Dear Reader,

Coventry Peace Festival will be running from 1 to 15 November 2020, and there will be many interesting events, including those organised by Coventry Lord Mayor's Committee which are listed below.

Please do let us know of any peace-related news or activities happening in or near Coventry and we will be happy to add them to our website http://coventrycityofpeace.uk and include them in a future edition of this newsletter.

Philip Brown
Chair, Coventry Lord Mayor's Committee for Peace & Reconciliation
covlmpc@gmail.com

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Peace News

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Coventry Young People’s Peace Essay Competition

United Nations Association Coventry Branch are running the very first Coventry Young People’s Peace Essay Competition. Young people aged up to 25 are invited to submit an essay of up to 500 words on the subject The Role of Young People in Building Peace The prizes for the 3 winners aged 17-25 will be: £50, £25 and £10 plus a …

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14 November 1940 - Video

14 November 2020 will be the 80th anniversary of the Coventry Blitz, and we will remember this date by showing our video of events on that fateful night, and its consequences. The world premiere will be shown below at 8pm on 14 November. Reach this page using this link: 14nov.coventrycityofpeace.uk

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Free Website Training School

Coventry Lord Mayor's Committee for Peace and Reconciliation are working with the United Nations Association Coventry Branch to create a free school which will train volunteers in how to create and manage websites, email, video and a number of other key skills that are in wide use around the world. The aim is to train volunteers who will want to …

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Wanted: Places to add to Coventry Peace Trails

Coventry Lord Mayor's Committee for Peace and Reconciliation has issued an appeal to the people of Coventry to let them know about more places of peace in and around the city. They will then add them to the map they already publish online at covpeacetrail.uk This map currently shows Coventry City Centre Peace Trail and Coventry Peace Gardens. Coventry City …

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Lord Mayor's Peace Lecture 2020

12 November will present a rare opportunity to hear the UK's ex Chief Scientific Adviser and Special Representative for Climate Change share his insight and wisdom. You can book your seat in Coventry Cathedral at https://coventrycityofpeace.uk/events/coventry-peace-lecture-2020/ or watch the event live at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYdovEOKijrqU9KfP0NuAPA Professor Sir David King is uniquely qualified to give an authoritative insight into the threat of climate …

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Forthcoming Peace-Related Events

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Positive Images Festival Poetry Competition 2020

The Positive Images Festival will be running their Poetry Competition again this year. The free-to-enter competition runs from 1 to 31 October 2020 and this year has the theme Neighbours. What does being a good neighbour mean? Who or what do we consider our neighbours to be, and just as importantly, who doesn’t feel part of a neighbourhood? These are …

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Coventry Against Racism Public Discussion

Coventry Against Racism Public Discussion

Coventry Against Racism will be holding a public event on Facebook Live on 6 October. The speakers will include: Maureen Scott-Douglas - Equality Officer Unite the Union West Midlands Region Balbir Sohal - Education Practitioner and Community Activist Loraine Mponela - Coventry Asylum and Refugee Action Group Dave Bennett - Show Racism the Red Card/Ex-Pro Footballer Zarah Sultana - MP …

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UN75 TeleConversation October 2020

UN75 TeleConversation October 2020

Participate in UN75, the biggest-ever global conversation on the role of global cooperation in building the future we want. These teleconversations will be held on the first Wednesday of every month during 2020. Why #UN75? Tackling issues such as COVID-19, the climate crisis, inequality, new patterns of violence and the major changes we are seeing in population and technology in …

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Coventry 2020 Young People’s Peace Essay Competition - Deadline for Submissions

31 October is the deadline for young people to submit their essays of up to 500 words from young people aged up to 25 on the subject The Role of Young People in Building Peace The prizes for the 3 winners aged 17-25 will be: £50, £25 and £10 plus a winner’s certificate. The prizes for the 3 winners aged …

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Coventry Peace Festival 2020

In 2020 the annual Coventry Peace Festival will be held from 1 to 15 November. This year will be the 80th anniversary of the Coventry Blitz, on 14-15 November, which is the event the Peace Festival was set up to remember. The programme has still not been announced but we expect it to be published on Coventry City Council's website.

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Launch of Peace Word Search Puzzles

On 1 November, United Nations Association Coventry Branch will launch its brand-new series of word search games for young people (and others) on the theme of peace and reconciliation. Both online and printable versions will be published at unacov.uk/peace-word-searches. Word searches are a great literacy exercise for children and are used both in homes and schools. Schools who have registered …

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Peace and the UN - a Presentation for Secondary Schools

On 3 November the United Nations Association Coventry Branch will run an online presentation aimed at secondary school students describing how the United Nations acts to prevent wars between nations and to end them once they have started. It will discuss how and why the UN was formed, what successes and failures it has had in preventing and ending wars …

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Peace Award Trophy Design Competition

Can you design a trophy which can be awarded to those Coventry-based organisations whose activities promoting peace and reconciliation earn them the Coventry Peace Award and win yourself £50? Coventry Lord Mayor's Committee are looking for something that winners of Coventry Peace Award can hang on a wall and which includes the Peace Award logo and a replaceable area with …

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Educational Resources to accompany Coventry City Centre Peace Trail

On 10 November, Coventry Lord Mayor's Committee for Peace and Reconciliation will publish a set of resources that schools can use with Coventry City Centre Peace Trail. They will be available from www.covpeacetrail.uk/education.php A new edition of the Peace Trail is due to be published in November and these resources can be used both with the new and the previous …

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Paris Peace Forum 2020

The invitation platform is now open for the Paris Peace Forum 11-13 November. Since 2018, the Paris Peace Forum has been the place where heads of state and international organizations meet civil society and the private sector to construct new forms of collective action. On 11-13 November 2020, its third edition will be chiefly devoted to the multi-actor response to Coronavirus, with …

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Coventry Peace Lecture 2020

Coventry Peace Lecture 2020

12 November will present a rare opportunity to hear the UK's ex Chief Scientific Adviser and Special Representative for Climate Change share his insight and wisdom. Some people claim that Covid19 is the world’s biggest threat since the end of World War II. It has galvanised governments into action because it is an immediate and obvious danger. But, within a …

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Gaia - Earth Artwork

Artist Luke Jerram’s Gaia will be installed in Coventry Cathedral ruins on 13th & 14th November to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Blitz with a message of Peace to the world reflecting the city’s role in promoting peace and reconciliation, through the exhibition of “Gaia”. Entry will be by free timed ticket. https://youtu.be/sjvw-8VwAbw Measuring seven metres in diameter, Gaia features 120dpi …

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14 November 1940 - Video

14 November 2020 will be the 80th anniversary of the Coventry Blitz, and we will remember this date by showing our video of events on that fateful night, and its consequences. The world premiere will be shown at 8pm on 14 November. Watch the video at 14nov.coventrycityofpeace.uk  

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2020 Young People’s Peace Essay Competition - Award Ceremony

At an online event on 15 November, United Nations Association Coventry Branch will announce the winners of the 2020 Young People’s Peace Essay Competition and they will be invited to read their essays on the subject: The Role of Young People in Building Peace The prizes for the 3 winners aged 17-25 will be: £50, £25 and £10 plus a …

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Anniversary of First UN General Assembly Meeting

The first meeting of the General Assembly was held in Westminster Central Hall, London, on 10 January 1946. The Security Council met for the first time a week later in Church House, Westminster. 10 January was also the date of the founding of the UN's predecessor, the League of Nations, which was founded on 10 January 1920. The League of …

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City of Culture Programme to Begin in May 2021

On 3 July 2020, Coventry City of Culture Trust announced that it will officially commence its programme in May 2021. Co-created with national and local partners, and grassroots organisations across the city, the programme will include major international artistic events, world premieres and commissions across theatre, music, dance, literature, comedy and visual art. As Covid-19 continues to have a major …

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Ruined and Rebuilt

This classic book is on sale now in hardback or paperback and would make an ideal and unique gift. On the night of 14 November 1940, Reverend Richard Howard, Provost of Coventry Cathedral, was one of four firefighters who climbed onto the roof to smother with sand the incendiary bombs that were landing not just on the Cathedral but starting …

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For their generous support, the Lord Mayor's Committee for Peace and Reconciliation expresses our thanks to the Lord Mayor's Office and Coventry City Council. We also thank Coventry Cathedral, Coventry University and Warwick University for their support and assistance.