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Power to Change on Peace Day 2022 A collaboration between Initiatives of Change and the Little Big Peace Event in Streatham. Filmed at Initiatives of Change UK, London, United Kingdom By Rob Dunford Edited by Wendy Lewis Interviews by Roni Redmond and Wendy Lewis Soundtrack by Ludovico Einaudi Performed by Nuradean Arreythe Photography by Olena Smirnova © Copyright 2022 Celebrate Life

For more information about the Peace Education Programme, please visit: https://tprf.org/peace-education-program/ Filmed by Rob Dunford Edited by Wendy Lewis Produced by Celebrate Life Thanks to Headteacher Catherine May Revd Imogen Vibert Damon Tulloch-Foley The students interviewed The Prem Rawat Foundation © Copyright 2022 Celebrate Life

10 interviews filmed at Impact Brixton, London, UK Produced by Celebrate Life CIC https://www.celebrate-life.co.uk Thanks to the interviewees: Tyrell, Dartsia, Jade, Harry, Nicky, Apithanie, Rachel, Shalomie, Shakari and King Cameras and Sound: Rob Dunford Interviews: Tyrell Davis-Douglin and Wendy Lewis Music: ‘Anelita’ composed and performed by Alistair Smith Sleeping Warrior composed by Alistair Smith, performed by Damien Kelly Research: Roni Redmond, Wallee Mc Donnell, Tyrell Davis-Douglin Directed and edited by Wendy lewis For the New Hope - New Beginnings Jubilee event © Copyright 2022 Celebrate Life #hope #brixton #meaningoflife

Power to Change is a compelling new documentary looking at the stories of Londoners affected by youth violence. Here guests give their feedback after the Premiere screening at the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton. You can watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/Tw4lkURUIjA More info: https://www.celebrate-life.co.uk/ Interviews filmed by Rob Dunford, edited by Wendy Lewis, music by Audiobinger and BluetreeAudio

Celebrate Life have developed creative wellbeing workshops for schools in the UK. For more information, please take a look at our website: https://www.celebrate-life.co.uk/get-creative-with-peace-1

This is a story told by Prem Rawat animated by Gallery on Wheels, produced by Celebrate Life. #premrawat #animation #storytelling #storytime #wisdomstories http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/CelebrateLifeEvents https://www.youtube.com/c/GalleryonWheels https://facebook.com/GalleryOnWheels © Copyright 2020

We are raising funds to complete this documentary. Please support us here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/power-to-change-documentary Thank you!

'Uncle' Errol McGlashan delivers his raw, insightful poem 'Walls' in this short video produced by Celebrate Life https://www.celebrate-life.co.uk 'Walls' Over a period of time I built up these walls In the halls of my mind They limit my perception Of how high I can climb These walls and I We go way back to when I first found myself penned In a crib In a crèche In my first orphanage No my parents weren’t dead Although they might have been And ever since then In one way or another Whether cos I’ve mucked up Or had a run of bad luck I gets locked up In kids’ homes and hostels Detention Centre and Borstal Brixton to Feltham Belmarsh to Wanno I’ve done em all I’m not even bothered no more Sometimes it’s good to get away from it all I’m like, lock me the eff up And throw away the key Nah don’t just chuck it Grind it up into pieces Just in case someone finds it And decides to release me That what you call freedom... you can keep it It’s not for me, leave me be Major or minor crime I’ll do the time These walls and I are just fine Better than hanging around Out here getting my heart broke Where there’s a potential to smoke dope till I choke In an attempt to dissolve this lump in my throat You call this living? I call it a joke Save your tears, there’s no victims Within these walls Just volunteers Of course, these walls are just a reflection Of the walls I’ve built up in my mind Built for protection at a time when life was less kind But there are times when A man can get a little bit pensive After all I’ve been hanging around Within these walls now For for half a century And I dunno what life is all about And how it’s meant to be But in another couple of decades I’m for the cemetery Maybe it’s time I climbed out Of this mind-made penitentiary But you see those walls? They seem so tall I guess I could climb them But what if I fall? But what if I fall I guess I could climb them But what if I fall Oh it’s time I stopped wallowing around Down here in the mire I thought I was safe within these walls But these walls are a liar So I’m kicking off cell door I’m biting through barbed wire I’m coming with new desire I’ve got the fire No more will these walls Have me fumbling around Like a stumbling clown Oh that rumbling sound...? Prepare the ground It’s these walls they’re about to come Tumbling down

Guest comments after the Peace Education programme in Lambeth, London, UK Organised by Celebrate Life CIC https://www.celebrate-life.co.uk Filmed by Rob Dunford Edited by Wendy Lewis Soundtrack by Namvula 'Sign of the Times' www.namvula.com ©Copyright 2020

Pastor Lorraine Jones asked Prem Rawat a question during the Seeds of Peace event at Lambeth College, London, UK https://www.premrawat.com Organised by Celebrate Life Events http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk In collaboration with Lorraine Jones of Dwaynamics https://www.dsfcic.co.uk and Lambeth Police Community Partnerships Filmed by Timeless Today Edited by Wendy Lewis © Timeless Today

Seeds of Peace - Poem by Errol McGlashan, Music by Luke Tunney Dancers Shreeya Parulekar and Frank Wilson Directed by Roni Redmond, Filmed by Rob Dunford and Wendy Lewis Location: Nomadic Community Gardens, Shoreditch, London UK Edited by Wendy Lewis, Produced by Celebrate Life Events http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk The poem was inspired by Prem Rawat’s words For more info: https://www.premrawat.com and https://www.tprf.org/programs/peace-education-program

We are very excited to be collaborating with 'Safe Haven' for our next event addressing the knife crime crisis in Muswell Hill, North London. ​ 24th September, 7-9pm Tuesday  ​ Progress updates from local councillors, MPs, headteachers and spokespeople, names TBC ​ Screening of multi-award winning docu-film: ​ Inside Peace The Inside Peace documentary follows a group of inmates doing hard time in a Texas prison as they embark on a journey of personal discovery while struggling with society’s roadblocks and dangers. ​ FREE ENTRY ~ REFRESHMENTS ​ Muswell Hill Methodist Church 28 Page’s Lane, Muswell Hill, London N10 1PP ​ More info here: https://www.celebrate-life.co.uk/events

Join us for the finale on Tuesday 30th July and Get Creative with that feeling called Peace. More details: https://www.celebrate-life.co.uk/events

Open Curtains Drama Group from Brixton, South London, devised this piece for the Seeds of Peace Event in Lambeth College organised by Celebrate Life Events in collaboration with Lorraine Jones of Dwaynamics and Lambeth Police Community Partnerships. http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk Open Curtains Drama Group Participants: Ella Rothing, Lula Powell, Carrie Mclean, Chanel Davis Directed by Makeda Nation Created for Seeds of Peace 2018 at Lambeth College Organised by Celebrate Life Events in collaboration with Lorraine Jones of Dwaynamics and Lambeth Police Community Partnerships Filmed by Timeless Today Edited by Wendy Lewis © Timeless Today

A short video promoting our next series of events in Brixton - Get Creative with Peace Workshops. We are crowdfunding to cover the costs. Please support us! Here is the link: https://www.gofundme.com/get-creative-with-peace http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk Thanks to everyone interviewed Video filmed by Rob Dunford and Wendy Lewis Edited by Wendy Lewis

Seeds of Peace A poem by 'Uncle Errol' - Errol McGlashan - from Brixton, London UK Inspired by Prem Rawat Filmed by Rob Dunford and Wendy Lewis for Celebrate Life Events Edited by Wendy Lewis Soundtrack by Experimental http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk

Spaces for Voices Project - Organised by Celebrate Life: http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk in collaboration with Cedoux Kadima: http://www.cedoux.wix.com/cedoux Special thanks to Federico Rivas and Shanti Sarkar - Refugee Youth /APOW http://www.refugeeyouth.org Thanks to Tom Morley from Instant Team work for the Drum workshop http://www.tommorley.com Funded by National Lottery Video filmed by Rob Dunford and Wendy Lewis Edited by Wendy Lewis Soundtrack by Tito Gomez

A lively and humorous conversation between two seasoned performers: Mr Gee (poet, comedian and radio presenter) and Mudibu (UK-Burundi singer songwriter). Their advice and insights will be especially interesting to new and aspiring artists. Topics covered include the path to becoming an artist, the resilience needed, the moment you commit, the good times and the very worst, self-validation vs audience validation, why you do it and why the live art from will never die. If you would like to share your own thoughts/advice - please comment! http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk

Seeds of Peace - Organised by Dwaynamics and Celebrate Life Events with Lambeth Police Community Partnerships More info: http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk https://www.premrawat.com https://www.tprf.org Video filmed by Rob Dunford, edited by Wendy Lewis Soundtrack by Tito Gomez ©Copyright 2018

Celebrate Life Events in partnership with PC Damon Tulloch-Foley ran the Peace Education Programme in Angell Town's Community Centre. This video contains some of the interviews we did on the last session. For more info about Celebrate Life Events, please go to our website: http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk

‘Uncle Errol’ performing his latest poem ‘The New Me’ at the last session of the Peace Education Programme on the Angell Town Estate, London UK. Errol went through the Peace Programme while in prison. http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk

Amal - Hope - Organised by Celebrate Life Events & Arts Canteen http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk http://new.artscanteen.com Video edited by Wendy Lewis, Filmed by Rob Dunford Artist links: Olcay Bayir and friends http://www.olcaybayir.com Alia Alzougbi / Lebanese Storyteller: https://twitter.com/aliaalzougbi Attab Haddad / Oud player: http://www.attabhaddad.com Bonnendis / Greek folk music: http://www.cassandrebalossobardin.com/mponendis.html Short Film of Peace Ambassador Prem Rawat: https://www.timelesstoday.com

Celebrate Life Events and Arts Canteen present: Amal - Hope 10th Sep 2016, 8:00-11:00pm http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk @ RichMix, London: https://www.richmix.org.uk/events/music/amal-hope Line-up: Olcay Bayir and friends http://www.olcaybayir.com Alia Alzougbi / Lebanese Storyteller https://twitter.com/aliaalzougbi Attab Haddad / Oud player extraordinaire http://www.attabhaddad.com Bonnendis / Raw Greek folk music http://www.cassandrebalossobardin.com/mponendis.html Short Film of Peace Ambassador Prem Rawat https://www.premrawat.com/thought-for-the-day/ DJ Sebastian Merrick Video edited by Wendy Lewis Soundtrack by Olcay Bayir

Celebrate Life Events collaborated with PC Damon Tulloch-Foley, to screen the documentary 'Inside Peace' to Lambeth community groups, police and local movers and shakers. We interviewed them at the end of the night and this video includes some of what they said. More about the documentary: http://insidepeacemovie.com The Peace Education Programme: http://www.tprf.org/programs/peace-education-program/ Celebrate Life Events: http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk Video filmed by Rob Dunford Music by Gillicuddy Edited by Wendy Lewis

Music and Peace event in London organised by Celebrate Life Events http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk in collaboration with the Rwandans in the UK http://www.rwandansinuk.com More about the featured artists: *Jean-Paul Samputu: http://www.samputufc.org * Namvula: http://www.namvula.com * Prem Rawat’s message of peace: http://www.premrawat.com, http://www.wopg.org * Spoken Word artist Mr Gee: http://www.soundcloud.com/mr-gee-poet *Mudibu: http://www.reverbnation.com/mudibu Video filmed by Anne-Marie Goodman and Richard Pickett Edited by Wendy Lewis © 2015 All Rights Reserved

Words and voice by Prem Rawat: http://www.premrawat.com/ Artwork by Sally Fisher: https://www.facebook.com/SallyFisherArt/ Edited by Wendy Lewis: https://www.facebook.com/WendyLewisMu...

On Valentine's Day Celebrate Life Events brought together musicians from all over the world for an event themed on love. During the event we asked audience members and musicians: "What does love mean to you?" These are the answers. http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk Thank you to all the guests and artists interviewed, including Sarah Perceval, Afla Sackey, Henry Lawry, Nawroz Oramari, Dani Cali and Jean-Paul Samputu Soundtrack: 'Old Lady' by Afla Sackey & AfrikBawantu http://www.afrikbawantu.com 'Stay' by Dani Cali - https://www.facebook.com/danicalimusic Filmed by Anne-Marie Goodman, Richard Pickett and Rob Dunford at The RichMix, London Video produced and edited by Wendy Lewis © Copyright Celebrate Life Events 2016

Kalia improvising on the Nay http://www.kaliamusic.com at the 'Celebrating Love' Event organised by Celebrate Life Events http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk Filmed by Anne-Marie Goodman, Richard Pickett and Rob Dunford at The RichMix, London Video edited by Wendy Lewis © Copyright Celebrate Life Events 2016

Pachamama, Honouring Mother Earth - Feb 28th, Sunday 2016. A collaboration between Celebrate Life Events, the Bolivian Embassy and Vicki Cespedes of 'Sikuris sin Fronteras'. Expect a colourful, vibrant event with indigenous, music, dance, art, food, film and ceremony celebrating the traditions of the Andes and the magnificent planet we live on. Children welcome, tickets and info: http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk/#!events/c21kz

Organised by Celebrate Life Events http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk in Collaboration with the UK Rwandan and Burundian Communities www.rwandansinuk.com At The RichMix, London, UK http://www.richmix.org.uk Filmed by Anne-Marie Goodman, Richard Pickett and Rob Dunford Edited by Wendy Lewis Thanks to the guests interviewed, the volunteers and all the artists who performed: London Burundi Drummers Griot Chinyere (storyteller) http://www.shanti-chi.com RWAAB - Rwandan Dancers Chris Kubwimana (from Aurora Deaf Aid Africa) http://www.auroradeaf.org Patrice Shema and Wallee McDonnell (MCs) Jean-Paul Samputu http://www.samputufc.org Mudibu http://www.mudibu.com

AMAHORO - Peace & Hope - Music Event - http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk - Saturday 19th September 2015 ~ 8:00 -11pm, Late Bar Venue: RichMix, Shoreditch, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA, UK Video filmed and edited by Wendy Lewis. The Rwandan Community in London is collaborating for the second time with Celebrate Life Events in the name of Peace 'Amahoro', and the Burundian Community in the UK has now joined forces. Tickets: £10, @ the door or £8 adv. booking online. Coming soon. Rwandan Food served from 8:00pm More about the featured artists: *Jean-Paul Samputu: http://www.samputufc.org * Mudibu: http://www.mudibu.com * Prem Rawat’s message of peace: http://www.premrawat.com, http://www.wopg.org More info: http://www.rwandansinuk.com http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk http://www.richmix.org.uk

On the 13th Feb Celebrate Life Events collaborated with Vocal Global for a special event celebrating love and building bridges. Here is one song from the event. 'Celebrating Love' ~ organised by Celebrate Life Events http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk & Vocal Global http://www.vocalglobalmusic.com Vocal Global: Noga Ritter, David X and Rachel Hayter Guest Artists: Nawroz Oramari, Susi Evans, Elizabeth Nott Belly dancing: Ossi Ritter Filmed by Anne-Marie Goodman, Richard Pickett and Rob Dunford at The RichMix, London Video edited by Wendy Lewis © Copyright Wendy Lewis 2015

In late 2014, Celebrate Life Events organised a full day of interviews with interesting people from all walks of life living in London. Jonathan Robinson was one of the interviewees, who we had met by chance at an awards ceremony a few days earlier. Going to prison changed his life in many ways, and here he tells us how, and why. More info about Jonathan and his books: http://www.jonathanrobinson.org Interview organised by Celebrate Life Events: http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk Thanks to Uthink for offering us the interview space: http://www.uthinkcic.org.uk Filmed by Anne-Marie Goodman and Richard Pickett Edited by Wendy Lewis: http://www.wendy-lewis.com © Wendy Lewis 2015

On the 21st March, 2015, Celebrate Life Events collaborated with Culturepot Global and RichMix London for a special event called 'Songs to Inspire'. It brought together traditional music from Bangladesh and its neighbour, Nepal, fused with contemporary music from London-based musicians. It also raised funds for two charities: Music for Development, helping children in the slums of Dhaka, and the Food for People programme, breaking the cycle of poverty in one of the poorest regions of Nepal. http://tprf.org/programs/ffp/ Organised by Celebrate Life Events: http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk In collaboration with: Culturpot Global: https://www.facebook.com/CulturepotGlobal The RichMix: http://www.richmix.org.uk Arts Council The Prem Rawat Foundation: http://tprf.org Music for Development Ganga Thapa and Namlo: http://www.gangathapa.com Filmed by Anne-Marie Goodman, Richard Pickett and Rob Dunford Interview audio: Dave Mackie Video edited by Wendy Lewis © Copyright 2015

21st March 8:00pm Saturday 2015 - @ The RichMix, London, E1 6LA Tickets and info: http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk/#!events/c1xva We are very excited to announce our next event - a collaboration with Culturepot Global and Rich Mix London. With music from Bangladesh and Nepal we are continuing our theme of crossing boundaries, sharing cultures and bringing people together to Celebrate Life. This time we will also be raising funds for two fantastic charities: ‘Music for Development’ in Bangladesh and Food for People, Nepal’ one of The Prem Rawat Foundation TPRF's innovative programmes for feeding people most in need. http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk http://www.tprf.org

Celebrate Life puts on performance and film events round London combining music with a message of peace. Please check https://www.celebrate-life.co.uk for upcoming events and find us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CelebrateLifeEvents and twitter: @CelebLM Video Edited by Wendy, Photos by Nitesh Mistry. Filmed at The Hideaway, Streatham, by Anne-Marie Goodman and Richard Pickett Big thank you to everyone at LBPF (Little Big Peace Festival), who promote peace in Streatham. Celebrate Life partnered with this group for the Voices for Peace event at the Hideaway. For more info please see their website: http://www.littlebigpeace.com/ Message of peace from Prem Rawat www.wopg.org Thanks to all the artists - you can check out their music at these links: Dele Sosimi meets Lokkhi Terra: A musical Mash-up between two of London's hippest bands. Ex-Fela Kuti Keyboardist and Afro-Beat originator DELE SOSIMI joined forces with UK/Bangladeshi pianist and leader of Lokkhi Terra KISHON KHAN. Together with members of their respective bands, they present a worldly Sound Clash -- mixing various musical styles from Cuban Rumba to Afro-beat to Jazz. http://www.delesosimi.org/index.php Ramon Goose and Abdoulaye Samb - exploring the link between the blues and Africa https://www.facebook.com/ramongooseofficial https://www.facebook.com/pages/Abdoulaye-Samb-Minnjiaraby/318479761504528 Poetry by Marcia Mar (also interviewed) Marcia is a multimedia artist, poet, writer, performer, singer and an experimental composer. You can find out more about her work on the links below. www.marciamar.com www.marciamar.commyspace.com/marciamar Najma Akhtar A musical journey from the Ganges, to the Thames, to the River Shannon and across the big pond to the Mississippi Delta. Najma explores not only in Hindi/ Urdu - Ghazal/ Sufi but also songs in English and looks at Rhythm and Blues /Folk / Celtic / with an Indian twist. For her performance at this event she was joined by David Wilkins on guitar. www.najmaakhtar.com Tiu De Haan Creative entrepreneur, facilitator, adventurer, singer-songwriter, returns to the stage with talented a trio. New collaborative arrangements of original songs by Tiu de Haan with Tara Franks on cello and vocals and Jack Ross on guitar. Classic pop melodies with hints of folk and soul, reinvented by exploring an acoustic percussive sound and rich vocal/string harmonies. http://tiudehaan.com/music https://www.facebook.com/tiudehaanmusic https://soundcloud.com/tiu-de-haan

A short video from a wonderful Celebrate Life Event: Latin American Rhythms for Peace. http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk Including interviews with guests and artists, breathtaking performances from Diego Laverde, Adriano Adewale and Martha Acosta, a traditional puppet show by Jose Navarro and highlights from the short film on peace presenting Prem Rawat's message. Organised by Celebrate Life Events in collaboration with Carolina Graterol Thanks to Arts4Giving for the art slideshow Filmed by Anne-Marie Goodman and Richard Pickett Video edited by Wendy Lewis

AMAHORO - Peace & Hope - Music Event - http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk - Friday 5th September 2014 ~ 7:30 -11pm, Late Bar Venue: RichMix, Shoreditch, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA, UK Video filmed and edited by Wendy Lewis. Soundtrack by Namvula: http://www.namvula.com The Rwandan Community in London is collaborating for the first time with Celebrate Life Events in the name of Peace - “AMAHORO”. Tickets: £5, @ the door or book online http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/amahoro-peace-hope/ Rwandan Food served from 7:30pm More about the featured artists: *Jean-Paul Samputu: http://www.samputufc.org * Namvula: http://www.namvula.com * Prem Rawat’s message of peace: http://www.premrawat.com, http://www.wopg.org * Spoken Word artist Mr Gee: http://www.soundcloud.com/mr-gee-poet More info: http://www.rwandansinuk.com http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/amahoro-peace-hope/

Video by Wendy Lewis Music 'As My Heart Desires' by John Adorney Created for 'Celebrate Life Events' on International Peace Day Please go to www.celebrate-life.co.uk or find us on facebook for information on upcoming events in the UK: https://www.facebook.com/CelebrateLifeEvents

Dani Cali set the tone for the evening at an International Peace Day celebration at St Ethelburga's, London. The event was organised by Celebrate Life Events http://www.celebrate-life.co.uk In this video Dani sings 'Walking' and 'Stay', and recites a poem by Rabindranath Tagore. Songs written and performed by Dani Cali Backing vocals: Wayne Maslin Filmed at St Ethelburga's Centre for Peace & Reconciliation, London UK Camera 1: Rajni Topiwalla Camera 2: Wendy Lewis Edited by Wendy Lewis