Jo Berry: The Disarming Power of Empathy

Our guest in this episode of Spotlights is Jo Berry, peace activist and founder of Building Bridges for Peace.  Jo tells the remarkable story of how she met and came to build a bridge – and eventually, a friendship – with Patrick McGee, the IRA bomber behind the 1984 Brighton bombing.  In that bombing, Jo’s father – Conservative MP Sir Anthony Berry – was killed.

In this podcast, Jo offers hope through a radically different way of perceiving a world seemingly full of strife and disarray.  Rather than focus on differences and conflict, Jo turns to the disarming power of empathy and compassion to build bridges across seemingly uncrossable divides.