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Film of ‘Boston Four’ Mary Dyer
The seventeenth century Quaker Mary Dyer is the subject of a new film based on a one-woman play that is being performed at Spring Friends Meeting House in the United States.
Quakers say ‘no-deal Brexit’ is ‘huge gamble’
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has joined six other Christian groups in signing an open letter to the new prime minister describing a ‘no-deal Brexit’ as ‘a huge gamble’ that will hit those in poverty ‘very hard indeed’.
Friends protest at security expo
Quakers from Malvern, Hereford and Worcester demonstrated against a two-day Defence and Security Expo held at Malvern’s Three Counties Showgrounds last month. Friends and supporters held a vigil in a shopping area in Malvern on 17 July before marching to Qinetiq, which they say develops military technology.
Pangolin for Pride
A large handcrafted model of a pangolin painted in rainbow colours (see above) drew visitors to a Quaker stall at a local Pride event, ‘Bourne Free’, last month.
Quakers press for more support to LGBT+ education
Members of the Quaker Values in Education group and the Quaker Gender and Sexual Diversity Community have signed a letter calling on the government to step up its support to schools promoting the acceptance of LGBT+ education.
Don’t put soldiers above the law, says PPU
The Peace Pledge Union (PPU) has urged the UK’s incoming prime minister to reject calls by the Defence Select Committee to introduce a ‘presumption against prosecution’ for British armed forces personnel.
QVA in Calais
Eleven volunteers for Quaker Voluntary Action (QVA) headed for Calais last month to start work at the Help Refugees warehouse. Friends from Meetings in Great Britain and the Netherlands spent the week from 15-19 July translating documents and preparing food for daily distribution in Calais and Dunkirk with the Refugee...
Friends join call for tax justice
Quakers lent their support to Tax Justice Sunday this month, joining other churches in calling on businesses to ‘Say what you pay with pride’ amid increasing public concern about tax avoidance.
Peace walk in Southampton
Quakers from Bournemouth Coastal Area Meeting and Hampshire and Islands Area Meeting joined around sixty people on an annual Peace Walk through Southampton this month.
Exeter Friends welcome local mosque
Exeter Friends invited the local mosque to an afternoon at the Meeting house this month as part of its commitment to supporting Muslims in the wake of the Christchurch shootings.