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• Peace is Every Step: thousands join silent peace walk

  22 January 2024

  Quakers and other faith groups took to the streets of London in a silent walk for peace on Sunday, 21 January.

• Quakers in Britain condemn UK and US airstrikes in Yemen

  17 January 2024

  Quakers have called on the UK government to use peaceful means to resolve conflicts in the Middle East, following the attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen.

• Quakers brief MPs and peers on right to boycott

  11 January 2024

  Quakers in Britain briefed parliamentarians on the anti-boycott bill before its third reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 10 January.

• Celebrating four centuries of Quakers

  10 January 2024

  Four hundred years after the birth of Quaker co-founder George Fox, celebrations are planned throughout 2024 to recognise that Quakers are still working for justice with peace.

• Quakers call on politicians to take urgent action on rising poverty

  5 January 2024

  Political leaders must set out clear plans to eradicate extreme poverty and halve overall poverty by 2030 in the UK and globally, senior faith leaders say.

• Summer Yearly Meeting – “Are we speaking our truth?”

  19 December 2023

  Next year's annual gathering of Quakers in Britain will have the Quaker testimony to truth at its heart.

• Quakers condemn government’s defiance of rule of law

  13 December 2023

  The Rwanda Bill being pushed through parliament by the UK government undermines the rule of law, Quakers say.

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