery, Bern
Webinar "Global Voices - Acting Together for Peace"

The dignity of water - Sacred rivers

A split-screen image of a woman drawing water in Indonesia, a farmer in South Sudan and a girl sitting behind a barbecue fire.

In our new webinar series "Global Voices - Acting Together for Peace", we ask about a respectful and sustainable relationship with the earth, starting with the elements of the earth. This second webinar in the series is about the connection of indigenous communities to water and about examples and possibilities of water protection.

May 12, 2026, 3:00 to 4:30 pm, online via Zoom
City tour

City tour: (De-)colonial art in Basel

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Why does the world's most important art fair take place in Basel and why was there a "Picasso affair" here? Mission 21's new city tour takes you to famous and unknown works of art and their connection to (de)colonialism in Basel.

May 22, 2026, 16:00 to 18:00, Basel
Young@Mission21

Get-together

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The "Get-together" of young@mission21 facilitates regular exchange between young adults worldwide. The format is closely linked to our podcast Young Voices and offers space for exchange, discussion and questions about the topics covered in the podcast.

May 30, 2026, 14:00 to 16:00, online

Educational events 2024

Past events

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