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ConcordNewsletter - April 2008

LEEDS INTERFAITH FELLOWSHIPwww.concord-leeds.org.uk

THE third Treasures Revealed will betaking place from Saturday May 3rd

to Sunday May 11th when manyplaces of worship will be open to casualand curious visitors who might just wantto have a look inside the building or mightwish to know what other people believeand practise.

Concord’s multi-faith Walk ofFriendship is once again the inauguralevent for the week, bringing people fromdifferent faiths and cultures together asthey visit each other’s places of worship.This year we will be in the Beeston areaof South Leeds, starting at the RomanCatholic Church, St Francis of Assisi, thenwalking behind our rainbow banners tothe Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha,United Reformed Church, Jamia MasjidAbu Huraira, Anglican Church of theHoly Spirit and the Hamara HealthyLiving Centre. A route map and

Revealing the Treasures in Leeds(approximate) timetable are available andyou are welcome to join and leave theWalk at any time.

Some places connected with Concordthat are opening are – Holy SpiritAnglican Church and the Sikh Temple inBeeston, open on Saturday May 10th;United Reformed Church, Beeston, openeach day of the week with an exhibitionof Pamela Pavitt’s Peace andReconciliation embroidery; St Edmund’s,Lidgett Park and St Andrew’s Churchesin Roundhay, open from 10am until 1pmon Wednesday May 7th for an opportunityto visit three churches in the Roundhayarea, enjoy the history, gardens,architecture and hospitality, finishing offwith an organ recital at St Edmund’s at2pm; the Hindu Temple on AlexandraRoad will be open every morning from11am till 12.30pm. Sorry if I have missedothers; the full list is in the bookletaccompanying this newsletter.

Cynthia Dickinson

Hardeep and SewaKalsi (Chair of

Concord) with JohnBattle MP, guest

speaker at the PeterBell Memorial Dinner.

See story and morepictures on page 3.

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TWO young people, Ushna andJasdeep of the Yorkshire & HumberFaiths Forum Youth Council, came

along to tell us about their involvementin the launch of United Faiths and inparticular their week-long conference atCorymeela on the coast of NorthernIreland.

Their aims are to become ambassadors,challenge stereotypes and celebratedifferences. They took part in conflictresolution and peace-making activities,setting out hopes, sharing ideas andlearning to get on together.

Fifteen young people (aged 16 to 25)and three Y&HFF (senior) Council wereassisted by two Inter Cultural LeadershipSchool facilitators. There were culturalevenings, reflections, games and outings– including an eye-opening visit to Belfast.

They also had plenty of time to betogether and talk.

At one point in the week they werejoined by group of ‘senior citizens’ for atalent show that turned out to be a mostenjoyable event.

Faith2Faith at Corrymeela

ONE of the problems many faithcommunities have with Pagans isthat they don’t know much about

who Pagans are, where they meet, whatthey believe and what they do. Over thenext month or so there will beopportunities for you to rectify thissituation.

On Monday May 5th between 1.30pmand 3.30pm, as part of Treasures Revealedin Leeds, a group of local Pagans will beat the Stourton stone circle by the Aire-Calder canal. There you will be able tolisten to their chanting and drumming,see some of the items they use in ritualsand ask them about their beliefs andpractices.

Meet the Pagans A very different event is taking placeat the Swarthmore Centre on SaturdayMay 10th – the Pagan Federation SpringConference. This is a ticket only gatheringand costs £12 on the door (£10 in advance)for a full day of talks and workshops –covering a variety of topics fromastronomy to wands – starting at 9.45am.Between activities you could meet andchat with Druids, Wiccans, Heathens andOdinists.

Finally, as you will see in the summerprogramme, the next “IntroducingScriptures” on Monday June 2nd will befrom a Pagan perspective. This couldprove interesting since, strictly speaking,Pagans don’t have Scriptures, though theydo tend to read a lot.

Cynthia Dickinson

The Youth Council was officiallylaunched in December at the Y&H FFannual conference.

I have never sat down and had a matureconversation with people of different faithsand traditions before. Why can’t everyonehave this experience? - Jasdeep (Sikh, 16)

I have realised that although we come froma diverse range of faiths and backgrounds,this does not prevent us from workingtogether. - Shazia (Muslim, 23)

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FIFTY people representing atleast eight religions—and manydenominations—gathered in the

Farthings restaurant at Thomas DanbyCollege to enjoy a fine meal and goodcompany while honouring the memoryof Concord’s founder member, Dr PeterBell. Describing the event as a Feast ofFriendship, guest speaker John BattleMP reminded us that Peter was ageographer, a man of ‘place’ as well asa man of faith, the catalyst for religiousliteracy in Leeds, celebrating differencesand discovering real friendship whichenabled personal growth as a result.

John told us that from earliest timesLeeds has a history of diversity, itspeople, its faiths, its industries and itsarchitecture. He mentioned twoprominent but very different buildingsfrom his own West Leeds constituency– Kirkstall Abbey and Armley Jail. Weheard several amusing and movinganecdotes about the people of Armley,especially in times of trouble whenhumour, determination and hopehelped them through. Hope was thereturning theme of his talk, leaving uswith the conclusion that through faithwe can move beyond tolerance andunderstanding to hope and vision.

Peter Bell Memorial Dinner

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LEEDS MUSEUM

Faith in the City

Arena ExhibitionFebruary – October 2009

From Gabrielle Hamilton,Community History Curator (0113

2141559)

THE new Leeds City Museum opensin August 2008 in the old CivicTheatre on Millennium Square and

will house collections that have either notbeen accessible to the public previously,or only in a limited way in the CentralLibrary after the old Museum on Park Rowwas bombed in the Second World War.

The museum is being funded by theHeritage Lottery Fund and the renovationhas cost £26m. It will have Education,Exhibition and Conference space, a caféand Galleries on Natural Science, AncientWorlds, Out of Africa, Leeds Collectors,the History of Leeds and the ‘showcase’space in the Arena.

The first project in the Arena is called‘Steps in Tim’e and it reflects the history ofdance in the city from traditional tocontemporary forms of dance, inpartnership with professional and amateurdance groups. This exhibition will runfrom August until February 2009. The nextproject for the Arena will be ‘Faith in theCity’ funded by Hub RenaissancePartnership and will run from Februaryto October 2009.

The plan so far is to focus on the sixmain Faith groups in the city for displayon the 6 podiums in the Arena –Christianity, Judaism, Sikhism,Hinduism, Islam, and Buddhism. LeedsMuseums and Galleries will be workingin partnership with a number of Faithgroups in the city, focusing on Places of

Worship within local communities. Thiswill follow on from ‘Steps in Time’ as amore in depth exploration of the culturaldiversity within Leeds and sit within thecommunity cohesion strategy for 2008/9.

The project hopes to examine the roleof the Centres of Worship in relation tothe contribution they make to the localcommunity and their impact onpromoting positive community relations,often providing social and spiritualsupport to marginalised and excludedindividuals.

Film footage will also provide a visualcelebration of some of the fantasticarchitecture of the city reflected in thePlaces of Worship as well as the festivalsand ceremonies that take place withinthem.

The project will also include personaltestimony from the Faith Groups and willinspire new audiences to visit the newmuseum and participate in the exhibition.Archive footage from the Yorkshire FilmArchive will enhance the longevity of thematerial and reflect both the rich heritageof the major faith groups in Leeds as wellas documenting changing trends andbeliefs.

There are two Community cases in theLeeds gallery which will complement theArena display with artefacts and objectson loan to the museum from differentfaith groups. The exhibition will also needto refer to and include other faiths toensure it is as inclusive as possible andthe pods will show generic film with anoverview of faiths, alongside the six mainfaith groups represented.

The linking themes of the exhibitionand the detailed content will bedeveloped in partnership with faithrepresentatives in a steering group to beset up in April 2008.

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THERE was another good turnout onFebruary 25th for the seventh in theseries of Understanding Scriptures

of other Faiths, this time from the Bahá’itradition. Trevor Bates started the eveningby quoting from a Bahá’i prayer, thenintroduced the speaker, Mark Hellaby.

Mark is from a Bahá’i family and hasstudied Persian and Arabic, enabling himto translate the scriptures into English.He began by explaining the phenomenonof ‘divine revelation’ as distinct fromother forms of writing; this transcendshuman capability, comes direct from Godin an unbroken, rhythmic flow ofutterances, often for hours on end withno prior thought and no pauses.

Mark also told us some of the historyof the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh, both of whomwere channels of divine revelation, theirwords being taken down at top speed byscribes, then checked and finally writtenout in a fair hand. The Báb proclaimedhimself the messenger of God in 1844 andwas executed in 1850. Bahá’u’lláh spentmost of his life in exile, under housearrest. It was while camped on the journeyfrom Baghdad to Constantinople in 1863he made the declaration that he was thenext prophet, foretold by the Báb.

The original documents, 100 volumesof revealed scripture, are still intact andarchived. People reading these scripturesare convinced that the words are fromGod and their meanings can never beexhausted. Some words can acquire a newresonance with hidden depths knownonly to God, but can also be read as ifafresh every time.

Mark’s excellent talk had to be cut a bitshort to give time for discussion on whatwould follow when this particular seriescame to an end in June. The generalfeeling of the group was to look at‘worship’ from the different faithperspectives; it could include looking atscripture within worship as well as prayerand other aspects.

The last two talks on UnderstandingScriptures will be by Brahma Kumaris onApril 28th and Pagans on June 2nd. Withthe new series on Patterns of Worshipstarting in November. Maybe this will leadto Concord members being able to takepart in worship with those from thedifferent faiths – something that wasrequested at our last AGM but has notyet materialised. For it to happen, wewill need members to do somegroundwork at their own place ofworship; see if they can identify a servicethat would be easy for ‘outsiders’ toparticipate in, or simply observe andensure there will be people on hand towelcome visitors of other faiths.

Introduction to Bahá’i Scriptures

Trevor Bates with Mark Hellaby

“Nothing can be effected in theworld, not even conceivably, without

unity and agreement, and theperfect means for engendering

fellowship and union is truereligion.”

‘Abdul-Bahá, The Secret of DivineCivilization

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IT was our intention to choose one ofour Jewish ladies for Profile, butunfortunately it became an impossible

task to decide which of these three toselect. Not only have all three been loyaland active members of Concord for manyyears, but they also belong to the SinaiSynagogue congregation and share a closefriendship as well as their Jewish faith.So all three it must be!

RUTH STERNE

Ruth was born in Kaliningrad(Koningsberg, East Prussia) and leftschool soon after Hitler came to power inGermany. 1935 found her working in aJewish Children’s Convalescent andNursing Home and from there she wentto Berlin to be trained as a teacher.

Ruth met Ernest Sterne in 1938 andthey were married in January 1939, earlierthan intended because Hitler announcedthat officially recognised marriages forJews were to be stopped. Ernest and Ruth

THE ‘SINAI SISTERS’Ruth Sterne, Elizabeth Bernheim and Ethel Baker

ProfileProfileProfileProfileProfileSecond in a series of

interviews with members ofConcord

Interviewed by Trevor Bates

planned to leave Germany. Ernest’sparents had already emigrated to Englandand the situation in Germany for Jews wasincreasingly problematic and dangerous.

Ernest’s father managed to obtain workwith a Jewish refugee organisation inLondon, and by a chance (providential?)meeting in one of the corridors of thebuilding where it was housed, the directoroffered two trainee permits to Ruth’sfather-in-law, which enabled Ernest andher to come to England in July 1939.

When World War II broke out Ernestjoined the Jewish Company of the PioneerCorps with the British Army; later he wastransferred to the Royal Engineers as anelectrician, and was stationed in the FaroeIsls. By this time Ruth was on her own inNotting Hill, London, and life becamevery tough for her as she commutedregularly to Golders Green, working as acleaner and children’s nanny.

Due to the Blitz, Ruth wanted to leaveLondon; but where to go? A friend ofRuth’s from Berlin days invited her tocome to Leeds and Ruth got a room witha family at Potternewton Park; however,after six months her friend moved on toManchester.

Ruth eventually secured a place on ateachers’ training course for three years,with an additional year to get herTeachers’ Diploma. Ruth gained a BA inHistory from Leeds University, startedteaching, but then opted out to work for

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Cohen & Wilks as a trouser machinist fora year. Ruth returned to education atmany schools, sometimes as a supplyteacher, but finally held the DeputyHeadship at Halton Junior School priorto her early retirement due to angina.

Both Ernest and Ruth becameinterested in joining Concord from itsearliest days and their friendship withElizabeth and Ethel at Sinai encouragedthese to belong as well.

During Ruth’s retirement years she hasdeveloped two special hobbies.First, herinterest in ornithology stems from hercollege days, but it became a mutualinterest with Ernest and has taken themall over the country on ‘twitchersexpeditions’. To this day she has severalfeeding points in her garden and regularlyreports her sightings of different kinds ofbirds to bird watching groups.

Ruth has also been a member of theLeeds Braille Group for nearly 30 years,translating Hebrew publications intobraille. Her most outstandingachievement was to translate the JewishSinger’s Prayer Book into braille, whichtook her a whole year to complete, 20years ago. Ruth has also translated someAramaic scrolls passages into braille.

Couple this with great involvement inthe life of Sinai Synagogue over the yearsand you have a Jewish member ofConcord who has lived a full life withnotable service.ELIZABETH BERNHEIM

Elizabeth was born in Reedlingen,Southern Germany, an agriculturalmarket town on the Danube, where herparents owned a haberdashery shop, andthe nearest synagogue was in Buchausome miles away. Elizabeth’s youngerbrother left Germany in June 1939 withthe Kindertransport scheme. However,Elizabeth, then 17 years old, was offereda work place with a British family inEdinburgh, a Church of Scotlandmissionary family home on leave from

Nyasaland whilst the husband remainedin Africa until after WWII. In 1940Elizabeth moved to Leicester to be with afamily, caring for a small child withhousehold duties.

In 1942/3 Elizabeth came to Leeds tobe near another brother, who left to jointhe Army and never returned to Leeds.In 1949 Elizabeth started a three yeartraining course in general nursing at StJames’ Hospital with an additional yearto qualify in midwifery. Sister Bernheimbecame well-known in the Woodhouse/Headingley area as a district midwife,greatly loved and appreciated for her skills—and when asked says she has deliveredover 1100 babies during those years ofservice!

Elizabeth’s parents died in the Shoahand her nearest relatives are in othercountries, so that her circle of friendshipscomprise a meaningful ‘family’ for hernow.

Since her retirement in 1980 Elizabethhas remained very active and involvedwith several groups and with continuedhobbies. For years she has enjoyed andbecome skilled in pottery-making, givingaway excellent products of her work.Elizabeth has also been a very keen birdwatcher and has travelled to many

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countries on ‘twitcher holidays’ as wellas RSPB weekends in this country.Equally a Tai Chi Class has been afascinating source of exercise with greatbenefit to her.

In 1980 Elizabeth joined Cconcord dueto the friendship and invitation of Ruthand Ernest Sterne, and believes thatConcord is a ‘useful venture’, for ‘unlesspeople talk together you don’t understandthem.’

ETHEL BAKEREthel is the only one of the trio who

was born in the UK, in Leeds.The families of each of Ethel’s

grandparents came from Russia as a resultof the difficult circumstances there in the1890s. Her two grandparents met inLeeds, got married and lived in the LittleLondon area, where Ethel’s mother wasborn. Life for their family, as with somany others, was a desperate strugglewith poverty.

Ethel was born with cataracts on hereyes, and due to unsuccessful treatmentat 2½ years old she has wrestled withimpaired sight ever since. Indeed thislimitation has determined much of herlife’s journey.

Ethel’s family moved to Glasgow whilstshe was a child so her father could getwork, and Ethel remained there until shewas 24 years old. In Glasgow she went toa specialist school for the partially sightedand left with the basic skills at 14 years.Whilst there at about 7 years old she hadto cope with the ‘aggressive abuse of anRC child who didn’t like her because shewas a Jew, and the Jews killed Christ.’The teacher who witnessed the situationcalled the offender and in front of Ethelstarted to hit the child with a strap. Ethelpleaded, ‘Don’t hit her.’ The offendingchild said, ‘I will never call you namesagain. I will always be your friend.’ Ethel’smother baked a cake for Ethel to give tothe child, and told Ethel, ‘If you stand

up for yourself, don’t give in to theoffender.’

Ethel started work with Lewis’s inGlasgow, and eventually got a place inthe Snow Freeze (Ice Cream) franchisesection, which she enjoyed. Due to staffsickness in the Snow Freeze franchise atLewis’s in Leeds Ethel was asked to goand stand in for two weeks. Thiseventually led to a transfer and Ethel haslived in Leeds ever since.

During her time in Leeds she becamea member of USDAW—Union of ShopDistributors and Allied workers—andcollected membership dues week by weekfrom other members in her lunch hourbreak. The Staff Manager called her to hisoffice, and in a very hesitant mannerexpressed his understanding that she wascollecting Union dues on the premises ofLewis’s when Lewis’s didn’t acknowledgethe Union. Ethel agreed but said she didit in her own time. The Manager thenwent on to say: ‘From now on...’ (Ethelthought he was going to stop her fromdoing so, and she was determined tocontinue no matter what it cost her andintended saying so...) , then said, ‘Youmay continue to do the collecting in twohours of your working time!’ From then

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on Lewis’s recognised USDAW andEthel became one of the shop-stewards.

Ethel has been involved with theschul (an old word used for thesynagogue) from her earliest years,and loves the schul music–indeed isa great lover of music. Ethel remainsactive at Sinai and in other Jewishactivities in spite of her poor sight.

Ethel joined Concord because shewas introduced by Ruth andElizabeth, but was impressed by DrPeter Bell—his manner, attitudes andvalues—and has lasting memories ofthe programme activities over theyears. Ethel feels that just at themoment there is something ‘missing’from Concord’s life and for her it is‘not interesting’ enough!

There is no doubt that the ‘SinaiSisters’ have made a most valuablecontribution to the life, fellowshipand activities of Concord over manyyears, and those who have met themand come to know them well havebeen greatly enriched because of whothey are.

OUR first meeting of the year, January14th, was the third in our series of Food,Feasts and Fasting – this time from the

Brahma Kumari perspective. David, Maureenand Margaret came along to explain a littleabout their faith and the importance of food,not only for physical but also emotional andspiritual well-being, hence the title of theirtalk – Food and Soul.

Meditation plays a very important part intheir life-style, including the preparation andpartaking of meals. All Brahma Kumarisfollow a life of non-violence so are vegetarianbut, as we soon learnt, they don’t eat allvegetables. They find that plants in the onionfamily are not helpful to spirituality; eatingleeks, onion and garlic disturbs theequilibrium, making the mind excitable.

Preparing the food is an integral part ofeating and good vibrations are put into thecreation of simple, wholesome meals to share,bringing peace and gentleness to the lifestyle.They like to be aware of where the food comesfrom and other people in the world who haveworked to produce it. They have a practice ofoffering food to God before the meal andregard the body as a temple so eating becomesand act of spirituality.

Food and Soul

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Concord Programme for Summer 2008Monday April 28th

An Introduction to the Brahma Kumari ScripturesBeech Room Thomas Danby College 7pm

Saturday May 3rd

Annual Walk of Friendship 11.50am – 4.30pmSee details on page 1

Monday June 2nd

An Introduction to Pagan ‘Scriptures’Beech Room Thomas Danby College 7pm

Wednesday June 18th

Annual General MeetingFriends’ Meeting House 7.30pm

Guest speaker Sister Brigid Murphy of St Gemma’s Hospice

Tuesday June 26th

Visit to Oxford Place Methodist Church 7.15pmPresentation on Methodism & talk on work of Leeds Methodist Mission

Wednesday July 16th

Talk by Revd Trevor Bates on Jerusalem visitfollowing a 10-day study seminar sponsored by Council of Christians and

Jews and International School for Holocaust Studies.Meeting Rooms 2/3 Thomas Danby College 7pm

Sunday August 3rd

Concord Summer PicnicRoundhay Park 2pm

Everyone welcome – bring vegetarian food and/or soft drinks to share. Gamesfor children of all ages. Bring your musical instruments.

Autumn Events

Monday September 15th

Shared Interest Venue tbaA co-operative lending society dedicated to supporting the disadvantaged in

some of the world’s poorest countries to trade their way out of poverty.

Wednesday October 15thAnnual Peace Service Leeds Civic Hall

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Other Events of InterestFriday April 25th

Olaf Palme Memorial PeaceLecture, Leeds Civic Hall 7.30pm

Senator George Mitchell – IsWorld Peace Possible?

Book for free tickets; contact Sean0113 247 4341

Thursday April 29thLaunch of Treasures Revealed in

Leeds, Briggate 12 – 2pmLord Mayor of Leeds, Bishop of

KnaresboroughSalvation Army Band; information

leaflets

Sunday June 8thHuddersfield Multi Faith Picnic

12.30 – 3.30pmShare food from different cultures

at the Quaker Meeting House,Paddock; activities for all the

family

Tuesday June 17thTrevor Phillips, Chair of theEquality & Human Rights

Commission 5.00pmLeeds Social Sciences Institute atUniversity of Leeds; book for free

ticketContact Allison

a.j.suckall@leeds.ac.uk 01133433912

Saturday June 21stBradford Concord Walk ofFriendship (details being

finalised)

Saturday July 5thHuddersfield Annual Walk of

Friendship 9.30amJamia Masjid Raza, Halifax OldRoad, Birkby – Huddersfield

Railway Station – Parish Church –Hindu Mandir – Sikh Temple,

Prospect Street.

Two New DocumentarySeries on Channel 4

I have received requests from twogroups producing TV documentariesfor Channel 4 with an interfaiththeme. Having looked at them brieflyin a recent Concord Committeemeeting, it was agreed that neithercame under the remit of Concord asan organization, though individualmembers might be interested. We arenot making any recommendations,simply passing on the information.

Cynthia

Christian SpiritualityDo you and your partner come from

different religious backgrounds? Or doyou have a relative with different religiousviews to your own?

Then we’d like to hear from you...

Channel 4 are producing an excitingnew series in the Leeds area. If you’reinterested in finding out more pleasecontact Phil on 0113 2512040 or 07782144258, or emailpmccullough@wildcarduk.com

Dispute ResolutionAre you in an interfaith relationship

which is causing a divide in your family?Have you recently changed faith whichothers are finding difficult to accept? Doyou wish someone you care for deeplychose a different way of life?

This new evening documentary seriesconcentrates on individuals and familieswho are looking to mend broken bridgesand work towards a fresh start. Ourseries aims to promote understanding,respect and peace to bring resolution ina sensitive and unique way. You can callJean of Rival Media 0208 987 5450 inconfidence for an initial chat or for moreinformation, or e-mailpeacemakers@rival-media.com

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This newsletter edited byJohn S. Summerwill, April 2008.

Tel: 0113 269 7895email: editor@concord-leeds.org.uk

Admin Secretary: Cynthia Dickinson,Tel: 01924 863 956

email: secretary@concord-leeds.org.uk

APRIL6 New Year Hindu8 Birthday of Buddha Buddhist

14 Baisakhi SikhRama Navani Hindu

20 Hanuman Jayanti Hindu20-23 Theravadin New Year Buddhist20-21 Pesach first two days Jewish

21 Ridvan Baha’i23 St George’s Day Christian25 Holy Friday Orthodox Christian

26-27 Pesach final two days Jewish27 Easter/PaschaOrthodox Christian29 Ninth Day of Ridvan Baha’i

MAY1 Ascension of Christ Christian

Beltane Pagan2 Yom HaSho’ah Jewish

Twelfth Day of Ridvan Baha’i8 Yom Ha’Atzmaut Jewish

11 Pentecost Christian18 Trinity Sunday Christian20 Wesak Buddhist22 Corpus Christi

Catholic Christian23 Declaration of the Bab Baha’i

Lag B’Omer Jewish29 Ascension of Baha’u’llah Baha’i30 Sacred Heart of Jesus

Catholic ChristianJUNE

9-10 Shavuot Jewish16 Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom Sikh21 Summer Solstice Litha Pagan23 Sacred Heart of Jesus

Catholic Christian

Interfaith CalendarSummer 2008

JULY9 Martyrdom of the Bab Baha’i

18 Dharma Day Buddhist31 Lailat al Miraj Islam

AUGUST1 Lughnasadh Pagan

10 Tisha B’Av Jewish15 Assumption of Blessed Virgin

Catholic Christian16 Raksha Bandhan Hindu18 Lailat al Bara’ah Islam24 Krishna Jayanti Hindu

Inter Faith Network UKNational Meeting

Monday 30 June in LondonTHE Network links in membership a widerange of bodies, the work of whichinvolves creating inter faith engagementand understanding in many differentways. This year’s National Meeting willbe an opportunity to explore in greaterdepth some of the types of inter faithdialogue and to learn about some of thepractical tools and approaches fordeepening inter faith understanding andengagement. It will also be a chance todiscuss the ‘face to face’ (and indeed the‘heart to heart’) processes designed totackle misunderstandings and prejudice.Further details of the programme andvenue to follow in due course.

Anyone interested in attending as theConcord representative, please contactCynthia.