Network for Peace

Speaking Tour with George Lakey.
Co-founder of the Movement for a New Society - which for nearly 20 years pioneered forms of consensus decision-making, direct action and communal living that are now central to today’s activist groups - George Lakey has led over 1500 workshops on five continents, training coal miners, homeless people, prisoners, Burmese guerillas, steel workers and others.
This Summer, George is touring the UK on a rare visit organised by Peace News.
See http://peacenews.info/node/6452/making-nonviolent-revolution-speaking-to... for details

Speaking Tour with George Lakey.
Co-founder of the Movement for a New Society - which for nearly 20 years pioneered forms of consensus decision-making, direct action and communal living that are now central to today’s activist groups - George Lakey has led over 1500 workshops on five continents, training coal miners, homeless people, prisoners, Burmese guerillas, steel workers and others.
This Summer, George is touring the UK on a rare visit organised by Peace News.
See http://peacenews.info/node/6452/making-nonviolent-revolution-speaking-to... for details

Readings in the Cathedral Churchyard.

Vigil in the Priory Churchyard, Church St, Great Malvern, followed by meditation in the Priory.

We continue the tradition of Christian worship with monthly services of Holy Eucharist using a beautiful liturgy from the Iona community. We also provide weekly space for Centering Prayer.

An all day workshop with the Crisis Forum exploring what can be done to avoid climate change violence.
Provisional contributors to include Alastair McIntosh, John Ashton, Jon Barrett, Nafeez Mossadeq Ahmed, John Nissen, Chris Shaw, Jonathan Ward.

For thinking behind and evolving details of the workshop see http://www.crisis-forum.org.uk/events/workshop7.php

The workshop is open to all. But as space is limited and we anticipate a large group of participants please contact Marianne McKiggan , asap to ensure your place

We continue the tradition of Christian worship with monthly services of Holy Eucharist using a beautiful liturgy from the Iona community. We also provide weekly space for Centering Prayer.

Meet other facilitators of dialogue and reconciliation - share skills and best practice - explore peer development and support options.
This network day aims to bring faciltators of dialgoue and reconciliation together to share skills, knowledge, inspiration and best practice.

We continue the tradition of Christian worship with monthly services of Holy Eucharist using a beautiful liturgy from the Iona community. We also provide weekly space for Centering Prayer.

At St Ethelburga's we're interested in helping people to build relationships accross divisions. Mediation is one very useful and effective way of rebuilding a relationship between two parties and we are delighted to bring you this brand new training course in the innovative practice of Narrative Mediation developed by our friends at Common Ground - East London Mediation

Majagua is one of the best Latin American Folk quartets in The UK. Their unique three part harmonies are full of joy and passion as they sing well-loved songs with South American and afro-latin rhythms from Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and more.
Featuring singer-guitarist Martha Acosta, Claudia Silva on vocals and Sax, Camilo Menjura Guitar Cahrango Cuatro and vocals and Carlos Fuentes on percussion.
Doors Open 6:45pm
Music 7:30pm

Applying skills from Transformative Mediation to everyday conflicts.
A Transformative mediator sees conflict as an opportunity for empowerment and recognition and actively uses these to foster positive change. These are the hallmarks of the model that aims to help people deal with their own conflict.
Gather at 9.30am each day for a 10am start. Finishing at 5pm.
Refreshments: Tea, coffee etc provided throughout the days. Bring own lunch or food to share.

Senegalese Sufi fusion rhythms, mixing the ancient gnawa desert traditions with wild contemporary sounds.
Doors open 6.45pm. Music 7.30pm.

An evening of world poetry up close in a Bedouin Tent hidden away in the City of London.
Presented by Raficq Abdulla and Stephen Watts (who will also read their work). Featuring:
Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi (Sudan)
Fatieh Saudi (Jordan)
Sharanya Manivannan (India)
Ziba Karbassi (Iran)
With music from Kalia Baklitzanaki (voice/ney)

Chris Coles, of Drone Wars UK will speak.

With Claire Smith, lecturer in Post-War Recovery Studies, University of York.
One of a series of free Tuesday Evening Peace Talks followed by questions and discussion.

With Bruce Kent, political activist, vice president of CND.
One of a series of free Tuesday Evening Peace Talks followed by questions and discussion.

With Haleh Afshar, politics professor, Muslim feminist, life peer

One of a series of free Tuesday Evening Peace Talks followed by questions and discussion. Next event: 16 October.

Another London CAAT meeting hovers into view! And we have a change of venue this week - we will be meeting on Tuesday at the new CAAT offices, same time of 6.30pm. The offices are at Unit 4, 5-7 Wells Terrace, N4 3JU, nearest tube Finsbury Park - come out of the Wells Terrace entrance, turn left and the offices are on your right. Any problems finding it you can call 07535 992123.

We will be making a banner for our trip down to Brighton as part of Smash EDO's Summer of Resistance (http://smashedo.org.uk/summer-of-resistance) as well as discussing other future plans.

As part of the week of international protest called for by the Global Network Against Weapons and Power in Space (Keep Space for Peace) the regular Tuesday demonstration (6-8 pm) will focus on this (in conjunction with Yorkshire CND). More details nearer the time: see www.caab.org.uk / space4peace.org