Timmon Wallis, courtesy QCEA
Timmon Wallis heads up QCEA
‘As we continue speaking our Quaker truth to those in positions of power and responsibility in the European institutions, I will ensure that we continue to do so from a place of humility and compassion.'
Former Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) employee Timmon Wallis is the new director of Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA). A Quaker activist, with a PhD in Peace Studies, Timmon Wallis was the peace and disarmament manager at BYM from 2014-2017. He will start the new position in May, after current director Andrew Lane leaves.
Timmon Wallis said the position was an honour and he was ‘excited to be working with such a terrific team’.
He said: ‘As we continue speaking our Quaker truth to those in positions of power and responsibility in the European institutions, I will ensure that we continue to do so from a place of humility and compassion. It is through constructive dialogue and being always open to the Spirit that we will build a more peaceful, just and sustainable Europe.’
Jeremy Lester, clerk of QCEA’s Executive Committee and General Assembly, said: ‘Timmon Wallis has worked all his life with Quaker values, be it at Quaker Peace & Social Witness, advocating in the USA for the abolition of nuclear weapons, or managing an international NGO in Brussels protecting civilians in violent conflicts through nonviolent strategies.’
