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• Quakers join call to recognise Palestine

  13 September 2018

  25 years on from the Oslo Accords, Quakers in Britain have this week joined Palestinian, Israeli and UK academics, diplomats, politicians and faith representatives calling for UK recognition of Palestine.

• Quakers to attend party conferences

  14 September 2018

  Quakers in Britain will be attending party conferences this year as part of an ecumenical delegation.

• UK must show leadership on UNRWA

  7 September 2018

  Quakers join with UK NGOs to tell the government it must show leadership on UNRWA and the rights of Palestinian refugees.

• Putting the protest back in Protestant

  21 August 2018

  Take one stand-up comedian and mediator, an actor, activist and biblical scholar, a team of peace activists, and a handful of turbulent priests. Each one exploring the connection between spirituality and activism. Add to that, Quaker worship in stillness that settles, calms and opens hearts. This week, Quakers are offering this mix to thousands enjoying Greenbelt Festival.

• Church leaders call for an end to the hostile environment

  10 August 2018

  In an open letter to Sajid Javid, the Home Secretary, twenty faith representatives have called for an end to the hostile environment.

• Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  6 August 2018

  Around the world this week, ceremonies will mark the anniversaries of the first atomic bombs dropped in Japan in 1945. Quakers will be among those remembering lives lost.

• Riding for equality

  24 July 2018

  LATEST: Friday 3 August

  The Ride arrived in London. Three hundred miles across vale and cities, they carried their Declaration from Cumbria and handed it in to 10 Downing Street.

  
  

  
  

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