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• Quakers outraged at “performatively cruel” Rwanda Act

  23 April 2024

  Quakers have joined 250 others in writing to the prime minister to express their outrage at the passage of the misleadingly named Safety of Rwanda Act.

• Major exhibition celebrates four hundred years of Quakerism

  23 April 2024

  To mark four centuries of Quakerism, Quakers in Britain has contributed to a major exhibition at the Quaker Tapestry Museum in Kendal.

• Quakers offer schools funded opportunity to become centre of excellence in conflict resolution

  17 April 2024

  Secondary schools in England and Wales are being offered a funded opportunity to develop peer-led conflict resolution by Quakers in Britain.

• Quaker organisations share vision for peace in Palestine and Israel

  15 April 2024

  Quakers around the world are calling for action to bring about a just and lasting peace in Palestine and Israel.

• Quakers re-enact 1670 City of London meeting to highlight threat to jury system

  8 April 2024

  Quakers re-enacted a meeting for worship in Gracechurch Street, London, which led to the now-threatened right of juries to rule according to their convictions.

• Quakers join global Christian leaders in call for Gaza ceasefire

  2 April 2024

  This Holy Week, Quakers added their voice to that of more than 140 faith leaders calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and an end to foreign military support for Israel.

• Teach for Peace

  26 March 2024

  As violent conflict surges around the globe, Quakers in Britain has produced a new free peace education pack to help secondary school teachers prepare learners to build peace, not war.

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