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Belgian peacemaker to join Suffolk gathering in declaring peace on WW1 centenary

Press release
Peace News [1]
8 July 2014

Contact 07980 748 555. PHOTO: http://tinyurl.com/pnsc2013photo (participants at last year’s Peace News Summer Camp) and http://tinyurl.com/pnsc2014image (logo  for PNSC 2014).

BELGIAN PEACEMAKER TO JOIN SUFFOLK GATHERING IN DECLARING PEACE ON WW1 CENTENARY
Peter Tatchell, Bruce Kent and Aneaka Kellay to lead workshops at five-day family-friendly event
31 July –  4 August, Suffolk: Activists and campaigners from around Europe – including Belgian peacemaker An Maeyens [2] – will be joining Peter Tatchell, Bruce Kent, and Aneaka Kellay at Peace News Summer Camp 2014 [3] near Leiston in Suffolk to declare peace on 4 August, the 100th anniversary of the day that Britain declared war on Germany.

Workshops at the family-friendly and renewably-powered event, which will run from 31 July – 4 August in the beautiful grounds of Peakhill Farm, will include:

  • ‘A century on the edge: from Cold War to hot world, 1945–2045’ with Paul Rogers, Britain’s leading peace researcher [4]
  • ‘The world is my country: a visual celebration of the people & movements that opposed the First World War’ with artist Emily Johns [5]
  • ‘The ABCs of campaigning: how we won same-sex marriage’ with internationally-renowned human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell [6]
  • The UK premiere of the film ‘Radical Friends’ with film-maker Chihiro Geuzebroek [7]
  • ‘Mobilising: The Anti-Fracking Movement & Community Organising’ with Aneaka Kellay from No Dash for Gas [8]

Evening entertainments will include storytelling, a talent show, a quiz and one of Britain’s finest songwriters, Robb Johnson, singing his brilliant First World War song cycle, Gentle Men [9].

Tickets for the five-day camp, at Peakhill Farm in Theberton (IP16 4TG) cost £20 – £100 depending on income, though entry for a single day is by donation. More information is available online at www.peacenewscamp.info.

Contact 07980 748 555. PHOTO: http://tinyurl.com/pnsc2013photo (participants at last year’s Peace News Summer Camp) and http://tinyurl.com/pnsc2014image (logo  for PNSC 2014).

NOTES
[1] www.peacenews.info
[2] An Maeyens is co-ordinator of trainings for the Belgian group Vredesactie (Peace Action): http://www.vredesactie.be/en
[3] www.peacenewscamp.info
[4] http://www.opendemocracy.net/author/paul-rogers
[5] www.theworldismycountry.info
[6] http://www.petertatchell.net
[7] http://radicalfriends.com
[8] http://www.nodashforgas.org.uk
[9] http://www.robbjohnson.co.uk

Contact 07980 748 555. PHOTO: http://tinyurl.com/pnsc2013photo (participants at last year’s Peace News Summer Camp) and http://tinyurl.com/pnsc2014image (logo  for PNSC 2014).

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