Issue 09-09-2022
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Thought for the week: Ruth Tod on a national day of action
On 22 September, Quakers and many others in the UK will be coming together to demand that the government stand up to fossil fuel corporations and give their support to those communities most affected by the climate crisis. This will be a global day of action calling on governments around the...
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Culture clash: Neil Morgan on everyday hostility
In Meeting this week we heard of a Ukrainian family who had escaped, and were being put up by a local couple. They had heard a few days previously that the father, still in Ukraine, had been killed by a bomb.
Quakers hold concert for war refugees
Quakers in Estonia hosted a concert to raise money for Ukrainian war refugees last month.
Body politic: Friends should be careful how they campaign, says Clive Ashwin
The first thing I remember being told about Quakerism, more than sixty years ago now, was when an elderly Quaker advised me that Quakerism was not about politics.
Body politic: Jessica Metheringham says Friends need to oppose dangerous legislation
There’s a particular type of comment that I have come to dread. It’s when someone says ‘I’m not political, but…’ and then proceeds to talk about politics in a completely oblivious manner.
Epistle from Senior Conference, a gathering of Friends aged fifteen to eighteen
The poetics of the oppressed is essentially the poetics of liberation – Augusto Boal. Friends, our experiences are all connected; our oppression, our pain, and our privilege are all entangled in a web of power systems and hierarchies which make up our society. In order to be liberated, these systems which...
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Cotteridge Friend proposes ‘energy champions’ project
A Cotteridge Quaker has asked his Local Meeting to support a project to create ‘energy champions’ in a bid to tackle the energy and climate crisis.
Quaker camp celebrates anniversary
Luton & Leighton Area Meeting’s annual Quaker Camp celebrated its seventieth anniversary this year on a field in Malvern.
BYM joins call for UK to support Palestinians
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) joined calls urging the UK government to take immediate action to protect Palestinian human rights defenders.
Quaker presence at Greenbelt Festival
Quakers had a presence at the ‘arts, faith & justice’ Greenbelt Festival last month as Anaïs Mitchell took to the stage on the opening evening. A Meeting for Worship also took place on the Monday, with more than 100 people attending.
Forgiveness: An exploration, by Marina Cantacuzino
This is a significantly hopeful book for our time. We’ve been through the extended trauma of Covid (its impact on our health and our reaction to its mismanagement), and the continuing uncertainty and lack of confidence in our political leadership, direction and competence. The coarsening of public discourse and...
Letters - 09 September 2022
Inreach and outreach I welcome the grants awarded to Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) for inreach. But the recent contributions from Terry Faull (5 August) and Geoffrey Durham (19 August) illustrate the need for funds to BYM for outreach as well. Even Quaker Week looks as if it is focused on inreach as...