A common room in the Urdd Centre, Cardiff Bay. A group of young people gather round a pool table; others sit in groups on their mobile phones or just chatting. Nothing out of the ordinary – just a group of ‘normal’ young people…..Normal, that is, until the young people start […]
Read moreOur 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 […]
Read more100 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 […]
Read more100 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 […]
Read moreLink 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, […]
Read moreUNESCO have just updated their 1974 recommendation on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Sustainable Development, positioning education as a key driver for peace and international understanding. A good example of building a more peaceful and sustainable world from the grassroots up approach took place in the Temple of Peace […]
Read more21 September 2023, we were delighted to welcome HE Javier Figueroa, the Argentine Ambassador to the UK, to the Temple of Peace and Health as part of his visit to Wales. The ambassador was given a tour of the Temple, learning both about the history of the building itself, as […]
Read moreAt the beginning of September, Dr Bethan Sian Jones represented Academi Heddwch Cymru at the Norwegian Taiji Centre’s International Symposium Celebrating Taiji for Health and Peace which was held at the Norwegian Nobel Institute. In May this year, Academi Heddwch Cymru and the WCIA, with the support of the Welsh […]
Read moreOur amazing volunteers, Megan from Estonia and Shirley from Mexico joined us for the month of July in Wales. Their placement was made possible thanks to funding from the Taith international exchange programme. At the end of their experience they prepared a presentation showcasing all the opportunities they could live, […]
Read moreThe Sudanese Community in Cardiff and South Wales came together on Saturday, 29 July, for a charity event aimed at supporting the victims of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Sudan. The Open Cultural Day held at St. John’s Crescent, Canton, Cardiff, saw the Sudanese diaspora showcasing their culture while raising […]
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