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• Quakers condemn terror attacks in New Zealand

  15 March 2019

  Quakers in Britain are upholding and praying for all affected by the terrorist attack in Christchurch.

• Quakers urge nonviolence towards children

  14 March 2019

  Quakers in Scotland are welcoming a change in the law to move Scotland to become a more nonviolent nation.

• Immigration Bill makes progress

  8 March 2019

  Quakers are determined to dismantle discrimination wherever they find it. This week led many Quakers across Britain to write to their MPs about the Immigration Bill.

• Renewing the Quaker community's story

  6 February 2019

  A group of Quakers has been tasked to revise the book of discipline that has guided Quaker witness, community and worship across the centuries. In a bid to include voices, experiences and identities that reflect the full breadth and depth of Quakers in Britain today, the revision committee draws on Quakers across a range of occupations, abilities, ages and gender. Two of the committee are under 18.

• Quakers stand by #Stansted15

  6 February 2019

  Peaceful protesters, known as the #Stansted15, have been sentenced for endangering safety at aerodromes. Three of them were given nine month sentences suspended for 18 months and ordered to carry out unpaid work. Eleven defendants were given community orders and must carry out 100 hours' unpaid work. One was given rehabilitation activity. Quakers are supporting the group who say their nonviolent direct action was in defence of human rights.

• In place of hatred, sow seeds of love

  25 January 2019

  On international Holocaust Memorial Day Quakers across Britain will join commemorative events to remember each life lost and to honour all those who survived.

• Faith representatives speak out on immigration

  6 January 2019

  As MPs return to parliament tomorrow (Monday) faith representatives, including Quakers in Britain, urge the government to rethink their approach to immigration, to move away from a hostile environment towards a culture of sanctuary.

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