The Charity Mediation And Community Support (MACS) is an independent, Warwickshire-based voluntary organisation providing Mediation and Conflict Coaching where people are experiencing conflicts or disputes at work, with neighbours, within their family or community. Training in Mediation, constructive dispute resolution and … Continue reading →
RISING Global Peace Forum publishes valuable videos recording the speakers of the talks it organises over the years. Below is a video of the Keynote address by Hilary Benn from RISING 2015. For a complete list of their videos see … Continue reading →
Since youth is the main target of extremists, we believe it is the key to tackle extremism and radicalisation. Young people already know how to use social media platforms, they just need to learn how to deconstruct extremist messages – … Continue reading →
Guiding Principles on Young People’s Participation in Peacebuilding These define nine overarching principles to ensure meaningful involvement of young people in building peace and helped shift policy discussions towards the recognition of young people’s role for building peace. More information here. The … Continue reading →
United Nations Association Coventry Branch has created two workshops for schools on behalf of the Coventry Schools Peace & Justice Forum. The first workshop deals with the topic of War, and focuses on the life of a child soldier. This … Continue reading →
Peer mediation is a form of conflict resolution in which trained student leaders help their peers work together to resolve everyday disputes. Participation in peer mediation is voluntary, and with the exception of information that is illegal or life-threatening, all matters discussed in … Continue reading →
Headquartered in Costa Rica, the United Nations-mandated University for Peace was established in December 1980 as a Treaty Organization by the UN General Assembly. As determined in the Charter of the University, the mission of the University for Peace is: “to … Continue reading →
During Black History Month we remember and celebrate the important people from the past and also who contribute to and help our society today. Black History Month in the UK is marked annually during the month of October and in … Continue reading →
Coventry Cathedral and the Community of the Cross of Nails are releasing short video-interviews with some of Coventry’s most eminent theologians and leaders in reconciliation, past and present, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and Revd Canon Paul Oestreicher. … Continue reading →
by Carl Eeman Published by Melange Press 2009 Halfway between the Emancipation proclaimed by Lincoln in 1863 and the dream of “Free at Last” proclaimed at Lincoln’s Memorial in 1963, America held its breath. What if America’s history had taken a … Continue reading →