PEACE CONFERENCE
This event is being organised by the Bexley Multi Faith Forum, in collaboration with the International Sufi School , and will include the participation of Bexley Primary Care Trust, Queen Marys Hospital Sidcup and several faith/community and voluntary groups.

The riots of August 2011 raise a number of issues for Quakers. We saw protesters cause a great deal of destruction and communities come together to clear up afterwards. Yet some of us may be more sympathetic to the motives than the methods (or vice versa) in each case.
In this dialogue we seek to address some difficult questions:
What we do understand by “community?”
What binds a community together? Is it the ideas which its members share, or what they do together?
Do we see ourselves as part of a local community, or as a community of Friends apart from it?

S.E. Peace Council social celebrating International Women's Day - men most welcome, refreshments,b.y.o, Wheelchair access by lift.

Speakers from Zaytoun, stall by 'Help Palestine' selling olive oil, olives, soap, herbs,dates etc.

Greenbelt's mission is to create spaces, like festivals, where art, faith and justice collide. Music, comedy, talks, campaigning and prayer.
The festival includes the Peace Zone, run under the auspices of the Network of Christian Peace Organisations.
Christian CND will be there - supporters welcome to join us!

On the bicentenary of his birth, come and celebrate the life and work of this remarkable Welshman: energetic Congregational minister, diligent MP, internationally recognised Apostle of Peace, foremost 19th Century advocate of a league of nations and a permanent system of international arbitration, tireless campaigner against militarism and for a reduction in armaments, champion of improved educational access for all.

8 stages of music, peace talks, live art, food & drink, crafts and activism.

From Midday - 8pm

Admission: FREE

Speaker Dr Lee Marsden. Dr Lee Marsden is Senior Lecturer in International Relations in the School of Political, Social and International Studies. He is a specialist in US Foreign Policy, religion and security and teaches modules on international security and conflict resolution, fundamentalism, religion and international relations. He is a regular speaker at national and international conferences and has been awarded a UEA ‘Excellence in Teaching’ award.

D D Guttenplan (“American Radical: The Life and Times of I F Stone”) explores the life and work of one of the 20th centuries’ great radical journalists.

Become a rebel clown! Facilitated by Trŵper Tŵp & Capten Cyboli of CIRCA .To cover venue hire and train fare for recruiting sergeants a suggested contribution is £15-£40 depending on pocket. Booking and a small deposit are essential. The training is physical (but not strenuous) so do wear loose, comfortable clothing. Participants are requested to bring food to share.

Art Not Oil, Liberate Tate, Platform presents: ‘Culture Beyond Oil'
Campaign groups ‘Platform’, ‘Art Not Oil’ and ‘Liberate Tate’ have recently released a hundred-page arts publication exploring the murky relationship between big oil and big art. For more than 20 years, BP has been sponsoring Tate galleries, and every major cultural institution in London has recently taken money from Shell or BP.

£3, redeemable against any purchase.

A slide talk by photojournalist Guy Smallman, recently returned from Afghanistan, with ex-soldier Ben Griffin. Also screening Guy's film Fifteen Million Afghans.

Quaker Peace and Social Witness has an extensive programme of speakers on all our areas of work.

Alison Williams is available to talk on UN Reform and Global Governance. She’s Secretary of the Merton Branch of UNA and Coordinator of UNGA-Link UK, a network of UNA MEMBERS concerned to enhance UN-Civil Society relations. She’s a former UN tour guide, and did postgraduate work on the Commonwealth and the UN, and the League of Nations.

Vijay Mehta MA is an author and global activist for peace, development, human rights and environment. His books include, ‘The Fortune Forum Code: For a Sustainable Future’, ‘The United Nations and Its Future in the 21st Century’, and ‘Arms No More’. He is president of VM Centre for Peace and co-founder and trustee of Fortune Forum charity which works for the eradication of poverty, environmental sustainability, halting the onslaught of diseases, protection of human rights, and peacebuilding.

Holy Innocents service beginning at 11.00 am. The service will include music and song from these regions and also some pieces from the Iona Community. All group singers would be most welcome - there will be a practice session at 10.30. This will be followed after lunch at 2.00 by a 30-minute witness at the Innocent Victims' Memorial outside Westminster Abbey. These events are being organised by the Anglican Pacifist Fellowship for the Network of Christian Peace Organisations.

The Peace Pagoda was built in 1980 by the Monks and Nuns of Nipponzan Myohoji assisted by Peace workers of many other religions, as a physical expression of their prayers for peace. Anniversary ceremony at the Peace Pagoda in the open air, at which prayers from many different faiths are offered towards the objective of a peaceful world, followed by lunch and a multi-cultural event in the afternoon, with song, dance, poetry readings etc. to celebrate the cultural diversity of our world. The Ceremony will begin with prayers at 10:30am, and continue until approximately 3:30pm.

This is a controversial issue for some pacifists. Is, for example, destroying military equipment the epitome of nonviolence? Or do such actions create a (counterproductive) “climate of violence”, frighten potential allies, and create a bad image? The Tuesday meeting group has a Facebook page at http://tinyurl.com/cjvlapq

The International Peace Bureau is dedicated to the vision of a World Without War.