Category Archives: Activism

Earth Keeper Newsletter — April

Posted on 11 April 2017 by Admin

Dear Earth Keeper, March was another eventful month, with President Zuma shocking South Africa with the firing of several Ministers, including Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, in his heedless pursuit of state control and a nuclear deal at all costs. Here … Continue reading →

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SAFCEI nuclear case heard, awaiting judgment

Posted on 22 March 2017 by Admin

Read the report by clicking the link below. SAFCEI report

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C@SAYM Quakers endorse SACC condemnation of xenophobic violence

Posted on 27 February 2017 by Admin

“I … most certainly want to associate Quakers with [it]. It fits right in with our ethos …” — Helen Holleman, Clerk of C&SAYM Click the SACC logo at the right to download the PDF file of the statement, or read … Continue reading →

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Quakers stand alongside victims of racist policies

Posted on 9 February 2017 by Admin

Further to the item on forced migration carried in Quaker News 97 (and shared on this site last week), Ekklesia has published the following item. Ekklesia is an independent, not-for-profit thinktank which orients its work around the changing role of beliefs, values … Continue reading →

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Responding to forced migration

Posted on 30 January 2017 by Admin

Britain Yearly Meeting’s Quaker News number 97 covers the current migration tragedy being played out on the world stage. Click on the link to download the PDF version of Quaker News 97.

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Hiroshima Day, Saturday 6th August 2016

Posted on 5 August 2016 by Admin

  On this day in 1945, at 8:16 a.m. Japanese time, an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, drops the world’s first atom bomb, over the city of Hiroshima. Approximately 80,000 people are killed as a direct result of the … Continue reading →

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Launch of Xenowatch – Wednesday 10 August 2016

Posted on 2 August 2016 by Admin

The African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS), iAfrikan, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees cordially invite you to the launch of Xenowatch, a newly-created platform to monitor xenophobic threats and violence across South Africa. Over the past … Continue reading →

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