Discussion: Building Bridges for Peace with Jo Berry and Patrick Magee November 13 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm £4 – £5In 1984, the IRA bombed the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton, killing five people, including Jo Berry’s father. Pat Magee was later imprisoned for planting the bomb. In an incredible feat of human forgiveness and reconciliation,…
We need your help right away to prepare for our splash of autumn activity which will build our impact: • getting a book and a film about empathy as the route to peace out in the world • helping vulnerable young people in this country stand up to radicalisation • attending gatherings to influence leaders…
Acts of Imagination Jo Berry and Patrick Magee to speak at Greenbelt Festival on Monday the 27th of August. Beyond forgiveness: the supreme act of imagination When Jo Berry’s father, the MP Sir Anthony Berry, was killed in the IRA Brighton Bombing in 1984, little did she imagine that she would one day meet and…
Jo Berry is returning for the third year to Caux in Switzerland to contribute to the conference. Addressing Europe’s Unfinished Business from July 23-27 Europe continues to experience polarization within and between communities. These communities need to take responsibility for their actions and promote hopeful initiatives. The Initiatives of Change (IofC) model of change, starting…
Jo Berry and Patrick Magee speaking at the Annual Conference 2018 The College of Mediators is delighted to announce details of its 2018 annual conference. This event will take place at Regent’s University in Regent’s Park, London on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th June 2018. Those of you familiar with this beautiful park will know…
Normandie pour la Paix / Normandy for Peace Jo Berry is honoured to be asked to speak and contribute to the first Normandy World Peace form. Just as Davos is now the primary venue for discussing major economic matters, Normandy intends to become the place where figures from across the globe (leaders, experts, and civil society)…
FOR JO BERRY (and Patrick Magee) The world will be saved by women in the West —H.H. The Dalai Lama All Posts He killed your father, but you forgave him. How did you do that ? How could he do that ? The question searing like the bomb-blast wreckage all your inner life…
The documentary ‘Facing the Enemy’ is now on YouTube and is a powerful record of the first year of the meetings between Jo Berry and Patrick Magee. FACING THE ENEMY / EN – full movie 17 years later, Jo Tuffnell faces the man who took her father. Directed by Paul McGuigan, this 66-minute English documentary…
The Global Peace Party Presents Peace is a Collaborative Response-Ability Jo Berry’s Story: Jo’s father was killed in the Brighton bombing in 1984. She tells how she needed to understand the roots of violence by meeting with Patrick McGee, the man from the IRA who planted the bomb. Jo and Patrick have travelled to many war…
Join Nick Petts for a GREAT DAY OF MUSIC to raise money for our charity BUILDING BRIDGES FOR PEACE. On SATURDAY 1st JULY. At Selwood Academy, Berkley Rd, Frome BA11 2EF 11.00 a.m. – 9.00 p.m. SPONSOR NICK for each hour he plays – Every hour a different type of music Join the Day Long…