WiB - London meets every Wednesday, around the statue of Edith Cavell in St Martin’s Place 6-7. We are very happy to welcome new women to the vigils – even if they can only come once in a while.
Forthcoming events
Easy to print list of events coming up in the next two months.
Pax Christi Schools and Youth Education Worker, Asiling Griffin will be joining Rev David Mumford as a speaker at this event.
All welcome
Women in Black vigils take place at the War Memorial, Old Steine, Brighton.
Join Pax Christi for the regular Friday Peace Prayers with the Fellowship of Reconciliation and others for an an online reflection for Advent.
You can register here: https://paxchristi.org.uk/event/pax-christi-fellowship-of-reconciliation...
Oxford Women in Black hold a silent vigil for Peace and Justice every Saturday from 2pm to 3pm at the Martyrs Memorial, bottom of St Giles, Oxford.
Contact oxfordwib@gmail.com to go on our WhatsApp group for up to date information about forthcoming vigils.
Menwith Hill Base, regular demonstrations
Tuesday evenings at the Main Gate of the Menwith Hill surveillance base, from 6pm to 7.30pm. All most welcome for this peaceful witness.
Please join us at 6pm (UK time) on Tuesday 9th December for this valuable opportunity to speak with both Russian and Ukrainian conscientious objectors, as well as campaigners supporting their right to refuse to kill. Join online, or at the PPU office in London.
With speakers including:
Mikheil Elizbarashvili - peace campaigner from Georgia, working for the Peace and Service Network
Juergen Menzel - peace campaigner from Germany, working at AFPB Germany
Russian and Ukrainian conscientious objectors - we will hear from several COs who have managed to escape Russia and Ukraine (names withheld for their security)
After hearing about their experiences, there will be a chance to ask questions. We will also discuss what we, in the UK, can do to support their struggles.
Join Yorkshire CND for a film screening of ‘Gentle, Angry Women’, a new documentary following the journey of three young women as they retrace the march to Greenham Common, rediscovering the lost legacy of the 1980s Women’s Peace Camp.
Following the film, we will be joined by the director and one of the young activists featured in the film for a Q&A.
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/yorkshirecnd/1962105
The Day marks the anniversary of the Assembly's adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
WiB - London meets every Wednesday, around the statue of Edith Cavell in St Martin’s Place 6-7. We are very happy to welcome new women to the vigils – even if they can only come once in a while.