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

Peace News

Israel and Palestine talk as violence escalates

Tension and violence between Israel and Palestine has been increasing over the past few months. At least 62 Palestinians, including armed fighters and civilians, have been killed so far this year, as well as 12 Israelis. At the end of February, high-level officials from the two sides met in Jordan to discuss ways of defusing tensions. These were the first …

How to bring peace to western Sudan? - video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZlJES_a6TU The conflict in Darfur began 20 years ago. It has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced more than two million. A peace agreement was signed in 2020, but many are still in desperate need of humanitarian aid. Victims are also demanding justice. Presenter: Tom McRae Guests: Abdelwahab El-Affendi - Professor at Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. Eltigani …

Recovering from crime – Video of restorative justice in action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUyzjeOrwnw Video produced by the Restorative Justice Council and Why me? providing an insight into what a real restorative justice conference looks like. Recovering from crime is based on the transcript of an actual restorative justice meeting between a burglary victim and her offender, with actors portraying the people who took part. It was directed and filmed using a technique …

China's plan to bring peace to Ukraine

On February 24, the anniversary of Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, China put forward a 12-point plan calling for a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia and a gradual de-escalation of the situation that will pave the way for peace talks and respect for national sovereignty. The plan does not specifically say that Russia must withdraw its troops from Ukraine but …

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 …

8 Peer Mediation Bursaries Available for West Midlands Schools

Peacemakers have secured funding for bursaries for 8 West Midlands schools to establish or re-establish a Peer Mediation scheme in their school. What is Peer Mediation? Peer Mediation enables children to mediate conflicts that occur on the playground between other children. Training helps the mediators develop the skills needed to support children to find ways of resolving their differences between …

School Peer Mediation Plus Training

Peacemakers have funding available for primary schools in the West Midlands to help them set up a Peer Mediation Plus scheme in 2023 and train staff to get the most out of the scheme. Peer mediation involves children being trained to mediate their peers’ conflicts at school. It is underpinned by the same values that inform adult mediation. It is …

Forthcoming Peace-Related Events

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

Write to covlmpc@gmail.com

Coventry Restorative Stories

At 2pm on 2 March 2023, Sherbourne University of the Third Age (U3A) will host an event called Coventry Restorative Stories in Wyken Community Centre. This project aims to promote awareness of Restorative Justice (RJ) within Coventry. RJ brings those harmed by crime or conflict and those responsible for the harm into communication, enabling everyone affected by a particular incident …

Women in Tech - International Women's Day 2023

To celebrate International Women's Day on 8 March, team uxplore is bringing you "Women in Tech" - celebrating women in the industry! Free for all to attend, but please register your attendance. From our keynote speakers you can expect to hear inspirational career journeys, advancements women are making in the industry, discussions as to why the industry is still so …

International women’s day 2023 - Suffragette special

To celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March, Now Network will host an exciting evening at The Maudslay with superb speakers, ladies telling us how hard it was for the suffragettes. The suffragettes were very brave women for the future they went to serious attempts to help women around them, and the future of women in business. We owe them …

Politics & Pakora: celebrating International Women’s Day 2023

To celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March Nina Harries returns to The Pod to play at its first Politics and Pakora ‘Tiny Gig’. Composing original material for the double bass and voice, her music and technique has both an ethereal and an earthy modernist sound. Modern life, ancient prose and heavy feminist realism inspires Nina’s lyrics, which are often …

International Women's Day - 241 Cocktails For Women

Visit Samoan Joes for International Women's Day on 8 March & 241 cocktails for women all night long. Lets celebrate with all your favourite pop classics from DJ Kieran Lambe and even better yet FREE ENTRY

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 …

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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