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Wales statement of solidarity and togetherness – Datganiad Cymru o undod a chydberthynas

Datganiad Cymru o undod a chydberthynas – Wales statement of solidarity and togetherness We were shocked by the violent attack that took place in Southport last week and are deeply saddened by the murder of young girls as well as the injuries inflicted on the other victims.  Our sympathies are with […]

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Academi Heddwch Cymru Womens Peace Petition Centenary

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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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Academi Heddwch Cymru

New Perspectives & Learning on the Nature of Peace

‘I am fire, I am peace, I am a future, where all we do is playfight.’ from ‘I am peace’ by Sandra Elvebatten Myrland 2023 A delegation from Wales, including First Minister Mark Drakeford and Chief Executive of WCIA Susie VentrisField, visited Oslo in May 2022 to support the launch […]

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History

101 Years of Peacemaking: Centenary of WCIA’s ‘Justice League’ #OTD 22 April

This Easter marks a ‘Centenary’ for WCIA – as we celebrate the founding after World War One of our predecessor body, the Welsh League of Nations Union (WLNU), which formally came into being over the Easter Weekend of 21-22 April 1922. […]

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History

#Peace100 Anniversaries, #OTD 10th January: League of Nations, Wales and UN

Over 2022, WCIA will be producing regular ‘Peace100’ features on significant Peace Heritage anniversaries – ‘Hidden Histories’ from the archives of the Temple of Peace and beyond. 10th January, On This Day (#OTD): The League of Nations came into being in Paris, 10 January 1920 The League of Nations, the […]

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Volunteers

Volunteer Blog: As the World welcomes the UN Nuclear Ban Treaty, Iman indexes a Generation of Campaigning

Currently studying International Politics at Aberystwyth University, Iman is supporting WCIA through a GO Wales volunteering placement, designed to develop practical work experience through involvement in ‘real world’ projects. Joining us originally from Malaysia (and bringing a truly international perspective to the WCIA heritage team!), over lockdown Iman has helped […]

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The Man with a Mission for a Movement: the Interwar Peace Campaigns of Rev Gwilym Davies

Wales’ World Peace Campaigns of the 1920s and 30s   In the entrance vestibule of Wales’ Temple of Peace, visitors pass two intriguing linen hangings proclaiming the achievements of ‘Welsh Efforts for World Peace’ in the years that followed WW1. The claims sound incredulous… yet the story behind them is […]

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