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- Epistle of the Quaker Community in Southern Africa Yearly Meeting 2021 2 August 2021
- Quaker Community in Southern Africa endorses SACC statement 2 August 2021
- Statement on the Failed Insurrection and Civil Unrest in South Africa 2 August 2021
- Richard Gush Lecture 2021 20 June 2021
- SA Quaker News — June 2021 out now 14 June 2021
Category Archives: Ethics
Quaker Community in Southern Africa endorses SACC statement
At their recent virtual meeting the Quaker Community in Southern Africa was made aware of the following statement of the South African Council of Churches. “The South African Council of Churches (SACC) is dismayed and perplexed by reports that Government … Continue reading
SAYM 2018 delegates’ pack available for download
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
Posted in Activism, African issues, Alternatives to Violence Programme (AVP), Calendar items, Children, Environment, Ethics, Lectures, Online issues, Publications, Quaker community, Reports, Resources, SAFCEI, Spirituality, Stewardship, Uplift and outreach, World community, Yearly Meeting, Young Friends
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In turbulent times … be a Quaker
View the infographic on Quaker work for social and economic justice, sustainability, peace and the equality of all peoples on the Quakers in Britain website.
Posted in Activism, Ethics, History, Human Rights, Modern living, Quaker history, World community, World issues
Tagged Activism, Amnesty International, Freedom, homosexuality, Human Rights, Outreach, peace in Ireland, Quakers in Britain, same-sex marriage, slavery, United Nations, war relief
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Moves at the UN to develop an international convention against the death penalty, and Quaker Involvement
There are moves within the UN, and especially the UN Human Rights Council, to develop an international convention against the death penalty. Historically, Quakers have been strongly opposed to the death penalty, and have been involved in advocacy and campaigns … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Ethics, Human Rights, Modern living, QUNO, World community, World issues
Tagged Death penalty, Human Rights, QUNO, United Nations
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Saying ‘no’ to the arms fair | Quakers in Britain
Britain surely cannot promote peace and democracy, and London cannot be a city of peace, if it is where repression and torture begin and if it is where the seeds of war are sown. – Sam Walton, Quakers in Britain … Continue reading
Virtuous Trolls Turn A Racist Forum Into A Home For Racing Fans
The internet is filled with pockets of loveliness and brief totems to the wondrous bounty of the human spirit, plus a few good dogs — largely corgis. There are also dark corners of nastiness such as the thread on Reddit called “r/race_realism,” … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Ethics, Modern living, Online issues
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There is no “both sides” to racist hate and violence
Statement from American Friends Service Committee on racist hate and violence in Virginia. Click here to read it.
Campaigning for change: In it for the long haul
Paul Parker is Recording Clerk of Quakers in Britain, the closest the 13,000-strong Quaker community gets to a chief executive. Based at Friends House in Euston, he is responsible for Quakers’ work on peace, social justice and sustainability, and for … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Ethics, Human Rights, Modern living, Quaker history, World issues
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UK Judicial review examines right to ethical investments
Today the UK High Court ruled that local councils can use ethical investment criteria in making investment decisions. British Yearly Meeting joined in this legal action. Read the article.
Posted in Activism, Ethics, Modern living, Quaker community, Stewardship, World issues
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Quaker Peace Centre seeks to overturn R35bn in Arms Deal
The Quaker Peace Centre was founded in 1987 in response to the repressive policies of the apartheid regime. Although QPC is now independent of the Quakers in Southern Africa, in a sense, it still operates under the Quaker banner. As … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Ethics, Stewardship, World issues
Tagged Arms deal, combating corruption, court challenge, ethics, local issues, QPC, Quaker Peace Centre, stewardship, world issues
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