Srebrenica Memorial Week 2016 saw nearly 200 powerful community action events reaching over 20,000 people with our message “21: Coming of Age – Time to Act” in which we spoke of the lost generation of Bosnians and the need to honour their memory by acting to ensure that young people will always be able to celebrate their coming of age and tackling hatred before it takes hold.
These were the UK and national community action events that took place:
UK Community Action: Durbar Court, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
On Monday 11th July, high profile guests attended a Solemn Commemoration for Srebrenica Memorial Day at Durbar Court in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The service included testimony from Srebrenica genocide survivors Hajrudin Mesić and Nedžad Avdić, daughter of Bosnian refugees, Amra Mujkanović and addresses by key figures including Prime Minister of Bosnia, Dr Denis Zvizdić, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Philip Hammond MP and performances from Bosnian Soprano Aida Čorbadžić and Cellist Belma Alić.
The Temple of Peace, Cardiff
The National Commemoration for Wales, organised and hosted by our Welsh Co-Chairs Saleem Kidwai OBE and David Melding AM, was held at The Temple of Peace on Thursday 14th July 2016. The event was attended by First Minister Carwyn Jones, who launched our Welsh language education resources and featured powerful testimony from Srebrenica genocide survivor Hajrudin Mesić, Siege of Sarajevo survivor Resad Trbonja and daughter of Bosnian refugees, Amra Mujkanović. The event was introduced by former police officer Howard Tucker who worked as an investigator for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Cathcart Old Church, Glasgow
The National Commemoration for Scotland, organised by our Scottish board under the chairship of the very Reverend Lorna Hood, was held at Cathcart Old Church, Glasgow on Friday 15th July. Members of a recent Young Leaders Delegation, Sarah Farrell and John Loughton, spoke of their experiences in Bosnia and how they will share these with young people in Scotland, there was powerful testimony from Srebrenica genocide survivor Nedžad Avdić and Amra Mujkanovic and Tariq Ishaq spoke about learning the lessons from Srebrenica.
Belfast City Hall, Belfast
We were delighted to hold the official commemoration of Srebrenica in Northern Ireland at Stormont on Thursday 14th July this year. The event brought together members of different communities for an interfaith service and speeches from Dr Waqar Azmi OBE, Peter Osborne, Chair of the Community Relations Council, Lumturi Podrimaj, a Kosovan refugee now living in Belfast, and Caitríona Ruane MLA, the Principal Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Belfast City Hall, Belfast
We were delighted to hold the official commemoration of Srebrenica in Northern Ireland at Stormont on Thursday 14th July this year. The event brought together members of different communities for an interfaith service and speeches from Dr Waqar Azmi OBE, Peter Osborne, Chair of the Community Relations Council, Lumturi Podrimaj, a Kosovan refugee now living in Belfast, and Caitríona Ruane MLA, the Principal Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Find below the list of community action that took that place:
North West
Chorlton Central Church – Interfaith Prayers – 8th July
Bolton Islamic Girls School – Srebrenica Memorial – 9th July
Manchester Reform Synagogue – Srebrenica Prayers – 9th July
Manchester Pakistani Cultural Centre – Bosnian Cultural Day – 10th July
Manchester Pakistani Cultural Centre – Srebrenica Fundraising Dinner – 10th July
Harris Museum and Library, Preston – Srebrenica Display – 10th-17th July
Buxton Literary Festival – Bosnia Panel Discussion – 11th July
Manchester City Council – Srebrenica Silence – 11th July
St Michael’s Church, Macclesfield – Srebrenica Photography Exhibition – 11th-17th July
Greystone Community Centre, Carlisle – Srebrenica Memorial – 11th July
Preston City Council – Srebrenica Memorial Event – 11th July
Thorn Cross Prison, Nr Warrington – Srebrenica Memorial – 12th July
Kilgarth School, Birkenhead – 8372 Memorial Tournament – 13th July
Manchester Cathedral – Srebrenica Memorial – 13th July
Manchester City Council – Minute’s silence for Srebrenica – 13th July
The Neighbourhood, Manchester – Rooftop Film Screening – 13th July
Golden Mosque, Rochdale – Srebrenica Prayers – 15th July
NCS Darwen – Hate Crime Workshop – 16th July
RSI Regional Board – Flower Flash Mob – 16th July
Manchester City Council – Awareness Raising for Srebrenica – 16th July
Blackburn with Darwen Council – Srebrenica Memorial – 17th July
Jewish-Muslim Forum – Srebrenica Memorial – 17th July
North Manchester Jamia Mosque – Srebrenica Memorial – 17th July
Blackburn & Manchester Cathedrals – Interfaith Peace Walk – 17th July
UK Education Faith Foundation – Srebrenica Interfaith Memorial – 23rd July
Rethink, Rebuild, Manchester – Women Who Refuse To Die (Film Screening) – 24th July
Preston City Council – Display & Exhibition – Throughout Srebrenica Memorial Week
Lancashire Library – Srebrenica Display – Throughout Srebrenica Memorial Week
Yorkshire & North East
Makkah Masjid, Leeds – Srebrenica Memorial – 9th July
Sinai Synagogue, Leeds – Srebrenica Prayers – 9th July
Bankside Primary School, Leeds – Srebrenica Assembly – 11th July
Tapton School, Sheffield – Srebrenica Workshop – 11th July
Jubilee Woods – Tree planting memorial – 11th July
Bradford City Council – Memorial Stone Unveiling – 11th July
South Tyneside Council – Civic Memorial Service – 11th July
Jamia Islamia Ta’leem ul Qur’an Urdu Teaching Centre – Sheffield, Srebrenica Prayer – 11 July
Jamia Masjid Ghausia, Firth Park – Sheffield, Srebrenica Prayer – 11 July
Jamia Masjid Hanfia Tinsley – Sheffield Srebrenica Prayer – 11 July
Jamia Masjid Madina, Netheredge – Sheffield, Srebrenica Prayer – 11 July
Jamia Masjid Tabligh ul Islam, Bodmin Street, Attercliffe – Sheffield, Srebrenica Prayer – 11 July
Jamia Masjid Abu Bakr, Eastwood – Rotherham, Srebrenica Prayer – 11 July
Jamia Masjid Anwar e Madina, College Road – Rotherham, Srebrenica Prayer – 11 July
Bankside Primary School, Leeds – 8372 Football Tournament – 13th July
Bradford Council for Mosques – Srebrenica Plaque Unveiling – 13th July
Masjid Ghausia, Huddersfield – Srebrenica Prayers – 15th July
Bradford Supplementary Schools – 8-3-7-2 Tournament – 15th July
Leeds City Council – Civic Memorial Service – 15th July
Saville Town Playing Fields, Dewsbury – Let’s Unite Charity Football tournament – 16th July
Media Museum, Bradford – Film Screening – 16th July
Dewsbury Trinity Centre – Srebrenica Memorial – 17th July
Professional Muslim Institute – Srebrenica Panel Discussion – 20th July
Bradford Supplementary Schools Award dinner – Srebrenica Exhibition – 20th July
Almondbury Older Peoples Group – Srebrenica Dialogue Session – Throughout Memorial Week
Lower Hopton School – Srebrenica Dialogue Session – Throughout Memorial Week
Westborough high School – Srebrenica Dialogue Session – Throughout Memorial Week
Barley Girls High School – Srebrenica Dialogue Session – Throughout Memorial Week
Pakistani Kashmiri Welfare Association – Srebrenica Dialogue Session – Throughout Memorial Week
Al Hikmah Centre Women’s Group – Srebrenica Dialogue Session – Throughout Memorial Week
Al Hilal Centre – Srebrenica Dialogue Session – Throughout Memorial Week
Kirklees Community Engagement Team – Srebrenica Dialogue Session – Throughout Memorial Week
Kirklees Prevent Team – Srebrenica Dialogue Session – Throughout Memorial Week
Upper Batley High School – Srebrenica Dialogue Session – Throughout Memorial Week
All Saints High School – Srebrenica Dialogue Session – Throughout Memorial Week
Six Million + Charitable trust – Srebrenica Dialogue Session – Throughout Memorial Week
EKTA Working for women in Kirklees – Srebrenica Dialogue Session – Throughout Memorial Week
Dewsbury Minster – Srebrenica Dialogue Session – Throughout Memorial Week
Faith In The future group – Srebrenica Dialogue Session – Throughout Memorial Week
Non Violence Network West Yorkshire – Srebrenica Dialogue Session – Throughout Memorial Week
Almondbury Older Peoples group – Srebrenica Dialogue Session – Throughout Memorial Week
East Midlands
Islah-ul-Muslimeen Mosque – Srebrenica Prayers – 8th July
Northampton Central Mosque – Srebrenica Prayers – 8th July
Kettering Muslim Association – Srebrenica Prayers – 8th July
Nottingham Liberal Synagogue – Srebrenica Prayers – 9th July
B & H Association Derby – Memorial Unveiling & Flower Laying – 10th July
Northampton Borough Council – Civic Memorial – 11th July
Nottingham County Council – Srebrenica Memorial – 11th July
Rushden College – Srebrenica Assembly – 11th July
Huxlow Science College – Srebrenica Assembly – 11th July
East Point Academy, Lowestoft – Srebrenica Assembly – 11th July
Richard Hale School – Srebrenica Coffee Morning – 12th July
Leicester Cathedral – Remembrance Service – 14th July
Leicester Central Mosque – Srebrenica Memorial Event – 15th July
Al-Hira Mosque, Luton – Srebrenica Memorial – 23rd July
West Midlands
North Staffordshire YMCA Stoke-on-Trent – Srebrenica Memorial – 8th July
Birmingham Progressive Synagogue – Srebrenica Prayer Event – 9th July
Wolverhampton Council Civic – Memorial Service – 11th July
Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Trust – Srebrenica Seminar – 12th July
St John’s Church, Stafford – Srebrenica Memorial Event – 12th July
Birmingham City Council – Lessons from Srebrenica, Hate Crime Resolution – 12th July
Clifton Rd, Birmingham – Srebrenica talk – Thursday 12th July
George Dixon Primary School, Birmingham – 8372 Football Tournament – 13th July
St Georges Church, Edgbaston – Remembrance Service – 13th July
Stoke Park School, Coventry – Srebrenica Assembly – 13th July
Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham – Film Screening – 14th July
Muath Trust – Srebrenica Commemoration – 15th July
Beatfreeks – Srebrenica Talk & Poetry – 15th July
Innovate Walsall – Remembering Srebrenica Eid Memorial Dinner – 15th July
Sidney Stringer Academy, Coventry – Community Commemoration – 16th July
Victoria Square, Birmingham City Centre Unity Rally Against Hate, 1pm-2pm, 17th July
St John’s Church, Bromsgrove – Srebrenica Memorial – 17th July
Community Foundation – Film Screening & Discussion – 18th July
Birmingham City Council – Civic Memorial Service – 25th July
Uffculme Centre – Srebrenica Exhibition – Throughout Memorial Week
London & South East
P21 Gallery – Photography Exhibition – 1st – 12th July
HIVE, Dalston – Snowflakes for Truth Srebrenica Creative workshop – 3rd July
DocHouse,Curzon Cinema – Film Screening – 7th July
Redcoat Youth Centre – Srebrenica Workshop – 8th July
The Law Society – Panel Discussion – 8th July
The Challenge – Srebrenia Memorial Project – 9th July
Westminster Synagogue – Srebrenica Prayers – 9th July
The Liberal Jewish Synagogue, London – Srebrenica Prayers – 9th July
New Stoke Newington Shul – Srebrenica Prayers – 9th July
Sha’arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue – Srebrenica Prayers – 9th July
New North London Synagogue – Srebrenica Prayers – 9th July
Brighton & Hove Progressive Synagogue – Srebrenica Prayers – 9th July
Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue – Srebrenica Prayers – 9th July
Hounslow Library – Srebrenica Display – 10th-17th July
Bosnian School UK – Name Reading Vigil – 10th July
RSI Regional Board London – Interfaith Walk – 10th July
Brent Council – Civic Memorial Service – 10th July
Waltham Forest Council – Srebrenica Memorial – 10th July
House of Commons – signing of Srebrenica memorial book of pledges – 11th July
Herbert Leon Academy – Srebrenica Lessons – 11th July
Al-Khoei Foundation – Srebrenica Memorial – 11th July
Hammersmith & Fulham Council – Civic Memorial Service – 11th July
West Hatch High School – Srebrenica Assembly – 11th July
Barking & Dagenham Council – Civic Memorial Service – 11th July
Garth Hill Secondary School – Memorial Walk – 11th July
UK Srebrenica Memorial Day, hosted by the Foreign Secretary at Durbar Court – 11th July
Borehamwood Day Centre – Srebrenica Memorial – 11th July
East London Mosque – Srebrenica Memorial Event – 11th July
Embassy of the USA – Minute’s Silence – 11th July
The United Synagogue, London – Srebrenica prayer service – 11 July
Harrow London Borough Council – Civic Commemoration – 12th July
Faiths Forum for London – Srebrenica Memorial – 12th July
Houses of Parliament – Film Screening – 12th July
The Ismaili Centre – Srebrenica Memorial – 12th July
Sandhurst School – 8372 Football Tournament – 13th July
King Richard’s School – 8372 Football Tournament – 13th July
Rumi’s Cave, London – Film Screening & Discussion – 13th July
City Circle – Srebrenica Panel Discussion – 14th July
You Press – Srebrenica Poetry Evening – 15th July
St Ethelburga’s Church – Srebrenica Peace Concert – 16th July
Finsbury Park Mosque – Interfaith Commemoration – 17th July
Finborough Theatre – Film Screening – 21st July
Barclays Bank – Srebrenica Panel Discussion – 27th July
Redmond Community Centre – Clothes Swap for Srebrenica – 30th July
Rich Mix, London – Srebrenica Interactive Theatre Workshop – 31st July
South West
Cheltenham – Srebrenica Peace blooms – 9th July
Abbeymead Primary School – Srebrenica Assembly – 11th July
Glenfall Primary School – Srebrenica Assembly – 11th July
Bournemouth Town Hall – Civic Memorial and Flag Raising – 11th July
Thomas Hardye School, Dorset – 8372 Football Tournament – 13th July
Gloucester Guildhall – Women of War Event – 26th July
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Assembly – National Srebrenica Commemoration – 14th July
Wales
Temple of Peace – National Srebrenica Commemoration – 14th July
RSI Community Champions – Snowdon for Srebrenica Mount Snowdon Climb – 14th July
Scotland
Cathcart Old Parish Church – National Srebrenica Commemoration – 15th July
