
December 8, 2020
As we close our year of looking back at IAM’s work over the past 25 years, IAM’s Director Ecclesia de Lange takes a moment to share our vision for IAM’s future.
November 24, 2020
As we come together to celebrate IAM’s 25th anniversary, we take time to remember and honour our staff, leadership, board, and partners without whom we would not have been able to do this work.
November 23, 2020
IAM’s early and continued work with the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in South Africa has been foundational to how we approach transformation within the church. The power of using one’s own story to build empathy, the importance of dialogue to drive change, and the strength of long-term, sustained impact can truly impact change were beliefs that have all largely been borne out in our work with the DRC over the past 25 years, and continue to influence our work today.
November 18, 2020
On this year’s International Transgender Day of Remembrance, IAM staff and Trans activist partners reflect on the losses the community continues to suffer, the impact of COVID-19, and how we can take concrete actions to support the transgender community.
November 16, 2020
IAM’s partnerships with tertiary learning institutions form an integral part of the way that IAM works. We reached out to a number of our partners that we’ve worked with over the years and asked them to reflect on our work together and the impact that it has had on their work in the classroom. Professor Charlene van der Walt and three UKZN students reflect on the importance of the work that IAM is doing in the field of Gender and Religion.
November 2, 2020
IAM works closely with faith partners in various denominations in our community to effect lasting and transformative change. We reached out to several faith partners we’ve interacted with over the years and asked them to reflect on our work together and the impact that IAM has on their work and the community more broadly. Bishop Raphael Hess, Bishop of the Diocese of Saldhana Bay of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, speaks with us about the work his diocese has done with IAM’s support over the years.
October 29, 2020
In honour of October’s focus on mental health awareness, IAM’s Michelle Boonzaaier reflects on lessons she’s learned from living alongside mental illness for over 25 years that we can all apply to our work in transformation.
October 27, 2020
International Pronouns Day is celebrated each year in October, and reminds us how important it is to respect and use individuals’ preferred personal pronouns.
October 26, 2020
Nombulelo Khumalo is an Honours student, queer activist and student Methodist minister in KZN. She spoke with IAM about how showing up and telling her story is one of the most powerful tools she has to encourage change, and how she hopes understanding her queer, intersex reality can help others to see the issues differently.
September 28, 2020
IAM works closely with faith partners in various denominations in our community to effect lasting and transformative change. We reached out to several faith partners we’ve interacted with over the years and asked them to reflect on our work together and the impact that IAM has on their work and the community more broadly. Rev. Stefan Hippler, a Catholic Priest and Executive Chair of the HOPE Cape Town Trust, speaks to us about the value of the community that IAM brings together, and the important role its work with mainline denominations plays in the lives of many.
