International youth camp with youth activities will take place in Sarajevo within the framework of the Peace Event Sarajevo 2014 (www.p2014.eu). It will be a self-organized place for debate, information, action, and training on different topics related to non-violence and peace. The youth camp with its youth activities will allow young activists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Europe and around the world to share their experience, engage in common activities, and learn from each other.
International youth camp
Strengthening Policy and Practice: meeting the challenges of working in complex environments.
Designed to draw on the experience and practice of participants, working in development, humanitarian aid or peacebuilding to influence internal policies and programmatic approaches. The course will identify how organisations can strive to balance their organisational mandate with the demands of working in complex and rapidly changing political contexts.
Course fee: £1100 (includes full board accommodation from the evening of 9th – afternoon of 14th March).
Independent Working-Class Education: can we rebuild the tradition?
IWCE Network (www.iwceducation.co.uk) dayschool, supported also by Labour Heritage. 10.30-4.30 (registration from 10.00)
Close to Wallsend Metro station (15 mins approx from Newcastle Central station; change at Monument for Wallsend)
Short presentations from:
Richard Lewis, author of Leaders and Teachers, groundbreaking study of the Plebs League and WEA in South Wales, on ‘Rivalries and realities in workers’ education’
Lewis Mates, on ‘Ruskin and Central Labour College students in the Durham coalfield, 1909-14’
Hugo Radice, on ‘Imagining socialism: an everyday utopia’
Mediation & Negotiation Skills.
This one-day course is aimed at those who are required to act as an independent, impartial person helping two or more individuals or groups reach a solution that's acceptable to everyone.
Mediation & Negotiation Skills.
This one-day course is aimed at those who are required to act as an independent, impartial person helping two or more individuals or groups reach a solution that's acceptable to everyone.
Mediation & Negotiation Skills.
This one-day course is aimed at those who are required to act as an independent, impartial person helping two or more individuals or groups reach a solution that's acceptable to everyone.
Mediation & Negotiation Skills.
This one-day course is aimed at those who are required to act as an independent, impartial person helping two or more individuals or groups reach a solution that's acceptable to everyone.
The Dilemma for Rural India
Urbanisation or Village Prosperity?
Join Jeevika Trust to examine India's vision for her rural poor and whether urbanisation is the only route out of poverty for India’s 800 million villagers.
Keynote speakers will be:
Prof. Bob Rowthorne, Emeritus Professor of Economics (Cambridge University) & Prof. James Copestake, Professor of International Development (University of Bath)
Suggested donation for non-students is £15, to support Jeevika's vital village livelihood projects in India.
Symposium 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. followed by Reception.
Syria peace and justice
Free screening of two short documentaries and a discussion about the Syria crisis. This will be followed by a meeting to continue planning actions to support the movement for peace and justice in Syria.
Film screening: Doors open: 6:20pm. Film starts at 6:45pm.
The first film will be Olly Lamberts' 30 minute film 'The Bombing of al-Bara,'.
The second film will be Wael Kadlo's recent short film (8 mins) 'The Wound' (Bidayyat, 2013). This takes us into the situation of a Syrian woman risking her life to treat those wounded in the Syrian conflict.
Remebrance Day
Please come along and join in Remembering All Victims of War, soldiers and civilians in a candlelit gathering around the Peace Pole outside the Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre. Bring a poem, reflection or song, a candle, just yourself, or with a friend.
https://www.facebook.com/edinpeaceandjusticecentre/posts/758484157511062
REMEMBRANCE DAY
Join Peace Pledge Union to lay a wreath of white poppies.
Includes reflections by Paul Gilroy and Jane Grant
Reading of Bent Architect's newest production, England Arise! written by Mick Martin.
To mark the coming centenary of the start of the First World War, Bent Architect have shed light on a largely unknown story of the Huddersfield Conscientious Objectors, a group of passionately Socialist young men and women who opposed the brutalities of the war on political grounds.
This production will address the centenary events from an anti war perspective, and has been largely informed by the writings of historian, Dr Cyril Pearce.
Make a bonfire of Austerity
People's Assembly call for protests and civil disobedience around the country on bonfire night.
Join the Welfare Not Warfare bloc on Westminster Bridge in London at 6pm on Tuesday 5 November or find local activities in your area http://thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/5nov/
https://www.facebook.com/events/611054352289652
Veterans For Peace UK at The Cenotaph
Follow Veterans For Peace UK as we walk to The Cenotaph with a message of peace. Meet at 13.30 in Trafalgar Square.
This year In opposition to the pro war, pro military jingoism of the "official" state parade,Veterans For Peace will walk to the Cenotaph under the banner "NEVER AGAIN".
Once there we will read 'Suicide in the Trenches' by Siegfried Sassoon and lay a wreath of white & red poppies before playing the Last Post.
We will then observe a period of silence before moving off.
ALL ARE WELCOME TO FOLLOW US TO THE CENOTAPH.
Dress - Smart
Women in Black vigil
Every 1st Saturday
Women in Black stand at St. John's Cathedral PO1 3HQ every 1st Saturday 11 am - 12 noon
West Sussex Women in Black vigil
West Sussex Women in Black stand in West Street precinct( south side) PO19 1RP 11 am - 12 noon
Neutrality in the Colombian Conflict: The role of Peace Communities.
Panel Discussion chaired by Sir Henry Brooke CMG (PBI UK patron and founding member of the Alliance for Lawyers at Risk).
Speakers Kirsty Brimelow QC (Bar Human Rights Committee) Gwen Burnyeat (PBI returned volunteer) Jesús Emilio Tuberquia and Arley Tuberquia (Internal Council, Peace Community of San José de Apartadó).
Kouta Kinoshita lectures in London
Japanese journalist talks about the problem of radiation after Fukushima. In this lecture, Kouta Kinoshita will look at the immediate and long term health problems from radiation and discuss how to take precautions against radiation exposure. He will also examine how people can disseminate the facts from the Government sponsored media propaganda which is appearing on a daily basis in Japan. This lecture is in Japanese with English interpreter.
Two sessions: Morning 10:30-12:30 Evening 18:30-20:30
White Poppy Awareness Stall
Every year we hold a White Poppy Awareness Stall in the Luton Town Centre.
For more details please go to our blogsite: http://lutonjusticeandpeace.wordpress.com
‘Syria - Revolution or Counter Revolution?’
With Ewa Jasiewicz, who was recently in Syria meeting civil society organisations.