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. … Continue reading →
Article by Taisiia Sakhno. I am writing to propose for a prize a wonderful person, who has done so much for developing peace on our planet, Tore Nærland, a president and a founder of Bike For Peace organization in Norway. … Continue reading →
On 8 June, Talking Birds ran an event in their Nestival of Ideas series entitled War & Peace – can civic society make a difference? When conflict strikes, ordinary citizens are often the first to suffer the consequences, and will … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
Coventry Libraries have been recognised with the Libraries of Sanctuary Award for the warm welcome and support that they show to the refugees, migrants and asylum seekers in the city, as well as the wider community. On Tuesday 17th of … Continue reading →
While the unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine by Russia has caused huge devastation and mass movements of people, there is one possible positive outcome from the war. According to Wikipedia, in 2020 before the war, Russia was the world’s … Continue reading →
We mark the passing of Britain’s longest ruling monarch by remembering the following words of her Majesty relevant to peace and reconciliation: The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be … Continue reading →
On June 19, Coventry Peace Orchard was vandalised. An information board and fencing were set alight. World War II Normandy Day veteran Dennis Davison founded the orchard as a legacy to the apple orchards he saw in Normandy in 1944 … Continue reading →
On 20 June 2022 a Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons was held in Vienna, Austria, followed by a three-day Meeting of States Parties who have signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The conference … Continue reading →