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- SAQN 255, October 2024, now available 30 October 2024
- 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
- SA Quaker News — September 2023 20 September 2023
- Namibia Quaker Community Statement on Same-Sex Marriages 11 August 2023
Category Archives: Position Statements
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
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Tagged C&SAYM, Racism, refugees, Xenophobia
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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
Quakers say “no” to TTIP
On 20 May 2016 Ecclesia published an article that begins as follows: “Five Quaker organisations from Europe and the United States have asked governments to say ‘no’ to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the controversial ‘mega’ trade deal being … Continue reading
European Quakers call for an end to the cycle of violence
FWCC Europe and Middle East Section Peace and Service Consultation [to go directly to the statement, click here] from George Thurley From the 20th to the 22nd of November, 23 Friends from a number of European countries met in Belgium … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Position Statements, Quaker community, World community, World issues
Tagged Calais, change agents, Croatia, Europe, Germany, Paris, quakers, refugees, Slovenia, The Jungle
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Quakers urgently call for safe paths for refugees
“That which is morally wrong cannot be politically right” — Quaker faith & practice 23.26 The representative body of Quakers in Britain, Meeting for Sufferings, has made the following statement in reaction to the unfolding refugee crisis. “Quakers in Britain … Continue reading
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Statement on Xenophobic Violence in South Africa
28 April 2015 PRESS STATEMENT BY THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA YEARLY MEETING (QUAKERS) Statement on Xenophobic Violence in South Africa The Central and Southern Africa Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) is … Continue reading
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Award-winning Mozambican Author Mia Couto’s Open Letter to Jacob Zuma on Xenophobia Crisis: “We Remember You in Maputo”
Mozambican author Mia Couto has written an open letter to Jacob Zuma concerning the current xenophobic violence in South Africa. Couto received the prestigious 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, becoming the first Mozambican author to be honoured with the … Continue reading
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C&SAYM Statement on Ugandan anti-homosexuality laws
Central and Southern Africa Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Statement on the anti-homosexuality law signed by President Museveni in Uganda in February 2014 April 2014 As Quakers we affirm the love of God for all and … Continue reading