In June 2023, I started my internship as Digital Heritage Officer with the WCIA, after completing my insight placement just days before. I applied for this position after hearing an internship was being offered during the summer months, and as I had immensely enjoyed my time working with the WCIA […]
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 […]
Academi Heddwch Cymru Cymru Global news History International Exchange Peace Heritage Womens Peace Petition Centenary International Women’s Day, 8 March 2024: Launch of ‘Petitioning for Peace’ Exhibition @ St Fagans, and Learning Pack for Schools
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 […]
Academi Heddwch Cymru Cymru Global news Education Global Perspectives History Peace Heritage Taith Projects Volunteers War and Peace Young Peacemakers Awards 2025 – deadline 30th May
Do you know a young person who has made a difference in your school or community or who has inspired others? The Welsh Centre for International Affairs (WCIA) and Academi Heddwch Cymru are working with the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod to celebrate children and young people who have contributed to […]
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 of #AnniesDiary100, the ‘Biltmore Luncheon’ – Wales Women’s Peace Petition presented 100 years ago #OTD 19 February 1924
100 years ago this week, Wales’ Women’s Peace Petition was presented at a ‘grand luncheon’ in New York’s Biltmore Hotel to the Women of America – its 390,296 signatories from all over Wales appealing, ‘from hearth to hearth, and heart to heart,’ to 18 million women across the United States […]
Women’s Peace Petition Workshops, Winter-Spring 2024
From New Year 2024, a series of workshops and events Wales-wide will offer the opportunity for individuals and communities to get involved with exploring, transcribing and uncovering local stories behind the Women’s Peace Petition of 1923-24. This follows ‘rematriation’ in May 2023 of the original 1920s petition and its chest […]
Academi Heddwch Cymru History Peace Heritage Volunteers War and Peace Womens Peace Petition Centenary Week 2 of #AnniesDiary100 #OTD Postings: 11-16 February 1924 – Arrival in New York City
Twitter Thread Facebook Post – Week of 12 February 2024 New York: ‘Daffodils for Peace’ #OTD#OnThisDay 11 Feb 1924, the Welsh #WomensPeacePetition delegation sailed into an icy #NewYork harbour, after 10 days aboard Transatlantic Liner the RMS #Cedric from Liverpool, with in its cargo hold the oak chest of 390,296 […]
Week 1 of #AnniesDiary100, 2-11 February 1924: London, Liverpool & the Transatlantic Voyage
Link here to view Timeline of key dates from the American Peace Tour as recorded through ‘Annie’s Diary’. Let’s start retracing the steps of Wales’ #WomensPeacePetition America Tour of 1924, looking baxk ‘#OTD’ from 2024! Images – from WLNU Press Clippings scrapbook in Welsh League of Nations Union (WLNU) Archives, […]
#AnniesDiary100: Retracing the steps of Wales’ 1924 Womens Peace Appeal America Tour, #OnThisDay Feb-March 1924
Over February – March 2024, WCIA with Academi Heddwch will be ‘Tweeting from the 20s’. Through social media (WCIA’s Twitter/ X and Facebook feeds), we will be retracing the steps recounted by ‘Annie’s Diary‘, the little black book kept by Wales’ Women’s Peace Appeal delegation leader Annie Hughes Griffiths, as they embarked on […]