FOR centenary conference in Cambridge with Rowan Williams as keynote speaker.
Beyond Forgiving is a documentary about Ginn Fourie and Letlapa Mphahlele and how they have risen beyond their pain. In 1993, during the apartheid era in South Africa, Letlapa, then director of operations for the military wing of the Pan-Africanist Congress, ordered reprisal massacres in response to the killing of black school children. Ginn lost her only daughter in one of these. She later forgave Letlapa. This is their story.
Film showing and discussion with director Imad Karam and executive producer Howard Grace.
Fellowship of Reconciliation carol concert, which launches the FOR centenary year. Guest readers to include Tony Benn, Edward Mortimer CMG, Charlotte Banister-Parker and Norman Kember. The Cathedral Singers of Christ Church will provide us with the very best in glorious festive singing to kick-start the first week of advent.
Tickets available: http://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/ticketsoxford/index.aspx#event=18401
A day of workshops for local community mediators. The two interactive workshops will explore participant roles in mediation and look at the use of linguistic concepts such as opposition, modality, naming and negation in exploring coded meanings in conflict and conflict resolution. The workshops will also be a great opportunity to meet and network with linguistic experts and fellow mediators. The workshops form part of a day of events marking the launch of the Language in Conflict website, and will be followed by the official website launch at 4pm.
An opportunity to build on your current practice, develop new initiatives, learn new approaches, discussion, reflection and implications for action. With Noeline Sanders, a Justice, Peace, Reconciliation and sustainability advocate and practitioner.
http://www.stcolumbashouse.org.uk
Meet other facilitators of dialogue and reconciliation - share skills and best practice - explore peer development and support options.
This network day aims to bring faciltators of dialgoue and reconciliation together to share skills, knowledge, inspiration and best practice.
Senegalese Sufi fusion rhythms, mixing the ancient gnawa desert traditions with wild contemporary sounds.
Doors open 6.45pm. Music 7.30pm.
Week long intensive course in our approaches to listening and dialogue facilitation.
A participatory day of cross-disciplinary dialogue and discussion. The aim is to pool learning from those working with personal and community narratives, in order to build a more complete picture of the field, stimulate best practice, and allow cross-fertilisation of ideas.
With contributions from:
Eamonn Baker, Towards Understanding and Healing, Northern Ireland
Kelly Connor, Author and biographical storyteller
Sue Hollingsworth, International School of Storytelling
Edward Mackay, Common Ground Mediation
Professor Reno Papadopoulos, Centre for Trauma, Asylum and Refugees
Conversations for the Soul is our very popular interfaith tandem dialogue program.
Participants come together as a group then partner up with someone of a different faith background and explore questions such as 'Tolerance and limits', 'Why do bad things happen to good people?', 'Faith and fasting', `The environment' and other inspiring topics.
Every Tuesday from 1st May 2012 to 22nd May 2012
A four week programme developing holistic approaches to more sustainable health, conflict management and the cultivation of inner harmony. http://stethelburgas.org/civicrm/event/info?id=400&reset=1
Week long intensive course in our approaches to listening and dialogue facilitation. See http://stethelburgas.org/civicrm/event/info?id=385&reset=1 for details and how to book.
A workshop exploring personal storytelling aimed at hospice chaplains and others who work with the ill or dying. At the London Interfaith Centre in Queens Park.
In this workshop we will be introduced to working creatively with our personal life experiences. We will explore ways of crafting our own memories into stories and encouraging others to share their own life tales. Reflecting on exchanging these story gifts leads open a natural way to discuss compassion, acceptance, forgiveness and understanding.
A Corrymeela weekend celebrating and exploring the work of the Corrymeela Community with its focus on:- Embracing difference, Healing division, Enabling reconciliation.
THE SPEAKERS are:
The Reverend Dr Inderjit Bhogal, Leader of the Corrymeela Community
Mrs Susan McEwen, newly appointed Development Director of the Corrymeela Community.
SATURDAY MARCH 17th 10.00 for 10.30am till approx. 4.30pm
Tabernacl chapel, Cardiff: Corrymeela Sunday Service lead by Dr Robin Gwyndaf. All welcome.
An evening with Emily Johns and Milan Rai, the editors of Peace News. Organised by the Carmarthen cell of Cymdeithas y Cymod. All welcome.
Cymdeithas y Cymod Vigil. The theme of this year's Vigil will be Henry Richard, the "Apostle of Peace". Almost exactly 200 years since he was born on 3 April 1812, we will meet in his home town to celebrate his work for peace between the world's nations. All are welcome. (Please note that all the meetings will be in Welsh.) The Vigil will begin with dinner at 6pm on the Friday night, which will be followed by a talk by Gwyn Griffiths about Henry Richard's life and work and an opportunity to socialise.
National Justice & Peace Network 34th Annual Conference organised in conjunction with Cultural Exchange with China (CEC) & Leeds Justice & Peace Commission.
The Conference provides a unique opportunity to learn, explore contemporary issues, build bridges, plan action and reflect in the light of our faith.
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