Category Archives: Alternatives to Violence Programme (AVP)

SA Quaker News, September 2022, now available

Posted on 17 September 2022 by Admin

The latest SA Quaker News, Number 250, published in September 2022 is now available from the link below. SA Quaker News — September 2022 The issue has a large focus on Ubuntu, the theme for the SAYM Yearly Meeting coming … Continue reading →

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SAYM 2018 delegates’ pack available for download

Posted on 20 December 2017 by Admin

The Pack that will be distributed to Yearly Meeting attendees has gone to the printer. For those Friends who wish to read the contents in advance, please download the PDF file from the link below. SAYM Pack 2018 — PDF file … Continue reading →

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Phoenix Zululand: Restorative Justice Programme

Posted on 31 March 2017 by Admin

Update from Phoenix Zululand director Jane Argall: For the past fifteen years Phoenix Zululand has offered programme work to serving offenders in 10 correctional centres in KwaZulu-Natal. The work of the organisation is overseen by an active Board of Management, … Continue reading →

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Can There Be a Nonviolent Response to Terrorism?

Posted on 8 April 2016 by Admin

Quaker professor George Lakey’s “8 Ways to Defend Against Terror Nonviolently” piqued the Pentagon’s interest. Click on the image below to view the QuakerSpeak video.

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