The Malcolm Boddington Memorial Peace Conference
Sat, Sep 10th 2016 at 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Rotary Foundation's work for World Peace and Conflict Prevention & Resolution through it"™s Peace Fellowships and the partnerships with others involved in the peaceful settlement of conflict.
Peace through Understanding
Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HP
Saturday 10 September 2016 9.00 for 9.30am
This event, in memory of Malcolm Boddington who brought the first Rotary Peace Conference to Oxford, is the third Peace Conference to be held in this Rotary District and is an excellent opportunity to discover what The Rotary Foundation does towards World Peace and Conflict Prevention & Resolution through it’s Peace Fellowship Programme and by partnering other organisations involved in the Peaceful Settlement of Conflict
Speakers will include Neil Cooper of the Peace Studies Department of the University of Bradford, one of the six Rotary Peace Centres situated in universties throughout the world; Gabrielle Rifkind of the Oxford Research Group and Roger Griffin of Oxford Brookes University, together with Jo Berry and Pat Magee both of ‘Building Bridges for Peace’ who will demonstrate the power of empathy and the importance of dialogue; Melhem Mansour, the first Syrian Rotary Peace Fellow and Melissa Skorka a former Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar.
Tickets: £35(student concessions £25) to include morning coffee, buffet lunch and afternoon tea
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One of the most popular events on our calendar, the regular DNAPQuizzes raise a lot of money for our local charities, supported by the Rotary Club of Abingdon.
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On Saturday the 24th We joined other groups in Abingdon on a River Litter Pick. The Sun shone and we all had a great time. We look forward to being involved with the Plastic Blitz next time.
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4000 crocuses planted outside Abingdon Police Station in two hours to celebrate our Rotary Foundation ending Polio across the world
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We worked with the Nasio Trust to install water tanks in Tanzania, to provide safe drinking water. Ground water in the region is heavily fluoridised and causes health problems for the population.
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Two splendid cups commissioned for our Club's annual Youth Speaks competition. Often won by our talented young people from Abingdon's six secondary schools, our winning teams often go on to the next levels of this national Rotary Competition!
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The Club's foreign conscience - here immunising under-fives in India against Polio. There is no cure for Polio but it is preventable with a vaccine. Only two countries now remain endemic. We’ve reduced cases by 99.9% since 1988
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The Rotary Foundation is Rotary International's own charity. It does an enormous amount of good in the world. Watch the video The Heart of Rotary for a flavour!
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