Current events
Music and poetry in Bellach SO
A musical and poetic journey around the world: Rebecca Hagmann and Priska Stampfli play melodies from all over the world on the cello and accordion. Accompanied by poems and thoughts for the New Year: longing and hope, searching and finding in different cultures.
Meet & Greet with young@mission21
The young@mission21 team invites all interested parties to an information event on the current projects and focus topics. This will take place online via Zoom on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 1 p.m. until approx. 2 p.m.
"Mission and humanitarian engagement: a colonial history?"
Christian missions in the 19th century were very successful with their commitment to
Education and medical care involved in the development of a
international humanitarianism. How did this commitment relate to
Colonial policy of European powers in Africa, Asia and Latin America?
What continuities and power imbalances can still be seen today?
in international cooperation?
Mission and colonialism in Basel: city tour in March
Various places in Basel are reminders of the city's special missionary history and its points of contact with colonialism. The tour makes this visible in the city and is also a result of the historical reappraisal of missionary history by Mission 21 and the support of researchers.
Youth Summit 2025
This year, the International Youth Summit will take place online via Zoom on April 5, 2025. At the annual online event, young adults will address various issues of global justice. In 2025, the focus will be on environmental protection initiatives, particularly with regard to plastic waste.
"Picturing the foreign: Clichés and thought patterns in international (development) cooperation"
Countries in the Global South are often seen as "underdeveloped" and in need of help.
classified. This is in contrast to countries in the Global North.
Such ideas of development are partly based on racist
Clichés whose roots go back to colonial times. We
subject images and language in the international ("development")
cooperation undergo a critical check and identify anti-racist
Alternatives.
Platform world view
The Worldview platform gives church employees and other interested parties an insight into the wide range of services offered by Mission 21. This is exemplified by the Mission 21 campaign, which focuses on interreligious cooperation for peace and justice in 2025.
Mission and colonialism in Basel: city tour in June
Various places in Basel are reminders of the city's special missionary history and its points of contact with colonialism. The tour makes this visible in the city and is also a result of the historical reappraisal of missionary history by Mission 21 and the support of researchers.
Videos and dossiers
DARE RECONCILIATION ?!
For many of Mission 21's partner churches and organizations, interreligious and transcultural peace work is an existential issue, as they live and work in crisis and conflict regions. In 2023, Mission 21 therefore launched the International Forum for Interreligious and Transcultural Peacebuilding. The second edition of the International Forum took place on September 19 and 20, 2024, once again bringing together over 200 participants from four continents for an intensive exchange of ideas.
TRAUMA, FAITH AND PEACEBUILDING
Many of Mission 21's partner churches and organizations live in crisis and conflict regions. Therefore, interfaith and transcultural peacebuilding is a main topic of cooperation. The international forum, held on 17.-18. August, 2023, featured presentations and discussions on how peace initiatives from different contexts can support each other. The topic of the online forum was the role of religion and spirituality in dealing with trauma. In this dossier you will find documents on the presentations of the experts from our partner churches and organizations in Nigeria, Bolivia and Indonesia.
THE WEBINAR SERIES ON THE INTERTWINED HISTORY OF MISSION AND COLONIALISM
Mission 21 focuses on the complex history of missions, colonialism and slavery in order to sharpen the focus for the current social debate on racism and discrimination. The transparent and scientific reappraisal of missionary history is an important concern of Mission 21, and we support the critical examination of our history and the history of the Basel Mission.
Here you will find reviews of past events. Some events are also available as full-length video recordings and can be viewed free of charge. If you have any questions or suggestions, we look forward to hearing from you.
