Mediation Northern Ireland 
New courses starting at the end of January or early February are the following. 1. Handling Conflict, 27th and 28th January 2003, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm at Grosvenor House, Belfast (£120 - public/private, £80 community/voluntary) £20 deposit. 2. Foundation Training in Mediation, 10, 11, 24 February, 10, 24 March and 7 April 2003, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm at Australia House, Belfast (£360 - public/private, £240 - community/voluntary) £20 deposit. 3. Intermediate Training in Mediation, 13, 14, 28 Feb, 14, 28 March and 11 April 2003, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm at Australia House, Belfast (£360 - public/private, £240 - community/voluntary) £20 deposit. Further details from Mediation Northern Ireland, 10 Upper Crescent, Belfast BT7 1NT, phone 028 - 9043 8614, e-mail info@mediation-network.org.uk 

Afri: 'Paths to peacemaking' conference, Kildare 
The annual Féile Bríde conference organised by Afri (Action from Ireland) takes place at St Joseph's Academy, Kildare on 25th and 26th January with the title 'Paths to peacemaking'. On Saturday it runs from 10.30 am through to 5.00 pm with evening entertainment (Afro-Celtic Ceilí at the Curragh with De Jimbe). On Sunday it runs from 10.30 am though to 1pm.

Contributors include Iain Atack (new chair of Afri and lecturer in Peace Studies at ISE), Ciaron O'Reilly (Catholic Worker and peace activist), Cathy Kelly (a founder of Voices in the Wilderness working against sanctions on Iraq), Donal O'Kelly (actor and writer), Sr Stanislaus Kennedy (anti-poverty activist, among many other things, well known simply as 'Sr Stan'), Deirdre Ní Chinnéide (musician and psychotherapist), and Besa Berberi (singer).

Full participation is €35 (concession €25), Saturday only €25 (€20), Sunday only €20 (€15) (Ceilí €5 admission to participants). Further details and booking: Afri, 134 Phibsboro Road, Phibsborough, Dublin 7. Phone 01 - 8827563 / 8827581, e-mail afri@iol.ie and www.afri.buz.org 

School day of Non-violence and Peace 
on 30th January 
The School Day of Non-violence and Peace (DENIP), founded by Spanish educator and poet Llorenç Vidal in 1964, is a pioneering, non-state, non-governmental, non official, independent, free and voluntary initiative of Non-violent and Pacifying Education, which is now practised in schools all over the world and in which centres of education, teachers and students of all levels and from all countries are invited to take part. It is observed on January 30 or thereabouts every year, on the anniversary of the death of Mahatma Gandhi. In countries with Southern Hemisphere calendars, it can be observed on March 30 or thereabouts.

Propagate the practice of the School Day of Non-violence and Peace! Thanks! See: http://es.geocities.com/ahimsadenip 

Pax Christi Annual Peace Mass 
Irish Pax Christi's annual Peace Mass takes place at 11.30 am on Sunday 26th January at the Capuchin Church, Church Street, Dublin, and the celebrant is PC President, Bishop Raymond Field. The AGM of Pax Christi will be on 2nd March in Harold's Cross, Dublin. Further details: Pax Christi, 52 Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6, phone 01 - 496 5293, e-mail paxtdc@indigo.ie 

Weekly Iraq vigil and petition in Belfast 
The weekly vigil by the Justice Not Terror Coalition continues every Thursday lunchtime from around 12 noon to 1.00 pm beside Tesco's, 2 Royal Avenue, Belfast. Come and help out or just be among the many Belfast people and visitors signing to call for no war on Iraq. The petition is addressed to Tony Blair. JNTC, c/o INNATE at 028 - 90 64 71 06 or 0771 511 0517 mobile, e-mail jntc@post.com and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/justice-not-terror 

Billy King 'Adolf Awards' 
Billy King, 'Nonviolent News' columnist, invites nominations for the annual Adolf Awards. You can nominate anyone in a humorous or even serious way for conspicuous disservice to peace, human rights, the community etc. in the last year. What a lot of people to choose from. Nominations to Billy King at the INNATE contacts by the end of January; Phone/Fax 028 (048 from Republic) - 90 64 71 06, e-mail billy@innatenonviolence.org and postal address, 16 Ravensdene Park, Belfast BT6 0DA.

Wishing you, and the world, the difficult but not impossible dream of a peaceful 2003, 
Rob Fairmichael, 
Editor, Nonviolent News/Coordinator, INNATE