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

Flight for Peace in Abbeygate Shopping Centre

Hundreds of origami doves have been installed in Abbeygate Shopping Centre, Nuneaton, by Sioux Watkins and others supporting The Makery gift shop, cafe and art studio. The Makery works collaboratively with people, Local Authorities and Organisations to bring about change at a Social level and do the social knitting required to create stronger and more resilient communities, supporting them to identify …

Artificial Intelligence - force for Peace or Extinction?

Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) help bring peace to the world? Or, as hundreds of experts from across the world said in a recent statement, it presents a risk of human extinction similar to those from pandemics and nuclear war? First the Negative View Geoffrey Hinton, sometimes called the godfather of AI, left his leading role at Google in May 2023 …

School Peer Mediation Plus Training

Peacemakers still have funding available for primary and secondary schools in the West Midlands to help them set up a Peer Mediation Plus scheme and train staff to get the most out of the scheme. The offer is for the Summer or Autumn 2023 school terms. Peer mediation involves children being trained to mediate their peers’ conflicts at school. It …

Lady Godiva at poetry workshop at Peace Garden in Memorial Park

The Lord Mayor's Peace Committee Poetry Initiative

The Lord Mayor's Peace Committee arranged for Coventry's poet laureate, Emilie Lauren Jones, to run poetry workshops in four Coventry schools. These were attended by over 100 pupils from 12 Coventry schools. Pupils focused on writing haikus inspired by the beauty of nature, reinforcing awareness of the need to protect our fragile planet from climate change. A haiku is a …

End the war in Ukraine – Peace Talks Now

Oppose Nuclear Threats in Europe and Pacific - Increase wages not weapons I welcome this timely meeting called by Stop the War. The Russian invasion and war on the people of Ukraine devastates their lives and country and threatens us all. Just over a year ago on March 5th 2022 the Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation organised a …

Forthcoming Peace-Related Events

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

Write to covlmpc@gmail.com

Peace Picnic 2023

The annual Peace Picnic at Coventry Peace Orchard, Coundon Hall Park, will be taking place on Friday 9th June between 1pm to 3pm and everyone is welcome. Bring some food and something comfortable to sit on.

Coventry Against Racism Zoom Meeting

The community and trade union anti racist group Coventry Against Racism which invites people who support, not oppose, people and defend our rights to an online meeting on 14 June 2023. The attacks on our communities are relentless. Government continues to ratchet up its rhetoric. All of a sudden Britain has a national emergency. The crisis is not of our …

World Refugee Day 2023

Each year on 20 June, the world celebrates World Refugee Day, the international day to honour people who have been forced to flee. World Refugee Day is designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. It celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution. …

International Day of Friendship 2023

30 July was established as the International Day of Friendship by the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities. The resolution places emphasis on involving young people, as future leaders, in community activities that include different cultures and promote international understanding and respect for …

Hiroshima Day 2023

The 2023 Hiroshima Remembrance Service will be held in Coventry Cathedral from 2 to 3pm on 6 August. Hiroshima was largely destroyed by an atomic bomb on August 6 1945 — one of two bombs detonated by the US. The second was detonated over Nagasaki on August 9. The two bombs combined killed up to 266,000 people, most of whom …

Deadline for Coventry's International Young People's Peace Essay Competition

Entries to Coventry's International Young People's Peace Essay Competition close on 31 October. Young people aged 15 to 24 can gain a certificate of participation, stand a chance to win a cash prize and gain an entry in their CV. This competition it is a tool for exploring young peoples’ opinions on peace agendas and for harnessing their enthusiasm for …

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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