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Quakers gather online for Swarthmore Lecture 2020
Almost 2,000 Friends gathered online to hear the 2020 Swarthmore Lecture by social scientist, writer and broadcaster Tom Shakespeare last weekend. In Openings to the Infinite Ocean: A Friendly Offering of Hope, Tom Shakespeare considered hope in an era of pandemic, climate emergency and rightwing populism, quoting poet Grace Paley’s words: ...
Manchester Quakers commit to BLM review
Central Manchester Friends have pledged to develop an anti-racism programme in response to the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement.
UK universities with arms trade links
British universities are increasingly beholden to financial arrangements with arms firms due to Brexit and government cuts, an author who specialises in the arms trade has asserted.
Friends rally for ‘stigmatised’ drivers
International Friends came together for a Quaker-led initiative to support communities and truck drivers crossing parts of Africa.
‘Tax Justice Sunday’ worship
A Woodbrooke tutor, Val Jenner, led a Quaker all-age Meeting for Worship themed around tax justice to mark Tax Justice Sunday. The member of Selly Oak Meeting said the Zoom session on 14 June drew on material about tax avoidance provided by Church Action for Tax Justice (CATJ) and child-friendly activities...
Revision Committee gets creative
The Book of Discipline Revision Committee has launched a creative project Open to New Light based on Quaker artistic contributions in order to inform their work.
Quakers mark Hiroshima and Nagasaki Days
As millions get ready to mark the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombs that left tens of thousands dead in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Quakers joined Christian CND’s call for a global ban on nuclear weapons.
Friends of Color’s message to Quakers
The Friends of Color group has released an epistle calling on Quakers to heed its ‘Call to Action’ on the racial pandemic. ‘To our Friends in the wider Quaker world, we the Friends of Color, can’t breathe,’ said the Outgoing Epistle of the 2020 Virtual Pre-Gathering of Friends of Color...
Brighton Friend forms music fundraiser
A Quaker composer and patron of The Leaveners has started a fundraising music group after performing on her doorstep throughout the ‘Clap for our Carers’ appeals. The money raised via a Just Giving donations page will go towards helping musicians who are struggling due to the restrictions of the Covid-19...
Future local, not global, says XR book
Extinction Rebellion (XR) needs to ‘break out of the XR bubble’ and enable entire communities ‘to demand change’, says a new XR digital handbook that Quakers have been sharing.