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.
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…
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…
Watch recording here https://peacefultomorrows.org/building-bridges-for-peace-in-a-divided-world/ A rare opportunity to hear from an international group who are building bridges after experiencing adversity. Our guests will share how they transformed their pain and suffering into working for a more peaceful world. They will give examples of bridge building in their communities and reflect on their work…
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…
In April Pat Magee and Jo Berry went to Israel and Palestine for a 8 days speaking tour. It was a huge success with a mixture of talks and workshops, visiting projects and many meetings. “We spoke to some groups which were just Israeli, some just Palestinian and some with participants from both communities. We also spoke…
Thirty five years ago, a bomb exploded in a Brighton hotel. Jo Berry’s father was killed and Jo’s life was changed. She was 27 when the bomb went off and she vowed to bring something positive out of the atrocity. Thirty five years later Jo’s commitment to work building bridges for peace is as strong…