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World Peace Directory on
the web Now online, this is a fuller and more frequently updated listing of the peace, environmental and human rights organisations in the Housmans Peace Diary. An invaluable resource, the address at http://www.housmans.info/wpd should be bookmarked by any activist in these fields. Please note that the easiest way to bring up all the results for a particular country is to use the ‘Advanced search’ option and not limit the search with any of the other criteria – but you can, equally, narrow down very considerably what you are looking for, e.g. contacts for a particular organisation. Updates also welcome from around the world – see ‘Contribute’ tab. The Citizen and the Law of Armed Conflict Conference The successful conference was on 1
& 2 September 2009 and took place at Friends House, Euston. Full Transcription available at: http://yourmpandwar.pbworks.com/ Housmans blog Movement for the Abolition of War (MAW) 2010 Arthur Hewlett Peace Award There are
local peace groups all over the Each
year, in memory of our benefactor Arthur Hewlett, MAW
will award £300 to one of these groups. Do you
have a Peace or Peace & Justice group in your area, or are you a member
of such a group that you would like to nominate for this award? You will need to tell us why you think the group
qualifies, giving us some idea of the range of the group’s activities. The group
should be supportive of MAW’s work, but does not
have to be affiliated to us. Do bear
in mind this is not a rescue package for groups that are struggling, or a
gift to a group that is adequately funded. It is a
well-earned reward for those who manage to be very active with very few
resources. And we are looking for
independent groups, not those that are a sub-group of an organisation. Closing
date for submissions 1st August 2010 Contact: You can email us by using the 'Contact Us'
button on our website www.abolishwar.org.uk. Please mark your message 'Arthur Hewlett
Award' A Peace Map of Some time ago the Movement for the
Abolition of War (MAW) started to collect information that would allow us to
build a Peace Map of Britain, showing as many peace-related sites as possible
(memorials, buildings, gardens, sites of actions or protests), with
information on their history, a description of the sites and how to find
them. This project is still active,
and we are again requesting people to send us details of any sites, if
possible with photos. A form
indicating the kind of information we need can be downloaded from http://www.abolishwar.org.uk/downloads/PeaceMapForm.pdf or write for a copy to Peace Map, Balkan This project aims to facilitate the creation of
a trans-national, cross-border park in the adjoining mountain areas of
Kosovo/a, Shopping
fans - links to other sites here Concord Media is a charity which distributes programmes mainly concerned with social services and the arts. Current titles on environmental themes include:
Everyone
can Save Energy Homo
Homini plus Acceleration Life
Running out of Control Postage and VAT is added to all prices. To view the other programmes, or to order online please visit our website http://www.concordmedia.org.uk Warfare
or Welfare? This A4
book, written by Colin Archer, Secretary General of the International Peace
Bureau, is essential and easy reading for all who
want to show how direct are the links between poverty and militarism. Single
copies £5 plus £1 postage. Cheques made out to IPB. Orders to: MAW(WW), Fairtrade Palestinian Olive Oil You can
buy Palestinian Olive Oil from the Fairtrade company Zaytoun.
The organisers of this initiative are putting forward their own funds to
guarantee the Palestinian farmers get a reasonable payment for their
oil. The first bulk order will go in at the end of March and Zaytoun are asking you to pledge to purchase a certain
number of bottles so that they can ensure the overall venture is
viable. You can get price list and further details by emailing Atif at stormy.night@virgin.net
or call on 07776243164. You can find out more about Zaytoun
by visiting their website at http://www.zaytoun.co.uk War No
More The Movement for the Abolition of
War presents a 14 minute educational and campaigning video and DVD. The
message is: Wars are not inevitable. We can take the steps
needed to resolve conflict in other ways. With contributions from Martin
Bell, Bruce Kent, Kierra Box, Caroline Lucas MEP,
Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat, Phil Shiner, Jon Snow, Tahrir Swift and
Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The video comes with photocopier-friendly printed
discussion outlines and a list of available resources. The price of the video
and booklet (inc p&p) is £8. For orders of 5 or more the price is £7. to order send a cheque made out to MAW to: MAW, JOBS
To
place your vacancy here contact NfP Note that Network for Peace does not have any vacancies but if you’re
willing to volunteer please get in touch! We would particularly be interested
in hearing from anyone with web designing skills, and anyone keen to update
the website regularly by adding events, news items etc. Ecumenical Accompaniers Ecumenical
Accompaniment Programme in Palestine & Israel (EAPPI) provides protection
by presence, supports Israeli and Palestinian peace activists and advocates
for an end to the occupation. Based:
West Bank and 18
vacancies for 3 months’ service 2
vacancies for 4.5 months’ service living
allowance + benefits Deadline
for applications: 17th June 2010 For more
information and to download an application pack please
check our website: www.quaker.org.uk/applyeappi.
(Please
note that we will not be sending hard copies of the application pack). One World Net jobs: http://uk.oneworld.net/section/uk/involved
Volunteer vacancies and internships For more organisations with
voluntary opportunities see http://www.peaceexchange.org.uk/
Peace News
needs regular or irregular volunteers to help dispatch Peace News to
subscribers. It’s usually on the last Thursday of the month but can vary by a
week. 10.30am onwards. We will pay your fares up to £5. You will get tea,
decent coffee, possibly a biscuit or two. Lunch will be provided if you’re in
the office around 1.30pm. You will get a complimentary copy of Peace News.
And interesting conversation with whoever else is
hanging around or got roped in to help! Please give us a ring on 020 7278
3344 or email admin@peacenews.info
if you can help. If you can only stay for an hour or so you’re still welcome
to come along – the more the merrier! Next
dispatch dates are 26 August and 23 September. Campaign Against Arms Trade CAAT's
volunteers are invaluable to its work. Without them, we simply couldn't cover
the range of activities we do. Now we have an opportunity for two volunteers
to work with our Local Campaigns and Fundraising Co-ordinators. The volunteer
Universities Network Coordinator will communicate with student activists
around the Both
posts are for one day a week. You can read job descriptions and further
information on our website. Other volunteer opportunities:
Network for Peace Tel: 07794 036 602 fax: 020 7278 0444 (shared fax,
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