Your chance to talk to other people interested in peace, ask questions, share your peace lessons and showcase your exceptional talent and peace projects!
RAP (= Respect All People) is about treating people the way you want to be treated. It is an innovative project focusing on spreading more RESPECT to the youth sector, and it's run by Te Kupenga Whakaoti Mahi Patunga, The National Network of Stopping Violence Services.
When? Monday, 7th N
One in four females and one in eight males are likely to experience sexual violence in their lifetime. Come to this one day interactive workshop run by Rape Prevention Education to learn how you can be confident in dealing with disclosures of sexual violence.
Date: Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Ven
Peace, Sustainability and Respect for the Sacred
The main objective of the Congress is to gather peacemakers together in order to draft a Rekohu Peace Declaration based on principles of peace, sustainability and respect for the sacred. A critical part of this declaration will be a synthesis o
The Collaborative Trust’s 4th annual research hui will be held in Christchurch on 17 November 2011. This year’s theme is ‘Youth development – where to now?’ Speakers include Jane Higgins, Tim McCreanor and Simon Denny.
Register online at www.collabrative.org.nz
The festival is an annual and community driven event. The aim of the touch tournament is to attract as many youth teams from the North Shore.
When? Saturday 19th November 2011
Where? Hato Petera College, College Road, Northcote,
More information: Nicole Manuela \n
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The theme of the World Day for the period 2011-2013 is to Stop Violence against Children. Some of the “take action” projects to prevent violence against children include:
Positive parenting projects on non-violent child rearing techniques
Birth registration drives for child protection
The 5th National Restorative Justice Aotearoa and 3rd Resorative Pracise International 2011 Conferences.
Whanau, meaning family, is the focal point of the word whanaungatanga. Nga tanga is ‘indicative of everything about relationships between kin’. The combined word whanaungatanga can be use
White Ribbon is a campaign led by men who condemn violence against women and take action. It is part of a global campaign committed to ending violence against women.
Part of this campaign is to celebrate the international White Ribbon Day on the 25th of November.
When? Friday 25th November
Youth who have experienced the Christchurch earthquakes or other natural disasters in New Zealand are invited to take part in the Looking Beyond Disaster: UNESCO Youth Forum, to be held in Christchurch on 9 -12 Dec. The Forum will bring together 100 young people from the Asia-Pacific region to sha
Be part of an intergenerational gathering of people working to create positive change in their schools, families, communities, work places and the places that we live. The event will bring together people from a diverse range of ages, backgrounds and expertise to connect and challenge ourselves,
Marginalised gendered People of Colour DECOLONISATION hui
Tamaki Makaurau (most probably somewhere in central)
$20 waged/ $10 unwaged, or whatever you can afford
The People of Colour Decol Hui is a two day celebration of Decolonisation, Feminism and Anti-Racism, for POC feminists and acti
NZAEE Seaweek is New Zealand’s only national, annual celebration of the sea.
Hosted by the NZ Association for Environmental Education, Seaweek focuses on learning from the sea. It’s about exciting and inspiring all New Zealanders to renew their connections with the sea! Not just for chil
Auckland High Schools Model United Nations (AMUN) is a flagship high school event, last year attracting 160 delegates. Delegates travel from as far Rotorua to attend and it is the second-largest Model United Nations that is run in the entire country. With committee sessions, social events and of c
Earth Day will be commemorated by millions around the world. Join in local Earth Day Celebrations, Events and Activities for Earth Day 2012.
For more information:
http://earthday2012.com/
World Laughter Day was created in 1998 by Dr. Madan Kataria, founder of the worldwide Laughter Yoga movement. The celebration of World Laughter Day is a positive manifestation for world peace and is intended to build up a global consciousness of brotherhood and friendship through laughter.
For
On this day in 1945, American B-29 bomber the Enola Gay drops the world's first atom bomb over Hiroshima. Approximately 80,000 people were killed as a direct result of the blast, and another 35,000 were injured. At least another 60,000 would be dead by the end of the year from the effects of the f
Schools' Annual Peace Week is a national week designed especially to help schools educate students about peace issues. Peace education is about helping students to understand and manage conflict in their own lives and from a greater perspective learning how peace is fostered both nationally and in
The Cool Schools Secondary Symposium is part of the annual Schools Peace Week. It’s a great opportunity for peer mediators in various schools to present their work and see the way that other mediators work. In 2012 it will be held on the 17. August. For more information: http://www.peace.net.n
The International Day of Peace ("Peace Day") provides an opportunity for individuals, organizations and nations to create practical acts of peace on a shared date.
For more information have a look at the website: http://internationaldayofpeace.org/
World Refugee Day is on June 20th! It is a good time to get involved in helping to make the difficult lives of New Zealand refugees easier! To learn more check out some of the articles by refugees on Just Focus: www.justfocus.co.nz or have a look at refugee focussed sites to understand the struggl
Gandhi Commemorative Photo Exhibition
Gandhi Commemorative Photo Exhibition
- A selection of photos of Mohandas Gandhi by D.R.D. Wadia
29 September - 2 October 2008
Michael Fowler Centre Foyer, Wellington
Reception celebrating the International Day for Nonviolence and Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday
Enact will go live on 23 September and to celebrate this we will be holding a launch at the New Zealand Parliament Banquet Lounge from 12.30-1.30pm on Tuesday 23 September.The website will be launched by the Hon. Nanaia Mahuta, Minister of Youth Affairs. Other speakers will include:
Raphael College