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Hexham Debate highlights arms trade
Writer and broadcaster Andrew Feinstein argued at the second Hexham Debate last Saturday that the arms industry is a ‘perfect storm for corruption’. Andrew, the director of Corruption Watch UK, an NGO combating corruption by governments and corporations, talked about ‘The shadow world: inside the global arms trade’. He...
Arms protesters found not guilty
Five peace activists were found not guilty at Stratford Magistrates’ Court in London last week on charges of aggravated trespass at a London arms fair. The activists, who included two with Quaker links, had been arrested at the London Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEi) fair on 10 September 2013.
Meeting for Sufferings: Revision of Quaker faith & practice
Friends agreed to begin the process of a revision of Quaker faith & practice at Meeting for Sufferings, which was held at Friends House on Saturday 1 February. In the past year there has been a wide-ranging consultation about a possible revision. It was launched in June 2013 and closed at...
Meeting for Sufferings: Young people’s participation days
Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) heard a proposal for an annual day for young people aged 14-18 to happen alongside MfS – the aim being to engage with ‘the experiences and concerns of young Quakers’.
Meeting for Sufferings: Planned agenda for Yearly Meeting Gathering 2014
Chris Skidmore, nominated clerk of Yearly Meeting (YM), outlined the planned agenda for the event in Bath. He said that he did not see this year as one of big decisions but rather as the culmination of three years of exploration of what it means to be a Quaker today....
Meeting for Sufferings: Political engagement
Jessica Metheringham outlined her work in her first few months as parliamentary engagement officer for Britain Yearly Meeting and talked about the importance of political engagement. She described her role as ‘Speaking Truth to Power’ and said her work was ‘forty per cent parliamentary and political engagement; forty per...
Meeting for Sufferings: Vibrancy initiative
Friends across Britain were encouraged at Meeting for Sufferings to take part in an initiative to foster increased vibrancy in Meetings. Lizzie Rosewood, recently appointed as the Programme Developer for the Vibrancy in Meetings Initiative, spoke enthusiastically about her work and her visits in the past three months to...
Meeting for Sufferings: New trustees at Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Two new faces will be joining as trustees of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Friends were told at Meeting for Sufferings in the afternoon session. The search group – three people appointed by Meeting for Sufferings (currently Jonathan Dale, Sarah Richards and Deborah Rowlands) plus three trustees clerked by Tony Stoller –...
Meeting for Sufferings: YMG 2014 clerks
The Committee on Clerks will bring forward the following names for nomination to Yearly Meeting Gathering in Bath:
Meeting for Sufferings: Fair wealth T-shirts
Lancaster Meeting has designed T-shirts based on a graphic from the New Economics Forum showing how the welfare budget is spent (see above).