WCIA are delighted to have partnered with Urdd Gobaith Cymru and Academi Heddwch to support this year’s Youth Message of Peace and Goodwill, in particular with creation of an Education Resources Pack for Schools that is free and available online. In 2024, Wales’ Peace and Goodwill Message will celebrate the […]
Week 8 of #AnniesDiary100 – Utica & New York #OnThisDay March 1924
100 years ago on 21 March 1924, a great sendoff in New York thanked Annie Hughes Griffiths and the ‘Welsh Peace Tour’ delegation for their efforts in bringing Wales’ Peace Petition to the women of America – and wished them well on their voyage home. How did they spend their […]
Week 7 of #AnniesDiary100 – Grand Canyon to Niagara Falls, #OnThisDay 12-17 March 1924
Our last 2 posts from Annie’s Diary recorded their experiences of 1924 California, in particular in carring the message of the Welsh Women’s Peace Petition to the congregations of Welsh Community Churches in San Francisco and Los Angeles. After over a week on the Pacific Coast of America, Annie and […]
Week ‘6.5’ of ‘#AnniesDiary100’ #OnThisDay, where were our Welsh Peace Envoys on 8 March 1824 – future International Women’s Day?
Our post earlier this week explored the Welsh Women’s Peace Petition’s experiences of arriving in Californna, spending much of their first week in San Francisco. However, they then spent 2nd half of this week in Los Angeles, culminating in one of Annie Hughes Griffiths most packed addresses to the LA […]
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International Women’s Day (or IWD2024) this 8 March is being marked by events worldwide under the broad theme of ‘inspiring inclusion’. In Wales, as well as supporting a number of partnership events – such as the Womeen’s Equality Network day at the Temple of Peace, accompanied by a Temple Tour […]
Week 6 of #AnniesDiary100 – San Francisco #OnThisDay 6 March 1924
100 years ago this week, Annie Hughes Griffiths as leader of the delegation for Wales’ Peace Tour of America, spent several days in San Francisco, California, followed by Los Angeles, meeting with American Welsh communities and exploring 1920s California. Here we follow Annie’s Diary as they continue their historic ‘Peace […]
Week 5 of AnniesDiary100 – St David’s Day on the Union Pacific #OnThisDay 1 March 1924
100 years ago this week, Annie Hughes Griffiths as leader of Wales’ Women’s Peace Petition delegation, embarked on a trans-continental ‘Peace Tour’ of the United States – boarding the Union Pacific Railroad from Chicago, for their next destination in Salt Lake City – with a stopoff to explore the Ogden […]
Week 4 of AnniesDiary100 – Chicago #OnThisDay 26 Feb 1924
100 years ago this week, following the ‘high point’ on 21st February 1924 of presenting Wales’ Women’s Peace Petition (with its 390,296 signatories) to the women of America and the White House, Wales’ Peace Delegation spent a couple of days in Washington before continuing on to Chicago. Here we follow […]
Senedd marks Centenary of Women’s Peace Petition with Peace Debate
On 21st February, the Welsh Senedd marked the centenary of the 1924 women’s peace petition‘s presentation to the women of America and US President in Washington on 21 Feb 1924, with a short debate on Wales’ peace heritage and the legacy of these inspiring women for future generations. The debate […]
Week “3.5” of #AnniesDiary100 – Washington and the White House, #OTD 21 February 1924
100 years ago this week, following its presentation in New York to the women of America, Wales’ Women’s Peace Petition with its 390,296 signatories was presented at a 2nd ‘grand luncheon’ in Washington’s Women’s University Club, and then to the 30th President of the United States, Calvin Coolidge, at the […]