Hope in Conflict is an event tackling the situations of conflict all of us experience, either personal, national or international. Our keynote speaker is Padraig O Tuama the Leader of the Corrymeela Community, Northern Ireland's oldest peace centre that hosts visitors and volunteers from all over the world.
He says: Conflict is part of every day. There are some conflicts that need to be reduced. Other conflicts are part of the human condition. What does not help is ignoring conflicts – whether they are conflicts to be solved, or conflicts to be learnt from:The gospel texts are...
An event for families to share the meaning of ‘Women & Peace’ with their children, and to talk about women who have inspired our generation. With presentations from the Middle East. Part of the City’s celebrations for International Women’s Day
12th March 2016 3.30pm – 6pm
The Barnfield Theatre team up with Suaad George, Devon United Women, Centre for Human Rights and Social Equality and Exeter City Council to bring you this family event
Interested to take part to share your story? Please email duw2007@yahoo.co.uk
An exhibition of inspiring art and photography to celebrate International Women’s Day (8th March). Created with support from Exeter Barnfield Theatre, Devon United Women, Centre for Human Rights and Social Equality and Exeter City Council
In recognition of the World War One centenary, Exeter University Choral Society is performing Karl Jenkins’ highly acclaimed work; ‘The Armed Man’ in the atmospheric Cathedral. Dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo Crisis, Jenkins intended this piece to have an anti-war stance. Jenkins acheives this through the use of diverse cross-cultural styles of music, including the Catholic Mass, a fifteenth century folk song entitled ‘L’Homme armé’ and a Muezzin soloist. The text also includes influences from the Bible, the Mahabharata and Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Hymn Before Action’. ‘The Armed Man’ is...
We learned with deep shock and great sadness of the murder of a young member of the armed forces in Woolwich yesterday afternoon. Such acts of violence and terror have no place in our society. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victim’s family.
The attackers linked their actions with the religion of Islam. Statements from major national Muslim bodies have, in the ensuing hours, condemned the act in the strongest terms and stressed its lack of connection to – and complete contradiction of – teachings of Islam. Even so, there have been attacks on two mosques over the course of the...
