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Quakers join first global week of action for peace and climate justice
25 September 2024
Quakers in Britain are uniting with peace and climate justice movements worldwide to highlight the connections between their causes.
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Quaker Week 2024: Four centuries on, Quakers say "We're still here"
24 September 2024
Quakers are celebrating the continued flourishing of their simple, radical, spiritual faith this Quaker Week, four hundred years after the birth of one of their founders.
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Quakers join calls for the UK to review its trade agreement with Israel
24 September 2024
Quakers in Britain are calling on the UK to review its trade relations with Israel due to serious breaches of international law and human rights in occupied Palestine.
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US Quaker Emily Provance to deliver 2025 Swarthmore Lecture
18 September 2024
New York Quaker Emily Provance will give next year's Swarthmore Lecture, focusing on the meaning of Quaker community and the challenges of cooperation.
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Quakers urge full ban on UK arms exports to Israel
3 September 2024
The government's suspension of some arms exports is a welcome recognition of the clear risk that Israel is using UK arms to violate international humanitarian law, but does not go nearly far enough, Quakers in Britain said.
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“We are still here”: Quakers from around the world gather in South Africa
14 August 2024
Quakers gathered in Vanderbijlpark near Johannesburg, South Africa, last week (5-12 August), nearly four centuries after their foundation.