Category Archives: World community

Vital Friends eNewsletter from FGC

Posted on 7 September 2015 by Admin

FGC (Friends General Conference) is the liberal, unprogrammed grouping in North America. Have a look at it by following this link.

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Friends Journal (US) is asking for articles

Posted on 11 August 2015 by Admin

Friends Journal in the US is looking for article submissions with a deadline of 7th September for the December 2015 issue, on Economic Justice and Poverty. For more information on submissions, please visit the Submissions page of the Friends Journal website.

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2014 Swarthmore Lecture — What it means to be a Quaker today

Posted on 28 July 2015 by Admin

The 2014 Swarthmore lecture by Ben Pink Dandelion is available at the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre site. The Swarthmore Lecture was given on Sunday 3rd August 2014 as part of British Quakers’ Yearly Meeting Gathering at the University of Bath. … Continue reading →

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Quakers in South Africa

Posted on 21 July 2015 by Admin

Quakers in South Africa have always been a small group, but with an influence that far outstrips their size. Today they are still actively concerned with justice, peacemaking, development, education and political activism. Read about Quakerism in South Africa — … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki Commemoration — 60 years

Posted on 12 July 2015 by Admin

The 6th August 2015 will be the 60th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. British Quakers are drawing attention to this date, and are planning an anti-war commemoration on that date. Local Meetings may want to think of activities they would … Continue reading →

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Growing links between the military and schools in the UK

Posted on 27 June 2015 by Admin

Questioning the creeping militarisation of schools, this short film from Quaker Peace & Social Witness brings together voices from education, the armed forces and public life. http://www.unseenmarch.org.uk/

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Quaker Week 2015

Posted on 24 June 2015 by Admin

3-11 October 2015 Live Adventurously Every autumn, the British Friends hold Quaker Week, a national event in which they particularly encourage meetings to think about outreach and perhaps to organise an outreach event. Whilst many meetings do outreach all year round, Quaker Week offers a … Continue reading →

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BYM Yearly Meeting 2015 Swarthmore Lecture

Posted on 22 June 2015 by Admin

The BYM Yearly Meeting 2015 Swarthmore Lecture is available to on the Woodbrooke Centre site. It can be listened to on line, or downloaded. Swarthmore Lecture 2015

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Epistle of the EMES Annual Meeting 2015

Posted on 15 June 2015 by Admin

Dear Friends, Last weekend at Woodbrooke, Friends from across Europe and the Middle East came together for the Annual Meeting of Friends World Committee for Consultation, Europe and Middle East Section (FWCC-EMES). The gathering was enriched by Friends from further … Continue reading →

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Quaker Action, Summer 2015 edition

Posted on 11 June 2015 by Admin

The Summer 2015 edition of Quaker Action, from the American Friends Service Committee, includes AFSC-funded work in Zimbabwe. Have a look at it by clicking here: http://afsc.org/story/beyond-charity-toward-justice