Nonviolence – A Practical Tool for Change – 3rd to 5th July 2009
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Workshop - Peace & Power weekends – 14th/15th March and 21st/22nd March 2009
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Speak Soundcheck – 27th February to 1st March 2009 - Response:Ability
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Relationship rifts: Mediation for the voluntary sector – by Laura Gilchrist
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Helen had recently started work as a manager for the Broad Lane Community Centre, a community and youth centre offering a range of community activities. She soon realised that morale in the centre was very low, there was poisonous atmosphere and she began to regret leaving her old job. Much of the conflict centred around one individual, Cathy, who everyone seemed to blame for things that had gone wrong. Behind her back, people complained that Cathy was obstructive and lazy and there was a stony silence when she was in the centre…
New Beginnings: Peace School 2009/10
Posted: 400 days ago by Jon Dorsett
Peace school 2009/10 is fast approaching. The dates and venues for this coming year have now been set and booked, and places are beginning to be booked up. If you are looking for a space in which to explore how issues of peace and justice fit into your life; if you crave being part of a community of people asking similar questions; if you want to gain more knowledge, understanding and skills as a peacemaker, then this year’s Peace School might be exactly what you are looking for…
What if the hokey-cokey is what it’s all about? – by Rachel Smith
Posted: 400 days ago by Jon Dorsett
I started Peace School in 2006 – a year of significant change (leaving university, getting married, moving to a new city) and a year that also brought family upheaval, and the trauma of getting evicted from my student lodgings. When, at a recent weekend away, a few of us talked about our personal peace journeys, using coloured pens and paper to illustrate the major influences and milestones in our life – taking part in Peace School featured as a huge mile-stone…
Steps on the Journey: Becoming a Peacemaker – by Joff Williams
Posted: 400 days ago by Jon Dorsett
In November 2008 I spent two weeks in Israel and Palestine, meeting grass-roots peace activists as part of a delegation with Interfaith Peace Builders (IFPB). But what led me to do this and how have I come to a place where I now call myself a peacemaker?...
Bears, Wolves and Clowns: Developing a Playful Creativity – by Jonathan Dorsett
Posted: 400 days ago by Jon Dorsett
It was a clear skied August day in the bustling Alpine resort. Holiday makers rubbed shoulders with locals in the outdoor cafes and bars that surrounded the busy market place. Fashionable young Italians paraded themselves around the square, while older jacketed men played backgammon under the shade of the olive trees by the central fountain. It was a timeless and tranquil scene, only broken by the arrival of the gleaming red open-top Lotus…
Called to be Peacemakers
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Myth of Redemptive Violence in Film
Posted: 868 days ago by Jon Dorsett
As part of the Together for Peace festival (15th – 25th November 2007 www.togetherforpeace.co.uk) and Leeds Film festival (7th – 18th November www.leedsfilm.com), two Peace School connected groups (Film Club and the London Mennonite Centre) are planning an event to explore the myth of redemptive violence in film…