13th December 2019
It’s the morning after the night before and my inbox presents post-election messages from celebration to desperation. There is a common denominator – they are friends and colleagues who work in humanitarian jobs – my ‘tribe’. Truth be told, the same reaction happened after the Brexit referendum result a few…
13th November 2019
“Is there an inclusive narrative, a story of our Shared Humanity, which can bring us together as human beings, beyond all our attachments of nationality, religion, language and culture? While maintaining the riches of our own identity groups is it even realistic to think there is an embracing vision we…
11th November 2019
I know there are only 17 sleeps till Christmas but there is only 1 till the General Election! Within hours we will have the results of an election campaign that has been described as divisive. As the results pour in many will be disappointed, many jubilant and many wondering, ‘what…
5th November 2019
Matthew Freeman, international consultant and co-author of Overcoming Bias advocates the need for building authentic relationships. He challenges each one of us to examine stereotypical assumptions and expose ourselves to people, cultures, and ideas outside of our usual comfort zone. But this also requires some work on ourselves. Through, soul-searching…
24th October 2019
‘Who has offended me? How can I give unconditional forgiveness? How can I learn the language of “sorry”?’ Pastor Dr James Wuye and Imam Muhammad Ashafa, once mortal enemies and now acclaimed peacemakers, posed these questions from the boards of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, on the 20th anniversary of…
24th October 2019
‘I called myself a freedom fighter, and it took a football game to discover that I am an oppressor.’ Letlapa Mphahlele, who commanded South Africa’s Azanian People’s Liberation Army, was speaking in Oxford on the theme, ‘Shared humanity’. It was not a sentiment or a theme you would expect to…