Visit to Eastern University (September 2015)

Y. Paheerathan and Menura Perera from FOCUS visited the Eastern University and conducted a teaching programme with some of the members of the Christian fellowship there. Despite the students being in the middle of exams they came and participated in the activities as they discussed various aspects of leadership.

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Why Do ‘Hybrids’ Oppose The Proposed Hybrid Investigation? – Jude Fernando

“It is the power of hybridity that enables the colonized to challenge the ‘inherited boundaries of power and knowledge’. It breaks down the symmetry and duality of the self/Other, insider/outsider, and establishes alternative spaces of power and knowledge.” – Homi Bhabha

Sri Lankans as individuals and as members of diverse ethnic groups are cultural, economic, and political hybrids. They are receptive to hybridity in anything and everything they do, without much regard for its long-term consequences. The cherished ideals of national sovereignty, national identity and the political order Sri Lankans want to protect are all transnational hybrids. Why then, do they reject ‘hybridity’ when it comes to verifying the allegations regarding the violations of human rights abuses, war crimes, and crimes against humanity?

Read the full article at http://www.lankanewsweb.net/featured/item/868-why-do-hybrids-oppose-the-proposed-hybrid-court-jude-fernando

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Be Informed: FOCUS Activities & Prayer

Many things are happening in the universities which cannot be captured in the periodic reports/newsletters that are sent out. If you want to be regularly informed of our activities and prayer needs please subscribe to our email prayer group. We hope to build a dedicated group of men and women who will pray regularly for the ministry and would like to invite you to be a part of this new initiative.

You can subscribe to the email group by sending an email to Sanjayan Rajasingham (sanjayan@focus.lk) who will be coordinating the email group. If you wish to receive specific prayer requests by sms please send in your name and telephone number to Sanjayan as well.

Thank you for your partnership.

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