UK events
26 April-16 July: International Peace Walk. London
to Geneva through France. All are invited to join
in a journey of walking in solidarity for a nuclear-free future. Visit the
website for a full schedule of the walk. For more information: marcus@footprintsforpeace.net
ka@footprintsforpeace.net
or visit www.footprintsforpeace.net
16 July – 4 August: Lambeth Conference, at the University of Kent,
Canterbury.
The Anglican Pacifist Fellowship will be holding two fringe meetings. On 26
July APF will be organising a walk into Canterbury and a service in the Cathedral
at noon. Info: ajkempster@aol.com
18 - 20 July: 'Hear my
People Cry'. National Justice & Peace Network Conference. The theme is:
living as Christians in our modern time, exploring what it means to 'love
tenderly, live justly, and walk humbly with God.' Speakers include: John
Battle MP, Dr Patrick Riordan SJ, Sr Margaret
Scott aci, and CAFOD will coordinate a visit by a
partner from South America to speak on the
realities of living in an urban setting in the 'majority world'. National
Justice & Peace Network (NJPN,) 39 Eccleston Square, London SW1V 1BX
Tel: 020 7901 4864 www.justice-and-peace.org.uk/conference.html
18 - 20
July: Responsibility to Protect; London Mennonite
Theology Forum. Ammerdown Retreat Centre near Bath. See www.ammerdown.org for more
information. With Doug Hostetter, the Mennonite
Central Committee Liaison to the UN, Hansuli
Gerber, the coordinator of the WCC’s Decade to
Overcome Violence, and Marie-Noëlle von der Recke, General Secretary
of Church & Peace. We may be offering transportation from London to Ammerdown. The cost for the weekend, including
registration and an en-suite room (but not transportation), is £110 for a
double and £125 for a single. To book, call or email Janelle Thiessen at +44(0)2083408775 or jthiessen@menno.org.uk
Tuesday 5 August: A
candle service for Light and Peace - Remember Hiroshima. at St. Marys Church, Church
Street, Maldon at 23.45 (quarter to
midnight). During the service a candle from Hiroshima
will be lit at the same time as our candle from Essex is lit in Hiroshima.
Organised by Essex Christian CND.
Wednesday 6th August: London, Hiroshima Day Commemoration, Tavistock Square,
at 12noon. Contact London
Region CND. Tel: 020 7607 2302 david.lrcnd@cnduk.org
Milton Keynes: Hiroshima Day, Lantern Floating
Ceremony at the Peace Pagoda. Nipponzan Myohoji, Milton
Keynes, MK15 0BA, 01908 663 652.
Coventry Cathedral, 6-7pm. A quiet service
of reflection in the chapel of unity. There will be music, poetry and
readings and silence. Some of the
readings are religious and some secular. During the service we will make
Japanese Origami Paper Cranes of Peace. Everybody is welcome. Info: Penny
Walker 02476 664616.
9
August: Nagasaki
Day. Ecumenical service organised by Pax Christi (020 8203 4884) at
Westminster Cathedral Crypt, London, in memory of the 65th
anniversary of Franz Jagerstatter’s execution.
Peace walk from Westminster Cathedral (7.30pm) to the London Peace Pagoda
followed by the Floating Lantern Ceremony at sunset. The London Peace
Pagoda, c/o Park Manager’s Office, Battersea Park,
Albert Bridge Road,
London SW11 4NJ.
020 7228 9620.
22—25 August: Greenbelt Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse. Ticket Line & Enquiries: 020
7374 2760 (Office fax: 020 7374 2731) The ticket line is open from 10.30am
to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday... info@greenbelt.org.uk
Greenbelt Festivals Ltd, All Hallows on the
Wall, 83 London Wall, LONDON. EC2M 5ND. http://www.greenbelt.org.uk
18 – 19
October: CND Annual Conference, University of Westminster, Regent Street, London. Info: www.cnduk.org/conference officemanager@cnduk.org
020 7700 2393.
24 – 26
October: Called to be Peacemakers Conference
2008. The Fellowship of Reconciliation’s annual conference 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. Venue: The Hollowford Centre, Derbyshire. Contact Martha Beale
at: Fellowship of Reconciliation, St. James Church Centre, Beauchamp
Lane, Oxford, OX4 3LF. Tel: 01865 748 796
Email: Martha Beale. http://www.for.org.uk/C2BP2008
27 October: Big
Blockade at AWE Aldermaston. For details of exact venue, for non-violence
and safety rules see www/tridentploughshares.org or contact 07804 640643, blockawe@yahoo.co.uk
For more lists of events nationwide see the
following websites:
Network for Peace
Quaker Peace
& Social Witness
Pax Christi
International Events
Wednesday 6th August: Hiroshima Day.
9
August: Nagasaki
Day.
Sunday
21 September: International
Day of Peace. http://www.internationaldayofpeace.org/
www.peaceoneday.org
2
October: International
Day of Non-Violence (Gandhi’s Birthday). http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=22926&Cr=non&Cr1=violence
4 - 11
October: Keep Space for Peace Week. http://www.space4peace.org/ UK
events organised by Yorkshire CND, details coming soon on the Yorkshire CND
website. http://www.yorkshirecnd.org.uk
24
October: United Nations Day. http://www.un.org/events/unday/2005/index.html
1
December: Prisoners for Peace Day. http://www.wri-irg.org/co/01dec.htm
For more international events see:
International Peace Bureau
Reaching
Critical Will (a project of Women’s International
League for Peace & Freedom)
Friends Committee on National Legislation
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