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1995: Marta Dąbrowska – ‘Summer comes and Caux comes’
In the early 1990s, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, large numbers of Eastern and Central Europeans came to the Initiatives of Change (IofC) conferences in Caux. Many, like Marta Dąbrowska from Pola... Read More
1994: The Caux Round Table – Principles for Business
In July 1994, a set of Principles for Business was launched at Caux by the Caux Round Table (CRT), an international forum of business leaders which had been meeting there since 1986. Read More
‘Where Grieving Begins – Building Bridges after the Brighton Bomb’: a live interview with Patrick Magee
The second in Tools for Changemakers’ series of Stories for Changemakers took place on 25 August 2021, with an interview with Patrick Magee, who planted a bomb at the Grand Hotel, Brighton, in 1984, w... Read More
1993: Somalia – ‘If you can have peace in Galkayo, you can have it anywhere’
Among the Somalis at Caux in 1993 were Hassan Mohamud and Ahmed Egal, both from Galkayo, one of Somalia’s most violent cities. At Caux in 1993, together with other Somalis, they drew up a list of pote... Read More
1992: Hope in the Cities – 'Where healing can take place'
In July 1992, 80 Americans arrived at the Initiatives of Change Switzerland conference centre in Caux with an urgent question: how to address racism, poverty and alienation in US cities. Three months ... Read More
1991: Anna Abdallah Msekwa – Creators of Peace
The 680 women – and some men – who packed the Main Hall of the Caux Palace for the launch of Creators of Peace 30 years ago came from 62 countries and a mind-boggling variety of backgrounds: a Mohawk ... Read More
At the Stream of Life - Reflections on the fresco of the Caux dining room
Discover the report on this summer's online event on Lennart Segerstråle’s masterpiece in the Caux dining room and watch the replay! Read More
1990: King Michael of Romania – ‘Evil cannot last indefinitely’
In the summer of 1990, six months after the overthrow of Communism in their country, 30 young Romanians came to Caux. It was their first time outside the Eastern bloc, and they had been hesitant about... Read More
1989: Michel Orphelin – Theatre of the heart
In spring 1946, when the first small group of Swiss visited the derelict hotel in Caux which was to become the Initiatives of Change (IofC) conference centre, they realized its ballroom could become a... Read More
1988: Joe Hakim and Marie Chaftari - ‘I am not a victim’
The Caux summer of 1988 at the Initiatives of Change conference centre began with a Mediterranean Dialogue, attended by people from all over the region, followed by a 10-day ‘youth training session’. ... Read More
1987: Mother Park Chung Soo – ‘A new door began to open’
Mother Park Chung Soo, a Won Buddhist nun, has been called the ‘Mother Teresa of South Korea’. She was already involved in humanitarian work in Korea when she came to the Initiatives of Change confere... Read More
1986 - Work Week: A facelift for the Caux Palace
As plans for celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Initiatives of Change conference centre in Caux got underway, Eliane Stallybrass began to dream. In 1946 the pioneers of Caux had volunteered their... Read More