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Making Peace with the Enemy
On tuesday 12th February, Pat Magee and Jo Berry will be speaking about their current work together in encouraging reconciliation. This will take place at The Forgiveness Project Exhibition (February 11th-24th) in the Palmer Building foyer at the University of Reading.
Hosted by the Chaplaincy, this remarkable photo exhibition tells the stories of around 30 individuals who have
suffered in some way at the hands of another. The website can be
seen here.
From Bombs to Bridges
Pat Magee and Jo Berry will also be giving a talk at Trinity College, Oxford, on thursday February 21st. The talk will be from 1-2pm, and is presented by the Oxfordshire Restorative Justice Network. A flyer for the meeting giving further details (in WORD format) can be downloaded by clicking here (277 Kb).
Standards for Victims of Terrorism
On March 10th and 11th Jo Berry will be attending the Standards for Victims of Terrorism conference at the University of Tilberg. Jo will be presenting a talk at 2.30pm on Tuesday March 11th.
The Project is promoted by the European Forum for Restorative Justice in cooperation with the International
Victimology Institute, with the support of the Catholic University of Leuven, the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence
and Victim Support Netherlands.
Civilian Casualties, Civilian Solutions
Jo went to New York last September as a guest of Peaceful Tomorrows. With more than 30 victims from around the world, we joined with families of those killed in the September 11th attacks to create a new coalition to promote effective, nonviolent solutions to terrorism.
Gathering at a conference entitled, “Civilian Casualties, Civilian Solutions,” victims from 15 countries, including Afghanistan, Israel/Palestine, Russia, Rwanda, Colombia, Sudan, Indonesia, Algeria, Spain, and Italy we pledged to use our personal experience of violence as a starting point for creating and promoting new initiatives for peace.
We issued the founding statement:
"We are a global network of organizations comprised of people who lost loved ones to, or were directly affected by, war, nuclear weapons, terrorism, genocide, organized crime, and political violence. We work together to break the cycles of violence and revenge, and are committed to honoring the memories of the victims and to the dignity of the survivors.
"Using our collective experience and skills, we are dedicated to identifying and addressing the root causes of violence, and to promoting non-violence as the most effective strategy for resolving conflict.
"We pledge to support and amplify each other’s efforts across diverse communities, recognizing that we derive our strength from our common experience of loss and our common hope for a world free from violence."
