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- SA Quaker News — March 2024 — Issue 254 28 March 2024
- Statement by Southern Africa Yearly Meeting of Quakers on Israel and Palestine 14 December 2023
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- Quakers urge government to implement a universal basic income or face ‘dire consequences’ 31 July 2023
Category Archives: Ethics
The spiritual context of stewardship
Barbara Hays of Chichester LM delivered the keynote address at the Annual Conference of Treasurers 2016. The transcript of the address below is a useful starting point to help us question how we can use our own resources more imaginatively … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Modern living, Resources, Stewardship
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CFSC peace-building initiative: Syria – imagine another way
The Canadian Friends Service Committee (CSFC) hopes to start some creative new thinking with the animated video shared on their website. Watch it on the CSFC website.
Posted in Activism, Ethics, Human Rights, World issues
Tagged just peace, peace initiatives, peace-building intiatives, Syria, war
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South Africa — Be Heard: SACC Statement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6 APRIL 2017 SOUTH AFRICA – BE HEARD: SACC JOHANNESBURG: The South African Council of Churches (SACC), following its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of Wednesday 5 April 2017 has revisited its statement of almost a year ago … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Human Rights, Modern living, Position Statements
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CWMM response to SACC letter on Xenophobia
This statement on xenophobia from Cape Western Quakers is issued in response to the letter from the SACC posted on 27 February 2017. Statement on Xenophobia The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) notes with deep and prayerful concern the increasing and rising manifestations … Continue reading
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Human rights of migrants in the context of large movements
On 10th March the Human Rights Council held an Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the human rights of migrants in the context of large movements. Read the QUNO article on this by clicking the link below Human Rights Council discusses human … Continue reading
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Churches say don’t drop the Dubs amendment
Quakers in Britain join together with other Churches to request the UK Government to implement their commitment to child refugees. Alf Dubs, a member of the UK House of Lords, was on the Kindertransport, which saved Jewish children from the Nazis. He … Continue reading
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C@SAYM Quakers endorse SACC condemnation of xenophobic violence
“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
Posted in Activism, Ethics, Position Statements, Quaker community, World issues
Tagged C&SAYM, Racism, refugees, Xenophobia
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Worship in the Facebook age
The Huffington Post carried an excellent article by Philip Gulley, a Quaker Pastor and author in the US. He addresses the dichotomy of challenging but also loving in and age where we have to be our own censors. [Harry Emerson] Fosdick … Continue reading
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Quakers stand alongside victims of racist policies
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
Responding to forced migration
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.
Posted in Activism, Ethics, Newsletters, Publications, Quaker community, Resources, Uplift and outreach, World community, World issues
Tagged Europe, Refugee crisis, refugees, response
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