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Category Archives: History
Honoring Those Known Only to God
American Quakers honouring unnamed African American Quakers buried in Quaker graveyards. Part of larger dialogue on racism within Yearly Meetings in America. From Friends Journal: In 2015, the Quaker project Honoring Those Known Only To God (the Honoring Project) convened itself for … 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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Hiroshima Day, Saturday 6th August 2016
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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52-year anniversary of the March on Washington for Civil Rights
Quakers supported Dr King to learn about Gandhi’s approach to non-violence, and published his “Letter from Birmingham Jail”.
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4 Things We Can All Learn From One Of America’s Oldest Religious Communities
The Third Metric, part of the Huffington Post, describes its focus as ‘Redefining Success Beyond Money & Power’. On 14 August 2015 it published an article focusing on the Quaker approach to living. The article starts: “Sunlight pours into the … Continue reading
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Marking the 70th anniversary of Hiroshima — the AFSC
The American Friends Service Committee marked the 70th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima with several articles on their site. Read them here.
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70th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Japan
Thursday, the 6th August, is the 70th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Japan. The Pretoria Worship Group will be holding a Meeting for Worship on Thursday. Below is a link to an interview from the 1980s with the Catholic chaplain to the … Continue reading
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