“Nepal in Need”.
Posted on | July 3, 2016 | No Comments
UNA Norwich are very pleased to welcome Dev Ghimire and Gyaljen Sherpa to talk about the charity “Nepal in Need”. Gyaljen is one of the founder members and will talk about how Nepal In Need helped the traumatised people of Nepal recover and rebuild from the two recent disasterous earth quakes. The charity organised and funded a four-man specialist surgical team to travel from the James Paget Hospital in Norfolk to a hospital in Kathmandu. They provided orthopedic surgery for those people most seriously injured in the earth quake.
The mission of Nepal In Need is to help the mountain people of Nepal with primary health care, education and the provision of basic utilities in order that they lead better, healthier and more enriched lives.
The talk is at 1pm in the Friends Meeting House on Friday 15th July. I hope to see you there.
best wishes,
Marguerite
Vice Chair UNA (Norwich & District)
11th Norwich Peace Camp and Peace Cycle
Posted on | June 17, 2016 | No Comments
11th Norwich Peace Camp and Peace Cycle
Saturday 16th July 2016
9am – 4pm
11th Norwich Peace Camp and Peace Cycle
Stop Saudi’s War on Yemen
Posted on | June 12, 2016 | No Comments
Friends Meeting House. Upper Goat Lane, Norwich
Wednesday 15TH June, 7pm
All welcome – Admission Free
SPEAKER: CHRIS NINEHAM
Vice Chair, National Stop the War Coalition
The British government claims it will not tolerate indiscriminate violence committed by extremists. How then to explain the deafening silence from those same voices on the situation in Yemen? There Saudi Arabia, a regime that fits the definition of “extremist” if the term has any serious meaning, is leading a brutal military operation in which UK-supplied aircraft, bombs and missiles are playing a major role. Read more
Syria Today – A Personal Perspective
Posted on | June 12, 2016 | No Comments
>
> Syria Today – A Personal Perspective
> A Talk by Dr Anas Injarie
>
> Norwich Amnesty invites you to a talk by Dr Injarie who recently returned
> from Syria.
>
> The talk will be held on:
> Wednesday 15th June
> at
> the Charing Cross Centre, St John Maddermarket in Norwich
> starting at
> 7:30pm
>
“Torture: What is it Good For?”.
Posted on | June 8, 2016 | No Comments
Dear Friends,
It is time again to circulate information about the forthcoming UNA talk in the Friends Meeting House at 1pm on Friday 17th June. This month our speaker will be Dr Wendy McMahon – Senior Lecturer in American Studies at UEA.
She will talk on Human Rights – specifically on Torture. The title of the talk is “Torture: What is it Good For?”. The talk will focus on the contemporary debate about whether or not torture can ever be justified in the name of national security and global peace. Dr McMahon will address the question of whether there is any place for torture in a liberal democracy as well as the relationship between torture, the law and American culture.
Do try and attend this topical and informative talk on Friday 17 June.
Best wishes,
Marguerite Finn
Vice Chair UNA (Norwich & District)
World Beyond War
Posted on | June 3, 2016 | No Comments
WBW is a site committed to ending all war
there is an online petition at: http://worldbeyondwar.org/
which you can sign if you want all wars to end
Vigil for Peace: 12 midday, Saturday 4th June, outside St. Peter Mancroft
Posted on | May 20, 2016 | No Comments
Vigil for Peace
12 midday, Saturday 4th June
outside St. Peter Mancroft
bring love
(Vigils are held on the 1st Saturday of each month).
Born to be Free : Child Slavery.
Posted on | May 10, 2016 | No Comments
Dear All,
This is a reminder of the UNA talk on Friday 20th May at 1pm in the Friends Meeting House, in Upper Goat Lane, Norwich NR1 1EW.
The talk will be given by Mark Little , Rotarian, and the title of the talk will be “Born to be Free : Child Slavery. We are honoured because Mark is due to give the same talk in Seoul, South Korea just a couple of weeks later.
This should be a very interesting talk.
Thank you and best wishes,
Marguerite
Norwich Peace Camp & Peace Cycle event 2016
Posted on | May 7, 2016 | No Comments
Welcome to the 11th annual NPC&PC event 9-4pm July 16th at Norwich Forum
featuring many stands official opening at 11am by Mayor of Norwich
Peace Cycle departs from amphitheatre at midday
bring your bicycle at 11.30am if you want to take part
bike doctor health-checks in amphitheatre
refreshments,
activities for children
something for everyone
a unique peace event in the heart of Norwich
Conscientious Objection Day 15th May
Posted on | May 7, 2016 | No Comments
Conscientious Objection Day 15th May
An Exhibition, celebrating that 100 years ago, conscientious objection to military service was recognised as a human right, will be displayed in the Friends Meeting House from the 15th May until the end of the month.
Come on the day itself, at 12.15pm and view the local archive material, posters and photographs – witnessing the hardships so many suffered for their pacifist principles.
Then join us at 1pm for a bring & share picnic beside the Peace Pillar in Chapelfield Gardens.