Act of sorrow and Repentance on the steps of St Lukes , Bold St, at 1pm. We will be focussing on arms sales - particularly those to the Middle East. We will be distributing ashes and planting some seeds at the conclusion as a hopeful sign.
Heidi Alexander MP and the All Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development invite you to a briefing on the role of African women in agriculture on the eve of International Women's Day.
With Dr Camilla Toulmin, Director of International Institute for Environment and Development, Dr Sheila Ommeh, AWARD Fellow/Geneticist eastern and Central Africa, Christine Mukantwali, AWARD Fellow/Senior Scientist Post-harvest Research Activities, Rwanda Agriculture Board, Vicki Wilde, Director of African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) and more.
In ancient Greece the original Olympic Games were preceded by a fifty day holy truce and it was followed by a 50 day truce. This was not only to allow competitors to travel in safety to Olympia but because the Games were regarded as a sacred event. This is an invitation to celebrate One Hundred Days of Peace to promote a culture of peace in our communities. We hope you can attend.
A Corrymeela weekend celebrating and exploring the work of the Corrymeela Community with its focus on:- Embracing difference, Healing division, Enabling reconciliation.
THE SPEAKERS are:
The Reverend Dr Inderjit Bhogal, Leader of the Corrymeela Community
Mrs Susan McEwen, newly appointed Development Director of the Corrymeela Community.
SATURDAY MARCH 17th 10.00 for 10.30am till approx. 4.30pm
On International Women’s Day, 8th March, we are invited to take this opportunity to stand in solidarity with women on bridges around the world united in taking a stand for Peace and Women’s equality.
In London women will meet at 10.30am at the south end of the Millennium Bridge for banner making, photo-op on the bridge at 11am followed by a march returning via Hungerford Bridge for speeches at Royal Festival Hall. More details of this and other events in UK on http://joinmeonthebridge.org.events
PEACE CONFERENCE
This event is being organised by the Bexley Multi Faith Forum, in collaboration with the International Sufi School , and will include the participation of Bexley Primary Care Trust, Queen Marys Hospital Sidcup and several faith/community and voluntary groups.
Speaker: Dr. Frank Boulton, Chair of Medact (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War)
7.30pm, followed by Salisbury CND AGM.
All welcome
Free admission. Refreshments.
Business meeting followed by a presentation from Marcus Armstrong on his recent experiences in Kurdistan/Northern Iraq as a member of a Christian Peacemaker Team. To reserve a place for supper at Open Table at 7.30pm, please ring 01908 242190 or email bookings@thewelatwillen.org.uk giving at least 24 hours notice.
Just Supper, followed at 8.15 by presentation from John Davies of 'Population Matters' on the implications of our planet's population growth. To reserve a place at Open Table, ring 01908 242190 or email bookings@thewellatwillen.org.uk. PLEASE give at least 24 hours notice if a meal is required. All welcome.
Peace activist Maya Evans - who took the Government in 2010 to the
High Court over its complicity in the torture of Afghan detainees -
has travelled to Afghanistan with Voices for Creative Nonviolence.
She met with Afghan human rights activists and took part in an international "Global Day of Listening" on 21 December 2011 with peace
activists from Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine and Libya.
Maya will talk about work with the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers,
Human Rights in Afghanistan, Refugees, Drugs and a bit of history
about the country as well as campaigning initiatives for the UK.
We need a bold ambitious target both for the UK to fulfill its responsibilities to the rest of the world - especially the poorest and most vulnerable - and to do our very best to jog the rest of the world - especially the rich and powerful - into getting serious about an effective international agreement to bring down greenhouse gas emissions globally.
Organise a fun event in your area for this Nationwide Day of Action to promote the goal of a Zero Carbon Britain by 2030.
Applied Global Ethics, Leeds Metropolitan University and Leeds City Council Peace Links Group present:
The 2012 Olof Palme Memorial Peace Lecture
Security for People - the real alternative to crisis and war
by Professor Richard Jolly
Honorary Professor and Research Associate
Institute of Development Studies
University of Sussex
Lifting the Lid on Menwith Hill: The Strategic Roles and Economic Impact of the US Spy Base in Yorkshire
Yorkshire CND report launch: This is the first report of its kind that investigates the role of Menwith Hill since the European Parliament resolved that the electronic surveillance breached the European Convention of Human Rights in 2001.
The Peace Museum will re-open to celebrate the completion of our refurbishment and redesign.
Please note that unfortunately there is no disabled access.
The riots of August 2011 raise a number of issues for Quakers. We saw protesters cause a great deal of destruction and communities come together to clear up afterwards. Yet some of us may be more sympathetic to the motives than the methods (or vice versa) in each case.
In this dialogue we seek to address some difficult questions:
What we do understand by “community?”
What binds a community together? Is it the ideas which its members share, or what they do together?
Do we see ourselves as part of a local community, or as a community of Friends apart from it?
Sat 9th June 2012 will see the beginning of a 30 day campaign of non-violent direct actions against the Faslane Naval Base to commemorate 30 years of nuclear resistance at Faslane Peace Camp.
Stall & leafletting near Hackney Central Station protesting against nuclear trains going through the station.
(Stall in Mare Street just north of the station near the exit from the bus garage.) Organised by London CND’s Nuclear Trains’ Action Group.
London CND Nuclear Trains Action Group: 7pm: monthly planning meeting at CND Office, 162 Holloway Road N7. (Holloway Road tube.)
London CND Public Forum and Council meeting. 7pm: Council meeting; 8pm: Showing of "THE WAR GAME" by Peter Watkins.
The Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre's next talk in our series Nonviolence, Human Rights and Alternatives to War is next Thursday 16 February 7:30pm at the Edinburgh Quaker Meeting House. Maya Evans will be speaking about her recent visit to Afghanistan. Please come if you can.
