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

Peace and Justice

Having an effective justice system is fundamental to having a peaceful democratic society. That is why thousands of Israelis have been on the streets since early 2023 protesting against the reforms of the justice system by Benjamin Netanyahu, the most right-wing prime minister in Israel's history. The first of his planned changes was passed on 24 July. This so-called "reasonableness" …

UK's support for Ukraine

On 18 July the UK's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations delivered the following statement to the UN General Assembly: When we gathered for this debate on 24 February 2022, we stood on the edge of war, urging Russia to choose the path of peace as thousands of Russian troops amassed at Ukraine’s border. Within 24 hours, Russian tanks were …

Peacemakers seek Freelance Trainers

Peacemakers are recruiting Freelance Associate Trainers based in the West Midlands to work across the region. Peace Education looks at developing knowledge, skills and attitudes of peace, from emotion coaching and conflict resolution to thinking about big issues and how to make peaceful change happen. You would be freelance (self-employed), working during term time, typically a day a week in …

Opportunity for Volunteer to Gain Valuable Experience

This website is looking for a volunteer who wants to gain journalistic and IT experience. The site is powered by the world’s most popular website content management system, WordPress. It powers over 40% of all websites. Knowledge of WordPress is a valuable skill that can be useful when applying for jobs. Previous knowledge is not required since full training will be given. …

Forthcoming Peace-Related Events

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

Write to covlmpc@gmail.com

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 …

Visualising Security Zoom Event August 2023

On 6 August Rethinking Security will be running a Zoom meeting at which communities and individuals across the UK can express their own priorities for security and contribute to the Alternative Security Review run by Rethinking Security. Governments often define 'security' in narrow, military terms. They don’t often ask what the people they represent feel about their security. Rethinking Security …

Showcase 10000 Stars for Coventry

On 24 August, Creative Kindness will celebrate their year-long project to make 10,000 stars with a display in Coventry Central Hall. In September 2022 we reported on the 10,000 Stars for Coventry project which is part of a global project aiming to create one billion stars by 2032 for the end of violence worldwide run by onebillionstars.net. Creative Kindness are …

Sixth Form Reconciliation Half Days

From 19 to 21 September, Coventry Cathedral will be running sixth form half-days that fulfil schools' statutory Religious Education requirements and help introduce students to the key concepts of Coventry's message as a city of Peace and Reconciliation. They will be able to explore how to carry these tenets into their future studies and careers as they prepare to leave …

Teacher CPD Training in Conflict Resolution

On 12 October, Coventry Cathedral will be running an online training session explaining how to help pupils resolve their own conflicts. Find new ways to deal with conflict and hard conversations in the classroom. This half-day training course guides teachers through how to have restorative conversations and teaching pupils how to disagree well. The session will be led by the …

The Mistake - urgent new play by Michael Mears

A fast-moving, thought-provoking drama will be produced on 12 October about the dangers that arise when humans dare to unlock the awesome power of nature. 1942. On a squash court in Chicago a dazzling scientific experiment takes place, which three years later will destroy a city and change the world - forever. Two actors, one British, one Japanese, enact the …

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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