PRG Trainings, new staff,
Michael Doherty brought to book
Dates for the Peace and Reconciliation Group 2005 Autumn/Winter
Training Session are the following:
Introduction to Conflict Resolution
and Mediation Skills (OCN level 2, 3 credits),Tuesday 8th,
Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th November 2005;
Intermediate Conflict Resolution and
Mediation Skills (OCN Level 3, 6 Credits), Tuesday 15th,
Wednesday 16th, Tuesday 22nd, Wednesday 23rd, Tuesday 29th
and Wednesday 30th, November 2005;
Exploring Diversity: Facilitating Community
Relations Work (OCN Level 3, 12 Credits), Fridays 30th September
through to 2nd December 2005;
Citizenship, Social, Civic and Political
Education (OCN level 2, 6 Credits), Wednesdays 14th September,
21st September, 28th September, 5th October, 12th October,
and 19th October 2005.
The new staff on board are Jim Crothers, who
has responsibility for coordinating the training programme,
facilitating training courses and project work, and has been
involved in community development/relations for ten years
in both a voluntary and employed capacity; Silvia Mussano
is the new Training Projects Officer, she is also an INCORE
associate research student and has been very active in the
area of citizenship education, serving as a consultant for
citizenship education in secondary schools in Italy, among
other involvements.
Meanwhile Michael Donerty’s “Another
Lifeline – Community Relations and Citizenship: A Facilitator’s
handbook” (176 pages, A4, £10, ISBN 1 873832
17 6) was launched in the spring and is a detailed resource
in the area and includes fifty worksheets and other detailed
material. It is published by YES! Publications, 10-12 Bishop
Street, Derry/Londonderry BT48 6PW, ph 028 71261941, e-mail
yes@holywelltrust.com
Contact: Peace & Reconciliation Group, 18/20 Bishop Street,
L’Derry BT48 6PW, Tel: 028 71369206, e-mail info@peaceprg.co.uk
and web http://www.peaceprg.co.uk
Mediation Northern Ireland
courses
Open courses coming up from Mediation Northern Ireland include
the following:
Negotiation Skills (‘Principled negotiation
skills’) on Wednesdays 9th, 16th and 23rd November (OCN
accreditation); Handling Life’s Conflicts (how to handle
difficult situations more effectively in workplace, home and
general life) on Saturdays 12th and 19th November;
Handling aggression (staying safe and reducing
the threat of violence) on Wednesday 8th February 2006;
Foundation Training in Mediation, Thursday
23rd and Friday 24th February 2006 and Thursdays 2nd, 9th,
16th and 23rd March 2006 (OCN accreditation);
Advanced workshop (for advanced practitioners
in mediation and conflict resolution) with Brendan McAllister,
Monday 6th March 2006.
Fuller details are available in a leaflet available
from MNI on Open Access Training; MNI are also happy to look
at customised training for your organisation or group. MNI,
83 University Street, Belfast BT7 1HP, e-mail training@mediationnorthernireland.org
and website http://www.mediationnorthernireland.org
or phone 028 – 9043 8614.
Poppy out for one
It’s not long now to the ‘remembrance’ season
in this part of the world, and for those who wish to display
a symbol of opposition to war itself, the white poppy is a
key symbol. They are available from the Peace Pledge Union
office in London in a variety of sizes of packs, along with
other resources including an interactive CD, ‘Voices
for Peace’ which includes looking at beliefs about war
through changing attitudes to remembrance day and other material
(UK£12.50). Poppies cost UK£0.60 each for less
than five, £3 for 5, £6 for 10, £12.50 for
25 and £40 for 100, minimum order £3 and p &
p £2. PPU, 1 Peace Passage, London N7 0BT, ph 0870 770
7944, fax 0870 770 7945, e-mail wp@ppu.org.uk
and web http://www.whitepoppy.org.uk
CPEP goes out with a publish
The Churches Peace Education Programme (CPEP) (see NN 130)
has come to the end of its current programmes, and an event
at the end of August saw a celebration of its 27 years and
launch of a short history. “A Celebration of the
Churches’ Peace Education Programme 1978 – 2005”
by Elaine Hall (36 pages, available from CPEP) which looks
at the innovative work done in the period. In addition, “Little
Pathways for Teachers – A guide to emotional literacy
in the primary classroom”, also by Elaine Hall, will
be available to schools and interested parties from the end
of September. A new and revised edition of “People who
need people – All kinds of people in all kinds of places”
by Norman Richardson is also just being published in association
with Stranmillis University College; this is ‘A flexible
resource for Personal Development and Religious education
at key Stage 2 / Upper Primary (age range 9 – 11)’.
Originally published in 1995, the new edition is 112 pages,
A4, and available from CPEP (which will have an office presence
for another couple of months) or from Norman Richardson at
Stranmillis University College, Stranmillis Road, Belfast
BT9 5DY, enquire about price. CPEP, 48 Elmwood Avenue, Belfast
BT9 6AZ, phone 028 – 9066 3145, e-mail irish.churches@btconnect.com
Kerry Earth Day
This year it’s on Saturday 17th September from 10 am
– 4 pm, in Miltown, Co. Kerry with the theme of Nurturing
food. Guest Speaker: Fr. Sean McDonagh SSC (Author/Campaigner).
There will be workshops on Permaculture: Designing a natural
landscape to yield an abundance of food, fibre & energy
and on Living Food: Using raw plant food in a tasty way to
achieve exceptional health. In addition the day will include:
a visit to the Organic Market, time for lunch (can be bought
on the day), meditation, the opportunity to learn about composting,
fairtrade & related courses/activities to help us live
lightly, joyfully & responsibly on our planet. Cost: Adults
€20; Children €10 Euro (payable at Registration,
includes tea/ coffee). Venue: Presentation Secondary School,
Miltown (beside Organic Market); Registration (for the day):
10am. Further info from the Organisers: Diocesan Justice,
Peace & Creation Committee, c/o Sylvia Thompson, Knockavinane,
Ballymacelligott, Tralee. 066-7137484 & Mary O’Riordan,
Miltown Organic Market 066-9767869 (10am-6pm Tuesday-Saturday).
The war on Iraq comes
home
On Thursday 8th September at 7.30pm in Wynns Hotel, Lower
Abbey St. Dublin, Rose Gentle, the mother of a British soldier
killed in Iraq, will address a public meeting entitled 'The
War Comes Home'. Rose's son, Gordon Gentle, was killed on
June 28th 2004 by a roadside bomb in Basra, Iraq. The meeting
is organised by the Dublin Catholic Worker Movement. Five
Catholic Workers are facing trial in Dublin's Four Courts
on October 24th 2005 for disarming a US Navy plane at Shannon
Airport before the outbreak of the Iraq war. See http://www.peaceontrial.com
Mrs. Gentle, 40, from Pollok in Glasgow, stood against Britain's
Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram in the British General election
last May. She campaigned to bring British troops home from
Iraq and won 1,513 votes. She recently helped launch a legal
bid to secure an independent inquiry in Britain into the legality
of the conflict. Other speakers on the night will include
Catholic Worker anti-war defendant Ciaron O'Reilly and Gustavo
Barbosa. More Information on Public Meeting: Contact Damien
087 9638398.
Meanwhile the gearing up for the next trial
is under way and support is needed, phone 087 918 4552 or
e-mail ploughsharesireland@yahoo.ie
A 35-minute DVD/video of the March trial is available
price €10 in Ireland, £10 UK, elsewhere enquire,
makes cheques payable to ‘Ploughshares Defence Fund’,
518 South Circular Road, Rialto, Dublin 8. There are Dublin
benefit gigs on Thursday 19th September and Thursday 13th
October at the Lower Deck, and other benefit/solidarity events
will take place elsewhere – look out or set one up (speakers
available). The weekly anti-war vigil at the GPO, O’Connell
Street, Dublin continues from 4pm – 6pm on Mondays,
and there is open house at the Catholic Worker house every
Sunday evening from 6pm, contact 087 918 4552.
Iraq, Palestine, Shannon
In solidarity with the United for Peace and Justice organisation
in the USA, which is organizing a major anti-war demonstration
in Washington, Saturday 24th September will see an anti-war
festival at Shannon airport and a vigil at the USA Embassy
in Dublin (starting at 2 pm) with the theme “End the
occupation of Iraq and Palestine. Stop the use of Shannon
by US troops”. This is organised by the Peace and Neutrality
Alliance (PANA), the NGO Peace Alliance, and the Irish Anti-War
Movement (IAWM). Look out for full details. PANA, Dalkey Business
Centre, 17 Castle Street, Dalkey, Co Dublin, ph 01 –
235 1512, e-mail pana@eircom.net
and web http://www.pana.ie
Subscriptions to PANA are €35 waged, €10 unwaged
(standing order forms available on request).
ICR Reports including
on sectarian violence in NI
“No Longer a Problem? Sectarian violence in Northern
Ireland” is the third report on hate crime sponsored
by OFMDFM from the Institute for Conflict Research, written
by Neil Jarman. This valuable 64 page report provides both
analysis and recommendations and is available online in PDF
format Other recent reports by ICR, also available in
PDF format, are on “Interface Issues – An annotated
bibliography” (also available in paper copy from ICR
or Belfast Interface Project) and “Young People’s
Attitudes and Experiences of Policing, Violence and Community
Safety in North Belfast” Institute for Conflict
Research, North City Business Centre, 2 Duncairn Gardens,
Belfast BT15 2GG, Ph 028 9074 2682, email: info@conflictresearch.org.uk
and web http://www.conflictresearch.org.uk
ICHR Conference on Reframing
Islam: Politics into Law
The Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of
Ireland's two day conference on the 10-11 September 2005,
Reframing Islam: Politics into Law, will explore the multifaceted
nature of Islam, both its political, social, cultural and
religious dimensions and how these, ultimately, impact and
shape law. Day one of this two-day conference will examine
the political, social, and cultural components of Islam. Day
two will focus on some of the international legal and normative
questions to flow from Islam, with prominent speakers. Further
information about the conference can be found at the dedicated
website: www.reframingislam.org
(it will include papers in due course). ICHR, NUI Galway,
Galway, ph 091 – 493948, e-mail humanrights@nuigalway.ie
and web: http://www.nuigalway.ie/human_rights
You Just Have to Laugh
Following the success of ‘You still have to Laugh’
in January of this year, this popular event is back on Sunday
September 18th at 8.00 p.m. in the ‘Sugar Club’,
Leeson Street, Dublin. Leading Irish writers, Roddy Doyle,
Pat McCabe, Marian Keyes, Dermot Healy, Arthur Riordan and
Donal O’Kelly will read from their work with music by
The Shannon Colleens and special guest Gringo. Afri –
Action from Ireland, have been working for Justice, Peace
and Human Rights for 30 years. September 2005 marks the 30th
anniversary of Afri and leading Irish writers join us to celebrate
and fundraise for our work. Tickets are €25.00 each and
can be purchased from Afri at 134 Phibsborough Road, Phibsborough,
Dublin 7. Ph. 01 8827563 email: afri@iol.ie
Advance purchase of tickets is strongly advised.
PBI volunteers needed
Peace Brigades International are recruiting international
observers to work in Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico and Indonesia
to protect organisations and individuals who have requested
involvement. You must be over 25 and fluent in the language
of the country you attend to be an international observer
and be able to make the minimum time commitment of 12-18 months.
PBI is holding an orientation weekend for potential volunteers
from Thursday 29th of September to Sunday 2nd of October in
England (cost £60 waged, £50 unwaged); the Orientation
Weekend is the first step in the preparation and training
of potential PBI volunteers and provides an opportunity for
those interested to explore the possibility of joining a volunteer
team. For an information pack visit the website Peace
Brigades International (PBI)
UK Section, 1b Waterlow Road, London N19 5NJ, Ph/Fax: 020
7 281 5370, e-mail: pbiuk@gn.apc.org
and web http://www.peacebrigades.org
War is a crime against
humanity
‘War is a Crime Against Humanity. The Story of The War
Resisters' International’ is a new book by Devi Presad
telling the story of the War Resisters International (WRI)
ISBN 0-903517-20-5. 560 pages, 67 photos. Publication date:
21 October 2005. Advance orders (before 20 October 2005):
£18.00 plus postage (then £28.00 plus postage),
available from the WRI
webshop. Devi Presad himself took a leading role in widening
WRI's work towards nonviolence social change for a world without
war, and his history covers the first 53 years of the 84 year
old organisation. War Resisters' International, 5 Caledonian
Road - London N1 9DX, ph 020-7278 4040, fax 020-7278 0444,
email info@wri-irg.org and
web http://wri-irg.org
Glencre-e
The main Glencree Centre for Reconciliation e-mail address
has been changed to: info@glencree.ie
Glencree Centre for Reconciliation, Glencree, Co Wicklow,
phone 01 – 2829711, and web http://www.glencree.ie
Nonviolence training manual from
Australia
A valuable new addition to training materials (‘Trainers’
Resource Manual’, 209 pages) is available online
Paper copies are also available. Pt’chang Nonviolence
Training Project, PO Box 2172MDC Fitzroy VIC 3065 Australia,
Ph/fax: +613 9415 6642 e-mail trainingproject@nonviolence.org.au
and web http://www.nonviolence.org.au
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