Open season: Joseph Jones talks to Marisa Johnson, clerk to Britain Yearly Meeting trustees

‘I was asked to serve, and I said yes.’

by Joseph Jones 2nd May 2025

You’re almost halfway through your term as clerk to Britain Yearly Meeting trustees. How has it been going?

Surprisingly well. I was very surprised to be asked. I thought that being in my late sixties, and a white middle-class woman, would be against everything we were trying to do in terms of bringing some diversity into the group. But younger Friends have a lot of demands on their lives – young families, careers, elderly parents, and local Quaker commitments – so I could see that I at least had time to offer. Some experience as well.