Yesterday Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation announced that after careful consideration the image designed by Coventry artist Andrea Mbarushimana has been selected from 24 entries to win the competition to design a logo for the Committee. Andrea … Continue reading →
Coventry is recognised as an International City of Peace and is described on the ICP website at www.internationalcitiesofpeace.org/cities-listing/coventry-england The description was written by Dr Carol Rank who is a member of Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation. Thanks to her role … Continue reading →
In 2014 the West Midlands Pension Fund (WMPF) held investments in four manufacturers of cluster bombs. Their investments come from Council Tax money, collected across the West Midlands region. But the 2010 Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Act forbids all forms of support … Continue reading →
Coventry Cathedral is one of the world’s oldest religious-based centres for reconciliation. Following the destruction of the Cathedral during ‘Operation Moonlight Sonata’ in November 1940, Provost Howard in a national radio broadcast from the cathedral ruins declared that when the … Continue reading →
Focus of our research The Faith and Peaceful Relations Group explores the role religion can play in achieving more peaceful and just societies. Faith can be a driver of peace, reconciliation and social justice, yet it can also be a … Continue reading →
Coventry is known around the world as a City of Peace and Reconciliation – but what does that mean to the city, to the organisations that base themselves here and to you? Are you a manager in the private, public … Continue reading →
This article by Carol Rank is based on a piece originally prepared for the Fifth International Peace Museum Conference 1-6 May, 2005, Guernica, Spain and subsequently published on the International Cities of Peace website (see References below). References to the notes below are … Continue reading →