Tomorrow is National Poetry Day, and we are thrilled to be announcing the winners of “Verses Of Hope”: CND Peace Education’s national poetry competition judged by Antony Owen and Aaron Kent!
More details on poems, judges' comments and the poets here:
cnduk.org/verses-of-ho...

..Fundamentally, what Sadako did - having wishes and folding paper cranes - is within reach of anyone, and orizuru have become a tool for all to express a common wish for peace. It is a simple story. Please let people
know how the movement started."

Sadako's brother Masahiro Sasaki, still surviving, stated:

"Sadako's wish wasn’t concerned with such an important matter as world peace. As she folded paper cranes she wished for her parent's debts to disappear… she wished to get well soon and go home, and so on…

A popular legend in Japan states that if you fold 1000 paper cranes, you will be granted one wish. Sadako Sasaki, a young child just 1 mile away from the hypocentre of the Hiroshima bomb, began folding 1000 paper cranes while in the hospital due to radiation from the bomb.

@greenhamwomen.bsky.social has collected amazing archival photos of the camp over the years, linked here: greenhamwomeneverywhere.co.uk/visual-archi...

We look at the Greenham camp as an example of a successful pressure group in our Critical Mass and Under Pressure Peace Education packs. Read more here: cnduk.org/education/fr...

Protesters used various tactics, such as locking hands in front of the base, chaining themselves to the entrance or even dancing on top of missile silos.

The start of September marks the anniversary of the Women of Greenham Common's Peace Camp. The camp began in 1981, opposing Britain’s nuclear policy and their decision to allow US Cruise Missiles to be stored in Greenham and lasted almost 20 years!

"Did they think their actions would have such a devastating effect?"

At 8.15 on 6 August 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on #Hiroshima. Second-Generation Hibakusha Kyoko Gibson remembers the victims and reminds us why we must #NeverAgain.

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCBFo8SOtoE

Still not too late to submit poems for the National Peace Poetry Competition: Verses of Hope, 3 categories primary, secondary and FE/College. Deadline 23rd July. @peaceeduscot.bsky.social @facinghistoryuk.bsky.social @acitizenshipt.bsky.social

The Alternative Defence Review came out this month just before the UK government's Strategic Defence Review. Read a summary for secondary teachers with recommended resources from Peace Education Scotland here: bit.ly/4e5rlve peaceeducationscotland.org, quaker.org.uk, acitizenshipt.bsky.social

Fantastic response from teachers at the @nasuwt-official.bsky.social conference - all our teaching packs were given by out on the first day!

Calling all Primary teachers and English secondary / FE teachers! Submit your students' poems to our National Peace Poetry Competition: Verses of Hope, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Deadline 23rd July 2025. @natefeed.bsky.social #English #Peace

This morning at the @ascl-uk.bsky.social conference Becky Francis mentioned that polling of school students and parents points to a need for more focus on politics and governance - this is certainly what we hear from student voice when we work in schools @acitizenshipt.bsky.social

Here we are at the @ascl-uk.bsky.social conference in Liverpool - come and see us if you are here!

How do educators build for peace? Professor Hilary Cremin’s talk to launch the new OpenLearn Principles and Practice of Peace Education: Wed Feb 5 1-2pm bit.ly/3Wo3CyT
@acitizenshipt.bsky.social

Read our response to the DfE Curriculum Review 2024 here: bit.ly/4gd2Qwm

Lovely sessions at Dinglewell Junior school in Gloucester last week!

Make a peace crane with us!

Learn about the inspiring story of Sadako Sasaki, and make your own wish for peace, using our new tutorial video.

Share widely to spread a message of peace🕊️
youtu.be/GIMyDiqDR1I