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

Coventry Students Attending International Peace Conference in Japan

Thanks to the tireless efforts of Rebecca Bollands, Deputy Headteacher at Earlsdon Primary School and member of Coventry Lord Mayor's Committee for Peace and Reconciliation, ten Coventry students are in Japan attending UNESCO's Partner Schools 70th Anniversary International Peace Conference. They will work with students from around the world and share information about the important peace and reconciliation work that …

Coventry International Peace Prize 2023

The 2023 Coventry International Peace Prize was presented in May jointly to Lord Paul Bew and Mark Durkan for their work on the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. Lord Paul Bew's contributions to the Good Friday Agreement were acknowledged when he was created Baron Bew of Donegore in the County of Antrim in 2007. He sits in the House of …

Security Council Debate on Ukraine Peace and Security

On 20 September 2023 the UN Security Council held a high-level open debate on Ukraine. The meeting was entitled Upholding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter through effective multilateralism: Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine Several heads of state, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, participated in the meeting. This was Zelenskyy’s first in-person address to the Security …

The Role of Reconciliation - UN Security Council

Coventry is a city of peace and reconciliation. In November 2019 the United Nations Security Council ran a debate on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace: The Role of Reconciliation. This short video shows remarks by US Ambassador Cherith Norman.

Peace and reconciliation - a short video discussion

The idea of peace and reconciliation in the world, in the midst of terrorist attacks, mass shootings, racism, political polarization, and ideological divides, can seem impossible. In this short video Johannes Reimer and Manuel Bohm of the Peace and Reconciliation Network say global forgiveness is possible.

Forthcoming Peace-Related Events

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

Write to covlmpc@gmail.com

Deadline to bid for Peace Festival grant

This year the Coventry Peace Festival will take place between 1st – 14th November. As Coventry is a city of Peace and Reconciliation, the Festival is an opportunity to showcase activity, events, exhibitions, educational work, talks, lectures, walks, etc, that highlight the notion of Peace and Reconciliation. Coventry City Council will collate those events that fit that criteria and publish …

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 …

Coventry Peace Festival 2023

Coventry Peace Festival will take place between 1st – 14th November. At the time of writing the programme of events is still being planned. Details will be available at https://www.coventry.gov.uk/peace

Young People Rethinking Security and Peace Conference 2023

6th formers will discuss issues of security and how they can take steps to promote peace and understand issues that concerned them. Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation invites schools in Coventry and Warwickshire to attend a 6th Form Conference on the theme of Rethinking Security and Peace at 9.00am - 12.30pm on 9th November 2023 in Coventry …

Coventry Peace Lecture 2023

Coventry Lord Mayor's Peace Lecture 2023 will be held on 10 November during Coventry Peace Festival. The exact location has yet to be determined. The title will be Rwanda almost 30 years on In around 100 days in 1994, up to a million of the indigenous people of the small African country of Rwanda were killed. A civil war had …

Coventry International Young People’s Peace Essay Award Ceremony

On 14 November 2023, Coventry Lord Mayor's Committee for Peace and Reconciliation, working with the Coventry United Nations Association, will run a video event to announce the winners of Coventry International Young People’s Peace Essay 2023. Young people aged 15 to 24 can gain a certificate of participation, stand a chance to win a cash prize and gain an entry …

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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