🌳🌳The last line in Séamus Mallon’s book “A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they will never sit.” 2 who made huge contributions to Ireland left us this year. I planted 2 Oaks for Séamus Mallon RIP & John Hume RIP to mark 2020 the year of their passing

“All conflict is about the same thing”. John Hume

It's 27 years since the Good Friday Agreement - signed on 10th April 1998 - an accord which fostered a peace, which, despite huge challenges, has largely endured. Even its most ardent opponents are now reconciled to its institutions, if not its spirit. The journey towards

Sen George Mitchell Queen's University Belfast 🎓 on 16 April 2025. 'This sort of optimism – the sort that John Hume envisioned when he said that “the basis for peace and stability in any society has to be the fullest respect for the human rights of all its people” – is what drives us forward.'

Lyra McKee RIP we remember 2025 WAVE Trauma Centre NUJ Belfast & District Branch derrynorthwestnuj Human Rights Consortium NI CAJ Amnesty Int'l NI Pat Finucane Centre The John and Pat Hume Foundation NUJ London Freelance 🗞️ Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Commissioner for Human Rights IFJ

Murdered 6 years ago today - miss you Lyra McKee xx❤️

Reserve tickets for our Building Common Ground event with Mike Nesbitt MLA here: tickettailor.com/events/humefou…

Happy birthday Dympna Mc Glade The John and Pat Hume Foundation Always inspirational to work alongside you YouthAction Northern Ireland

St Mary’s hosted the Hume Foundation Annual Lecture entitled “Building Common Ground”. It was delivered by Mike Nesbitt MLA, Leader of the UUP & Minister of Health, and held in the College Hall with student teachers, staff of the College & guests.

Planning Our Way Out of Division - Using Planning to Build Shared and Reconciled Communities To reserve a place go to: buytickets.at/humefoundation…

All #peacebuilding needs the right scaffolding The John and Pat Hume Foundation Ulster University Atlantic Futures Derry Strabane Cncl #Derry #Londonderry

Go raibh míle maith agaibh a chairde.

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Exciting new cross border peacebuilding initiative Project Lighthouse awarded €200K @PEACEPLUS, led by Hawk's Well Theatre,in partnership with The John and Pat Hume Foundation & Millennium Forum, will celebrate the importance of respect for diversity & difference with 30 young people.

Arón and Lauren, alongside other representatives from the Peace Summit Partnership were delighted to meet with Junior Ministers Aisling Reilly SF and Pam Cameron MLA last week 🤝 Our meeting focused on… 📖Programme for Government ☮️ Peace as a government cross cutting

Important and timely discussion on planning for peace, shared space, and desegregation at Ulster University yesterday.

Special thanks to ivy goddard from Inter Ethnic Forum for taking the time to come and speak to us about the impact of the recent racist attacks.

We also heard from Caroline Wilson and Cllr Diarmaid Ward from Islington Council. Their approach to planning and policy is ‘furthest first’ – to focus on those communities facing the most barriers and that are least served by our economy.