WFAC volunteers help supporter launch Charity

On Sunday 18th October, Women for a Change co-founder, Chris Crowstaff accompanied by WFAC Country Co-ordinators, Tanya Akehurst (UK) and Irit Keller (Israel) helped Jo Berry to launch her charity Building Bridges for Peace.

Over 100 people attended the event in Brighton UK, the town where Jo's father was murdered by an IRA bomb 25 years ago.

Accompanying Jo at the launch was Pat Magee, the man responsible for planting the bomb which killed her father.





Pat has travelled widely with Jo promoting a message of Peace and Dialogue and at the launch he spoke eloquently about his support for the charity's aims

Following the formal event, The WFAC volunteers were responsible for an informal gathering afterwards.

The event was filmed by a production company, Positive TV and you should be able to spot the WFAC team doing their bit for peace.

Photo: Brighton Argus

JO BERRY HOSTS WORLD PEACE MARCH EVENT

Transforming the Brighton Bomb
Building Bridges for Peace

DUKE OF YORK’S PICTUREHOUSE
BRIGHTON, UK
Sunday 1.30pm, 18 October 2009
Tickets: £7.20 Concessions: £6.20

When Sir Anthony Berry MP was killed in the IRA Brighton Bombing during the 1984 Tory Party Conference, his daughter Jo was thrown into a conflict she knew very little about.

Determined to make sense of why her father was murdered she travelled to Ireland many times meeting victims and combatants from all sides.

When she heard in 2000 that Pat Magee, the man responsible for her father's death, was to be released from prison as part of the Good Friday Peace Agreement she decided she wanted to meet him. (click here to read Jo's description of the meeting)

An event which changed her life and resulted in a documentary, Facing the Enemy, being made about her for UK TV. (Read about Jo's meeting with Pat here)

Since then she and Pat have worked together for peace and spoken at many events throughout the world.

The event in Brighton is the launch of WFAC Supporter Jo's charity 'Building Bridges for Peace'


It will feature a screening of 'Soldiers of Peace' (watch preview here) a heart warming documentary featuring both Jo and Pat as well as Sir Bob Geldof, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and others.

Following the screening there will be a discussion with Jo and Pat.

Everyone can attend and Women for a Change supporters are invited to join co-founder Christine Crowstaff and WFAC support Jo at a more informal get-together afterwards.

If you’re unable to get to see the film in Brighton, you can purchase it here – and WFAC gets a contribution for each film sold!

Also you can watch Jo and Chris talking about their lives, in Inspiring Women: Facing tragedy, Creating peace, a short video made earlier this year.

WFAC and the World Peace March

WFAC News on the World Peace March site!
Read it here.

PLANTING FOR PEACE - the WFAC Event in support of World March for Peace and Nonviolence is catching up.

With just two more days to go, our Facebook Event has more than 100 people showing their support and joining us to plant trees for peace.

If you haven’t joined the event yet, please do so now.

All you need to do is to plant a tree anytime between 2nd and 4th October 2009, at any place – even in a pot.

Take a photo and send it to us at Women for a Change.

Jane Young will be creating a video out of all the images.

If you are already a member of the Women for a Change Community you can read more here