{"id":6667,"date":"2021-02-25T12:41:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T11:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StJosephs\/?p=6667"},"modified":"2021-02-25T12:41:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T11:41:39","slug":"justice-and-peace-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StJosephs\/2021\/02\/25\/justice-and-peace-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice and Peace Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Justice and Peace Scotland invites you to join us for a discussion of the impact of the pandemic drawing on the experience of our panel. Together we will share, reflect and start to identify how the church can be ready and prepared in our communities to meet the challenges which remain.<\/p>\n<p>The panel includes:<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Stephen McKinney (University of Glasgow)<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Basil Clark VE (Archdiocese of St. Andrews &amp; Edinburgh)<\/p>\n<p>Danny Collins (National President, Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Scotland)<\/p>\n<p>Martin Johnstone (Poverty Truth Network \/ At the Edge)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Justice &amp; Peace Scotland are also sponsoring this event &#8211; <strong>Scottish Churches: COP26, Divestment &amp; Investment in Just &amp; Green Recovery <\/strong>on <strong>Wednesday 3<sup>rd<\/sup> March 7-8.30pm<\/strong>.\u00a0 As above your help in generating interest in this event would be very appreciated.\u00a0 A bit about this event is below and this is the link to register <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/scottish-churches-cop26-divestment-investment-in-just-green-recovery-tickets-141263774753\">Scottish Churches: COP26, Divestment &amp; Investment in Just &amp; Green Recovery Tickets, Wed 3 Mar 2021 at 19:00 | Eventbrite<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As Scotland prepares to host the UN climate talks (<a href=\"https:\/\/ukcop26.org\/\">COP26<\/a>) later this year, we have a unique opportunity to make an impact and increase the pressure on institutions and governments to respond with the urgency that the climate crisis demands.<\/p>\n<p>Join this webinar to find out how Churches in Scotland \u2013 both locally and nationally \u2013 can support a just and green recovery by divesting from fossil fuels and re-orienting investments towards a clean energy future.<\/p>\n<p>We are delighted to welcome the following speakers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dr Lorna Gold<\/strong>, Director of Movement Building at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.faithinvest.org\/\">FaithInvest<\/a>\u00a0and Acting Chair of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/catholicclimatemovement.global\/\">Global Catholic Climate Movement<\/a>, will share how the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicbishops.ie\/\">Irish Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference<\/a>\u00a0divested from fossil fuels, as well as how the Republic of Ireland became the first country to commit to divest<\/li>\n<li><strong>Very Revd John Conway<\/strong>, Provost of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cathedral.net\/\">St Mary\u2019s Episcopal Cathedral<\/a>\u00a0in Edinburgh, will speak about how St Mary\u2019s Episcopal Cathedral divested from fossil fuels, as well as what needs to happen now in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotland.anglican.org\/\">Scottish Episcopal Church<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Seonaid Knox<\/strong>, former clerk to the Church of Scotland Youth Assembly, will speak about her involvement in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofscotland.org.uk\/\">Church of Scotland<\/a>\u00a0divestment campaign, and why the Church needs to listen to the voice of younger generations<\/li>\n<li><strong>James Buchanan<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brightnow.org.uk\/\">Bright Now<\/a>\u00a0Campaign Manager at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/operationnoah.org\/\">Operation Noah<\/a>, will share the key findings of the report\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brightnow.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Church-Investments-in-Major-Oil-Companies-Bright-Now-Report-web.pdf\"><em>Church investments in major oil companies: Paris compliant or Paris defiant?<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Alejandro Alem\u00e1n Treminio<\/strong>, Climate Change Officer at the Nicaraguan organisation\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/humboldt.org.ni\/\">Centro Humboldt<\/a>\u00a0(a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianaid.org.uk\/\">Christian Aid<\/a>\u00a0partner) and coordinator of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CAN_LA_\">Climate Action Network Latin America<\/a>, will speak about the impacts of the climate crisis in the region, how communities are being supported to adapt and his hopes for climate justice at COP26<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We hope you can spread the word of these events, your support of Justice &amp; Peace Scotland is very appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>Kind regards<\/p>\n<p>Frances Gallagher<\/p>\n<p>Justice and Peace Scotland<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk\/\">www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am working Mon, Tues and Wed each week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you want peace work for justice<\/p>\n<p>A Commission of the Bishops\u2019 Conference of Scotland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justice and Peace Scotland invites you to join us for a discussion of the impact of the pandemic drawing on the experience of our panel. 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