Notices – Page 3 – the Peace PEOPLE

02May 2017 by peacepeople

INNATE Presents The Belfast launch of “Ireland’s Guantanamo Granny” by Margaretta D’Arcy

Margaretta D’Arcy Artist and peace activist Margaretta D’Arcy in conversation with Professor Phil Scraton in Linen Hall Library on her first-hand accounts of imprisonment – “Tell Them Everything” and “Ireland’s Guantanamo Granny” – which were written 35 years apart. Watch the full interview below Belfast Interview with Margaretta Darcy

25Apr 2017 by peacepeople

NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE MAIREAD MAGUIRE APPEALS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR PEACE LEADERSHIP

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MAIREAD MAGUIRE WHO VISITED THE WOMENS PEACE MOVEMENTS OF NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA LAST YEAR WITH 30 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN FROM AROUND THE WORLD MADE THE FOLLOWING APPEAL TO PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE USA ADMINISTRATION: ‘THE PEOPLE OF NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA WANT PEACE AND THEY WANT A PEACE TREATY. THEY DO NOT WANT THEIR COUNTRY TO BE BOMBED OR THEIR GOVERNMENT TO BOMB OTHERS. HAVING VISITED BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA LAST YEAR AND WALKED WITH THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF KOREAN WOMEN, NORTH AND SOUTH, I AM CONVINCED THAT PEACE IS POSSIBLE AND WHAT IS NEEDED IS THE POLITICAL WILL OF ALL PARTIES TO THE CONFLICT TO DIALOGUE AND FOR NEGOTIATION TO MOVE FROM A KOREAN ARMISTICE TO A KOREAN PEACE TREATY. I THEREFORE WOULD LIKE TO APPEAL TO…

10Apr 2017 by peacepeople

9th International Conference of Museums for Peace

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10/04/2017 - 13/04/2017 Time:All Day Ulster University Belfast to Host 9th International Conference of Museums for Peace, 10-13, April 2017 BELFAST (Northern Ireland) [caption id="attachment_1203" align="alignnone" width="300"] Mairead Maguire speaking at 9th International Conference of Museums for Peace In Belfast[/caption] The International Network of Museums for Peace (INMP; www.museumsforpeace.org) will hold its 9th International Conference in Belfast, April 10-13, 2017. The INMP is a global network of peace museums, peace gardens and other peace related sites, centres and institutions that share the aim to cultivate a global culture of peace. The conference theme, “Cities as Living Museums for Peace,” will highlight Belfast’s social and political transformation from a divided, troubled city to a one which models peace consciousness through post conflict healing and reconciliation. The 9th International Conference of Museums for…

23Mar 2017 by peacepeople

MARTIN MC GUINNESS RIP

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We would like to offer our sympathy to Martins wife and the whole family circle. The road from our troubled past has been a difficult one and the journey continues. Lets all rededicate ourselves to the Peace Process which he and many others helped bring about.

08Feb 2017 by peacepeople

War-Torn Children

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The Governors of the Linen Hall Library invite you to a public launch of a new exhibition entitled War-Torn Children, with guest speaker Mairead Maguire, Peace People, on Wednesday 1st March. We would also draw your attention to the range of associated events at http://cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflict…/search-quilts/fullevent/… This initiative is a project of Conflict Textiles and INNATE, Curated by Roberta Bacic. Please rsvp to d.douglas@linenhall.com [caption id="attachment_1175" align="alignnone" width="211"] War - Torn Children[/caption]