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First Caux Forum for Human Security: Towards an Integrated Approach >>

400 peace-makers from 52 countries have been meeting for a first Caux Forum for Human Security in Caux, Switzerland. They stressed the need for long-term commitment and the broad involvement of civil society to tackle the array of global threats in an innovative way.

24 July 2008

International Peace Builders Hold ‘Conversations on Trust-Building’ >>

A Leeds Member of Parliament from one of the most religiously diverse constituencies in Britain, two Nigerian ex-militiamen who used to lead rival gangs and now campaign for peace, a Lebanese civil rights lawyer from Beirut, and an Australian peace campaigner were keynote speakers at a weekend conference on trust-building, organised by Initiatives of Change, 14-15 June. Douglas O’Kane has sent this report.

20 June 2008

News of Big Hope Global Youth Congress at Liverpool Hope University >>

Liverpool Hope University hosted a Global Youth Congress entitled ‘The Big Hope’ June 4 – 11. It was attended by 600 young men and women from 55 countries. Gerald and Judith Henderson and Diana Damsa were there:

17 June 2008

'The Imam and the Pastor' >>
At a time when many in the world are wondering whether friendly relations are possible between those of Muslim and Christian background, the Nigerian protagonists of this new documentary on Muslim-Christian relations emphatically assert that they are. Order DVD from Online Shop

NEXT EVENT

	13 September 2008 Greencoat Forum with Ishtiaq Ahmed and Philip Lewis Building Community - Bradford’s Story Ishtiaq Ahmed and Philip Lewis will speak on Building community - Bradford’s story. Ahmed is the Information and Press Officer for the Bradford Council of Mosques. Dr Lewis is the advisor to the Bishop of Bradford on inter-faith issues.

LATEST COMMENTARY

What are our Children Telling Us? >>

Almost all of society's social ills can be traced directly to the collapse of family life.
14 July 2008

‘Lemon Tree, Very Pretty, and the Lemon Flower is Sweet’ >>

Perhaps we will always be building walls – and breaking them down. But let us not forget the need to be good neighbours, whether there’s a wall between us or not.
Andrew Stallybrass, Switzerland, 14 July 2008