Network for Peace

The special 30th anniversary Summer Gathering will take as its focus Gandhian Approaches to Learning and Skills in a week of exploring community, nonviolence and creativity through sharing. There will also be various activities such as yoga, meditation, creative activities and music. There will be opportunities to visit Oxford, go for walks or just relax in the beautiful surroundings. The Summer Gathering is open to people of any faith or none.

Help us redistribute the £38 billion defence budget and the £100 billion for Trident replacement in better ways. Meet 11.00am @ DFID, 22 Whitehall, then to Department of Energy and Climate Change, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Department of Health, Ministry of Defence, Horseguards Avenue at 12.30. Speakers from CND, MEDACT, War on Want, Scientists for Global Responsibility and Pax Christi.

An International and Interdisciplinary Conference at the University of Hull. Keynote speakers include: Professor Martin Ceadel, University of Oxford, Professor Sandi Cooper, City University of New York, Dr Grace Brockington, University of Bristol.

'War - and Peace' Residential — at Wortley Hall near Sheffield, organised by the Raymond Williams Foundation. Key note address by Paul Rogers and others, poetry , discussions, film extracts etc http://www.raymondwilliamsfoundation.org.uk/Whallmay2014.html

The sixth outing for the popular, participatory camp: a five-day, family-friendly event that attempts to embody many of the characteristics of the future society towards which we’re working – inclusive, democratic, participatory, renewably-powered and environmentally sustainable.

Join East Lancashire CND for a commemoration of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. They'll be available for chat at their stall outside Burnley College.

No Faith in Trident tour with Bruce Kent. Focussing on Faith groups, Bruce Kent will address meetings on why it’s ‘Time to Scrap Trident’. See http://www.cnduk.org/get-involved/events for details.

Ippy & Sian have worked with the Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camp, NETPOL, Green & Black Cross and community legal projects in London. 12.00 – 6.00 pm Bring lunch to share. Kebele, Robertson Road, Easton Bristol BS5 6JY. Free but donations welcome.
Bristol Against Arms Trade is developing a Legal Observer Network to provide support on local protests. http://bristolagainstarmstrade.wordpress.com/

Join us outside the Drax AGM to call for an end to big biomass and coal and for an end to subsidies that allow operators like Drax to keep profiting from destruction.

To be held outside a conference bringing together the biggest corporate names in biomass. Representatives from key organisations in the global biomass industry will be attending to discuss how to further increase their profits from environmental destruction and social injustice.
Join us in showing contempt for this celebration of the profits of a few at the expense of many, by voting online (http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/biomess-awards/) for who you deem to be Biggest Biomass Baddie.

The extraordinary story of three Rwandan kids who walk 3000 miles to the Soccer World Cup in South Africa. Post-film discussion with Debs Patterson, Director.

A documentary depicting the healing and reconciliation that took place between mortal enemies after the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Mureithi films the emotional gathering of 10 perpetrators and 10 survivors of the genocide as they participate in a three-day workshop involving a dialogue about forgiveness and reconciliation. Post film discussion with Laura Shipler Chico.

A documentary film which depicts the journey of two South Africans to bring healing and reconciliation to their country post-Apartheid. Post film discussion with Howard Grace, executive producer.

In the week that marks the twentieth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, Quakers in Britain launch an extraordinary book and exhibition: “This Light that Pushes Me”. African peacebuilders relate their journey from violence, to healing, to activism. An evening of music, discussion and live performances.
See the flyer or website for more details about exhibition dates and the Wednesday night film series we will be holding in April.

Public Meeting with Bruce Kent.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with co-directors Michal Przedlacki and Wojciech Szumowski.

The panel: Khalid Abdalla is a British-Egyptian actor, producer and activist. He is a co-founder of Zero Production, an independent film and documentary production house based in Cairo, and of Mosireen, a non-profit media centre in downtown Cairo to support filmmakers and citizen journalists. Others TBA. This event is organised in partnership with BBC World Service.

WARM Presents: Syria - Snapshots of History in the Making + debate. The screening will be followed by a discussion with journalist and head of WARM Remy Ourdan, photographer Patrick Chauvel and producer of Abounaddara Films Charif Kiwan.

We are delighted to announce that the speakers this year will be Jo Berry and Hans Ulrich Gerber. All are welcome, although you must be a member to vote. Please arrive by 10:00 so we can start promptly at 10:30.

Support group for women's legal action against undercover policing.
Week of Solidarity Action – show your support – 17-21 March 2014
http://policespiesoutoflives.org.uk/solidarty-action-march-2014/

Picket outside Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2 (Holborn or Temple tube)9am – 10am, Tuesday 18th March