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Conflict in Europe: Meeting the Challenge The International Institute for Restorative Practices Europe Conference
ByBuilding Bridges For Peace April 5, 2017March 30, 2022

C General Information 9-10 May 2017 – Dublin, Ireland – “Conflict in Europe: Meeting the Challenge,” the IIRP’s Europe conference, will address significant issues manifesting in the current world climate. Leading practitioners and thinkers who are shaping the emerging social science of restorative practices will discuss radicalisation, migration and immigration, the disruptive impact of…

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Sidcot Peace Festival
ByBuilding Bridges For Peace April 5, 2017March 30, 2022

Jo Berry is a speaker at the festival of Peace on Sunday 18th of June at Sidcot school. The Centre for Peace and Global Studies at Sidcot School would like to invite you to our Festival of Peace on Sunday 18 June, with the title ‘Breaking waves: holding your course and having fun in turbulent times’….

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New Video and report of three events
ByJo Berry January 18, 2017March 30, 2022

I spoke at three events in the last week of November and each has been amazing and powerful. The first event was Rising 2016 held in Coventry Cathedral where there were speakers for two days, the panel on violent extremism interested me greatly and Lord Alderdice asked us all in challenging times to find…

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Peace Partners
ByBuilding Bridges For Peace January 18, 2017March 30, 2022

Jo Berry is giving the key note speech at Inside Peace and will be sharing her vision of building bridges in 2017. Inside Peace Screening Event Venue: THE MAY FAIR HOTEL Stratton St, Mayfair, London W1J 8LTDate: Saturday 28th January 2017 Time: 15:00 to 18:30 Ticket price £20 – please click here to register Schedule…

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RISING 16 Global Peace Forum
ByJo Berry October 29, 2016March 30, 2022

Jo Berry will be speaking on a panel at the RISING 16 Global Peace Forum. Other members of the panel are Rt Hon Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP, Prof Deirdre Heenan and Richard Moore. RISING 16, is the second annual gathering of the RISING Global Peace Forum, will be held in Coventry from 15 to 16…

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Meaning Conference
ByBuilding Bridges For Peace October 26, 2016March 30, 2022

Jo Berry is very happy to be a speaker and workshop facilitator at the Meaning Conference in Brighton Meaning is the annual gathering for people who believe business can and must be a force for positive change in our dynamic and volatile world. We are fellow travellers on a journey to discover new ways of…

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Workshop in Ukraine
ByJo Berry October 22, 2016March 30, 2022

Jo Berry was honoured to take part in a workshop in Eastern Ukraine with participants from Russia and Ukraine. This opportunity came from the extraordinary time at Global Youth Rising 2016 in Romania. She shared her story and then answered questions from the participants who were very interested in the process of transforming pain and…

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Jo Berry and Patrick Magee spoke to the Scarriff Foroige Youth Club
ByJo Berry August 4, 2016March 30, 2022

Jo Berry and Patrick Magee spoke to the Scarriff Foroige Youth Club as part of the Scariff Festival in Country Clare, Ireland. Tracey Doyle, the youth leader, wrote after, ‘It was an absolute pleasure to meet you both and listen to your story. Our members are carrying on the valuable conversation that was started during…

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Filmed for Basque documentary in Ireland
ByJo Berry February 13, 2016March 30, 2022

Jo Berry and Patrick Magee visited Corrymeela in Ireland where they were filmed for a Basque documentary. Corrymela is a special peace centre which means so much to me. Jo Berry Corrymeela is Northern Ireland’s oldest peace and reconciliation organisation. We began before “The Troubles” and continue on in Northern Ireland’s changing post–conflict society. The…

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Mexico + video
ByBuilding Bridges For Peace October 19, 2015March 30, 2022

Jo Berry and Patrick Magee are speaking at the International Festival of Brilliant Minds, Ciudad de las Ideas, which is dedicated to empowering the citizen by spreading powerful ideas. It takes place in Puebla in Mexico on the 5th, 6th and 7th November. Over the three days, there are many 21-minute talks, Patrick and Jo…

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