Aims of the Forum & how to get involved
Registration for the 2007 event
Dialogue for Action The 2006 UK Forum for Non-Violence will take place in London between
July 21st and 23rd. Cost of participation, including dinner on saturday night - £20
(concessions) & £25 |
Friday 21st from 6pm to 9pm:
Dinner and speaker organised by the Gandhi Foundation
Venue: Kingsley
Hall, Powis Rd, London, nearest tube: Bromley-by-bow, District Line
Our event will open in the highly appropriate location of Kingsley
Hall where Gandhi famously stayed during his time in London in 1931
during negotiations about the future of India.
This opening event is the chance to meet others attending the weekend's
forum in a more informal setting. We will hear a presentation from David
Maxwell of the Gandhi Foundation about Gandhi's visit to London
with video footage from the time.
Cost £5 - Including dinner which is
a generous donation from volunteers at the Gandhi Foundation. The cost
of this event is separate to the weekend's event as people coming from
outside London may not be able to make it on time. All profits from this
event will be donated to the work of the Gandhi Foundation.
Saturday 22nd from 10am: Plenary Session
Dialogue of Minds
Venue: Friends
Meeting House, Euston Rd, London, nearest tubes: Euston (Victoria
line, Northern Line), Euston Square (Circle line, Metropolitan
line, Hammersmith and City Line)
Chair: Dr Felicity de Zulueta
Presentations by:
1. Steve Whiting from Friends
House: Turning the Tide
2. Mike Franklin: Independent
Police Complaints Commissioner, North Region: The role of the Police to
help overcome racism/discrimination
3. Silvia Swinden: Education
for Non Violence: “It is Official - the Human Being does not have
to be violent”
4. Jon Swinden: Centre of
Cultures: “Beyond a simplistic view of violence”
5. Montse Prieto: The Education
and Violence Symposium at the Long Distance Education University of Madrid,
May 2006
6. Francesca Cerletti: Peace
Direct: The importance of Grassroots Peace-building
7. Frank Arnold: Medical
Justice Network
Lunch: 1 h free time
for people to have a sandwich, etc, from a nearby cafe, or Euston station.
If the weather is nice most people may choose to eat their sandwich in
the courtyard providing more opportunities for informal interchange
Sat 22nd from 2pm:
Workshops in groups
Dialogue of Hearts
After lunch, still at the Friends Meeting House, the following workshops
will take place:
1. “Turning the Tide: Exploring Active Non
Violence”: Steve Whiting and Zeezee Heine
2. “Personal experience of violence and developing
strategies to overcome it”: Silvia Swinden: The Centre of
Cultures, London
3. “Education, Communication and Violence”:
the contribution of the Latin American community: Esforal School and Extra
International Newspaper
4. “Liberation therapy or the way to Be Peace”:
The International Sufi School
5. “Gandhi’s five fingers on the hand
of non-violence – what are our five fingers”: David
Maxwell: The Gandhi Foundation
6. “The History of Non Violence: the African
perspective”: Kofi Klu: Chair of the Pan-African Taskforce
for Internationalist Dialogue
7. “Violence and the Media”:
Chaired by Craig Murray, former UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan
8. “Why Tibet chose non-violence to defend
itself” by Tashi Tsering: The Dalai Lama’s representative
in London
9. “The Creation of non-violent communities
as the framework of the future” by Rick Taupin, University
of Rhode Island, department of Peace and non-violence
Please note: these workshops will take place depending on popular demand
Saturday 22nd from 6pm: Dinner and informal interchange about the work of the groups with cultural presentation.
After Dinner Speaker: Craig Murray, former UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan and author of “Murder in Samarkand”
Sunday 23rd from 10am:
Dialogue for Action
Venue: School
of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London
nearest tube: Russell Square (Piccadilly line), Goodge Street (Northern
line)
These workshops will continue the themes
from the previous day but this time making proposal for concrete actions
to reduce violence, improve intercultural relations, networking between
organisations, increasing the profile of non-violence in local and international
Conflict Resolution and establishing visible and proactive programmes
for the prevention of violence in educational establishments, families,
workplaces and communities.
Confirmed workshops so far:
1. UK Participation at the European
Humanist Forum of Lisbon: The Strength of Diversity
2. A strategy to make Education for Non Violence
available to all schools, communities, workplaces, etc. & abroad.
3. The Medical Justice Network, Emma Ginn: "How
you can stop medical abuse of immigration detainees"
4. How to transform Cultural tensions into Cultural
Dialogue
5. Non-Violence and Youth Activism
6. Non-Violence in Economics
7. Increasing the profile of Non Violence in the
Media (writing a Declaration based on the discussions of the Forum
and developing a strategy to make it public)
Note: these workshops will take place according to public demand
Lunch: same as Saturday
Sunday 23rd pm from 2pm: Plenary Session
Presentation of the proposals from each working party
Agreements on future activities
Final Words: A public Declaration will be produced out of the work
of the Forum on the theme of non violence.