NB: in the interests of brevity, this
list covers chiefly events in the north
of Britain with some national events - which tend to be in
London - and a few international events) For
details of other regular vigils,
visit the Quaker Peace
Exchange pages. Also
worth checking out, the events pages on the Network
for Peace website
(used as a source for many of the dates below - thanks NfP!)
See also NFPB's blog at peace
peaces
April 26th - July 19th International Peace Walk Towards a Nuclear Free Future London to Geneva through France Organised by Footprints for Peace
- April 28 – May 9, NPT Review Conference, Geneva
The next Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) of the Review Conference
of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) for 28 April – 9
May, 2008 in Geneva.
3 May
- Meeting for Worship at Fylingdales, 12-1pm For
more details, Contact 01751 432416 or 01751 472827
- 5 May - Vigil and Picnic at Fylingdales, 12-2pm (or later if weather nice) As part of demonstrations and campaign events taking place across Europe and at bases in this country to oppose the expansion of the deadly US Missile Defence programme . MEET FYLINGDALES MAIN ENTRANCE ON A169 ROAD
Contact Sylvia Boyes 01274 824 271 or email robinandsylvia [at] aol.com
Buses are running a Saturday service from Whitby and Pickering and stop at the entrance.Deatails www.coastliner.co.uk 3 May The Hexham Debates
Paul Rogers "Lost Cause - consequences of the war on terror"
11.00am - 12.30pm at the St Mary's Centre, Hencotes, Hexham
- Friday 9th- Sunday 11th May Big Blether 2008
Kindly hosted by Talamh, 30 miles South of Glasgow ....
a biennial meeting place for activists to share ideas,
information and enthusiasm and to create action out of inspiration.
9-11 May Imagining a World without Oil: preparing for an (un)certain future
Course at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
- 11 May . Global Peace March/Demonstration.
There will be a peace march on Washington and at major government
buildings around the world, in eighty countries and volunteers are
needed to take help organise a UK based march. See http://www.myspace.com/peaceplanetloveuk1 and the US group: http://tinyurl.com/28oc8t
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15th May Huddersfield - 5th Annual Quaker Peace Lecture
Feargal Cochrane - 'Can Hope and History Rhyme? The Role of the Arts in Overcoming Violence in Northern Ireland'
Huddersfield Quaker Meeting House, Church Street, Paddock,
Huddersfield HD1 4TR admission free This event is
organized by Huddersfield Quakers
For more information Tel 07792309897 Email cara@cooptel.net
15 May International
Conscientious Objector’s Day. http://www.wri-irg.org/co/15may.htm.
- 17th May Peace Learning Day on Global Security, organised by Northern Friends Peace Board, at Warrington Quaker Meeting House, with speaker John Sloboda of the Oxford Research Group
- 17th May Menwith Hill Breaking the Links protest organised by Yorkshire CND against US Missile Defence, 1 - 4pm, part of a month of action against US bases across Britain, opposing the UK government's support for US MD
- 18th May, 1.00-2.00 Manchester Peace Garden, St Peter's Square, The Right to Refuse to Kill - Ceremony to mark International Conscientious Objectors Day - Keynote speech by Bruce Kent
24 May WORLDWIDE. International Women’s Day for Disarmament. - May 30 – June 1, 3rd International Salon for Peace Initiatives, Paris
French
and international exhibitors will present their peace and non-violence
initiatives that will highlight the numerous dimensions of peace .
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1-8 June Stop the Arms Trade week. Opportunity to take coordinated local action to end the arms trade. For more information contact enquiries@caat.org.uk
- June 2-9, Global week of action against gun violence
This
week of action, the highlight of the Control Arms campaign, is an
opportunity for activists from around the world to raise awareness,
campaign for better gun laws and push for stronger regulation of the
international arms trade.
More at http://www.controlarms.org/
- 4 June International Day for Children as victims of war.
-
7 June - Meeting for Worship at
Menwith Hill, 2-3pm Contact CAAB
for more details
- 8 June Arms Trade Day of Prayer For more information contact Alun Morinan at christian@caat.org.uk
- 14 June 12:00 Peace Chain Around Faslane.
Forming a chain of people and banners around the Trident nuclear
base. Scottish CND will be mobilising supporters across Scotland to
take part. This is 40 years after the first Polaris patrol from
Faslane. Assemble at Faslane Peace Camp at 1130 for briefing at 12 noon
8 June – Meeting for Worship at Faslane,
11-12pm, Contact Mary
Alice: 01505 842380
- 21 June World Refugee Day. http://www.unhcr.ch/
- 21 June - Northern Friends Peace Board meeting in Newcastle
- 29 June - 4 July Skills Training for Mediation and Facilitation in the Church
Five-day residential course at Scottish Churches House,
in Dunblane, from the Mennonite 'Bridge Builders'
programme, designed to equip Christian leaders with practical
skills for responding constructively to conflict. Tel: 0845 4500 214;
website: www.menno.org.uk; email: bb@menno.org.uk
4 July 2008 MENWITH HILL. Independence
FROM America
demonstration at Menwith Hill. Campaign for the Accountability of American
Bases – CAAB. www.caab,org.uk -
5 July - Meeting for Worship at Fylingdales,
12-1pm For more details, Contact 01751 432416
or 01751 472827
- 18th -20th July The 'Responsibility to Protect' and Christian Nonviolence
- a Church and Peace Britain and Ireland Regional Conference/ London
Mennonite Theology Forum at the Ammerdown Retreat Centre, Bath,
England *** deadline for bookings, 31 May ****
- 26 July – 2 August Gandhi Foundation Summer Gathering. At The Abbey, Sutton Courtnay, Oxoon. Details from Graham Davey Tel 0117 909 3491. graham.davey@blueyonder.co.uk
- 2 August - Meeting for Worship at
Menwith Hill, 2-3pm Contact CAAB
for more details
- 6 August Hiroshima Day.
- 9 August Nagasaki Day.
- 31 August – Meeting for Worship at Faslane,
11-12pm, Contact Mary
Alice: 01505 842380
- 2-4 September Necessary Conflict: the unavoidable way of Jesus >
Course at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
- 3-7 September Sweden European Science Foundation conference on IMAGING WAR: INTERGENERATIONAL PERSPECTIVES "Given
the controversies which form our daily news about the *War on Terror*
and the projected need to give up our traditional human rights and
civil liberties, it is essential that we understand the role of the war
imagers and their critics. ... The conference seeks to explore
dissonance and common ground between the image builders and the image
consumers; the weapons manufacturers and the story tellers; the
politicians and the children. "
- 5-7 September ‘Love thy Neighbour as Thyself’ and the ‘Four Heavenly Abodes’: a Quaker-Buddhist conversation Course at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
- 6 September - Meeting for Worship at Fylingdales,
12-1pm For more details, Contact 01751 432416
or 01751 472827.
- 9-11 September Understanding Fundamentalism
Course at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
- 12-14 September Passion, Power, Politics and Prayer: Jesus and nonviolence
Course at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
- September 18-21, European Social Forum, Malmö, Sweden
Four
days of workshops, seminars, debates, manifestations, films, music,
arts etc. to build a more sustainable, democratic and equitable
society. .... and in that context :
Address : a European peace forum, European Peace Action,"
which will create a network of European peace groups for direct action.
Our goal is to develop common strategies and campaigns."
- 21 September International Day of Peace.
- 27 September - Northern Friends Peace Board meeting in Perth
- 28 September – Meeting for Worship at Faslane,
11-12pm, Contact Mary
Alice: 01505 842380
- 2 October International Day of Non-Violence (Gandhi’s Birthday).
- 4 October - Meeting for Worship at
Menwith Hill, 2-3pm Contact CAAB
for more details
- 21-23 October Imagining a World without Oil: preparing for an (un)certain future Course at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
- 24 October United Nations Day. http://www.un.org/events/unday/2005/index.html
- 24 – 26 October DERBYSHIRE. Called to be Peacemakers Conference 2008.
... for 18 to 30 (ish) year olds who want to be challenged, gain
practical skills and meet others who share their concern for peace and
conflict issues.
- 24 – 30 October Disarmament Week.
- 27th October - Aldermaston Big Blockade
- Big, non-violent blockade to disrupt work on Trident warheads
and their successors (lots of important information, briefings, safety
and nonviolence information on the website.)
- 28-30 October Seeking the Treasure: valuing community
Course at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
- 1 November - - Meeting for Worship at Fylingdales,
12-1pm For more details, Contact 01751 432416
or 01751 472827.
- 9 November – Meeting for Worship at Faslane,
11-12pm, Contact Mary
Alice: 01505 842380
- 9 November International Day Against Fascism and Racism. This
is the anniversary of ‘Ktistallnacht’ which took place in Nazi Germany
and is often seen as the symbolic beginning of the Holocaust. Info:
UNITED, Postbus 413, NL – 1000 Amsterdam. Fax: +31-20-6834582, email
info@unitedagainstracism.org
- 29 November - Northern Friends Peace Board meeting in Nottingham
- 6 December - Meeting for Worship at
Menwith Hill, 2-3pm Contact CAAB
for more details
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