Turning the tide of injustice

Sila Collins-Walden writes about her first experience of the Quaker Peace & Social Witness Annual Spring Conference

by Sila Collins-Walden 22nd May 2015

‘Making change happen’ was the theme of the Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) Annual Spring Conference, held at Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick, Derbyshire, from 13 to 15 March this year.

The focus of the gathering was on how QPSW, and particularly the Turning the Tide (TTT) programme, make change happen. Turning the Tide is a QPSW-run nonviolent training programme that is part of our Quaker Peace Testimony.

The conference was spiritually based, and included Meetings for Worship, and was also a great opportunity to meet Friends from across Britain and beyond. This was my first conference and I was delighted to be nominated as QPSW correspondent for North Scotland Area Meeting (NSAM).