Interesting item in the Bradford University Peace Studies News about the PeaceJam event that they hosted in March. PeaceJam, started in Colorado, desribes its work... " PeaceJam is an international education program built around leading Nobel Peace Laureates who work personally with youth to pass on the spirit, skills, and wisdom they embody. The goal of PeaceJam is to inspire a new generation of peacemakers who will transform their local communities, themselves and the world. "
Joseph Rotblat, the Nobel Peace Laureate who died last year, was keen to see a UK branch of PeaceJam set up. Following a public lecture on Friday 24th March, Mairead Corrigan Maguire (the Nobel Peace Laureate for this event) spent the following two days contributing to the conference with young people. In the Peace Studies newsletter we read: "Young people came from schools in Bradford, Pontefract, Coventry and London and spent two days in discussion with Mairead, talking with their peers in 'family groups' led by student mentors, and learning practical peacebuilding skils. They will come back in November to attend the PeaceJamSlam, a one-day conference where they will report back about how they put their PeacePlan into action and receive more training...."
The article concludes: "If you know of a school or youth group that would be interested in participating in next year's PeaceJam, contact Fioan Macaulay at f.macaulay@bradford.ac.uk."
