Dear Reader,

In this issue you can find recent peace-related news and forthcoming events in and around Coventry.

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
Coventry Lord Mayor's Committee for Peace & Reconciliation
covlmpc@gmail.com
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Peace News

New version of Peace Trail published

Coventry Lord Mayor's Committee for Peace and Reconciliation are very pleased to announce that a new version of the Coventry Peace Trail has been published. It is available both as a printed document or as a PDF, which can be seen below. Copies of the printed version are available free. If you would like some you can contact Mr Paul …

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Lord Mayor's Committee seeks assistant treasurer

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Coventry Peace Lecture 2022 Video

During the RISING Global Peace Forum in November 2022, former BBC energy and environment analyst Roger Harrabin delivered Coventry Peace Lecture in Coventry Cathedral on the subject "Can technology curb climate change?" The event was organised by Coventry Lord Mayor's Committee for Peace and Reconciliation. Climate change is arguably the biggest threat to world peace and security, so the fight …

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Coventry Restorative Stories

The United Nations Association Coventry, working with the University of Warwick and Coventry Restorative Justice Forum, invites communities to host a presentation on the subject of Restorative Justice. The Ministry of Justice wants a process called Restorative Justice (RJ) to be embedded into the criminal justice system and offered to all victims of crime. The benefits to the victim, the …

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Coventry Restorative Stories

The United Nations Association Coventry, working with the University of Warwick and Coventry Restorative Justice Forum, invites communities to host a presentation on the subject of Restorative Justice. The Ministry of Justice wants a process called Restorative Justice (RJ) to be embedded into the criminal justice system and offered to all victims of crime. The benefits to the victim, the …

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Forthcoming Peace-Related Events

If you know of other peace-related events please let us know.

Write to covlmpc@gmail.com
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MICHAEL: An Angel's Journey

Dresden sculptor Reinhard Pontius's large wooden sculpture of the Archangel Michael will be in St. Michael's Cathedral garden until 9 April 2023. He designed it an angel of peace without weapons, open to a direct encounter with people. Reinhard Pontius is touring this sculpture through Europe with the desire to set a sign for peace and reconciliation. He has already travelled with …

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Coventry's International Peace Essay Competition Award Ceremony

At 15:00 UK time on Sunday 11 December the winners will be announced of the International Peace Essay Competition Award Ceremony 2022. The video conference is open to all and can be joined by following this link.

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Human Rights Day 2022

Human Rights Day on 10 December 2022 will mark the launch of a year-long campaign to promote and recognise the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). UDHR is a milestone document, which proclaims the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being - regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other …

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International Human Solidarity Day 2022

By resolution 60/209, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 20 December as International Human Solidarity Day and identified solidarity as one of the fundamental and universal values that should underlie relations between peoples in the twenty-first century. The concept of solidarity has defined the work of the United Nations since the birth of the Organization. The creation of the United Nations …

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Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023

United Nations General Assembly has designated 27 January as International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. The theme in 2023 will be "Home and Belonging" This is particularly appropriate given the number of Ukrainian refugees who have been driven from their homes by what appears to be a genocidal and racist war waged by Russian …

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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.