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Chris Alton talks Quakerism on Young Artists website
Chris Alton, the Quaker artist and 2018 Swarthmore lecturer, was interviewed on the ‘web platform’ Young Artists in Conversation this month.
Meeting for Sufferings: Sufferings reaffirms boycott commitment
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustees asked Meeting for Sufferings for advice and discernment regarding a proposal to explicitly exclude investments in companies profiting from the occupation of Palestine from BYM’s investment policy.
Meeting for Sufferings: Four specific proposals on sustainability
It has been ‘a long journey’ for Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) on the issue of sustainability, Anne Ullathorne, clerk of Meeting for Sufferings (MfS), said on 6 October at Friends House in London. She added: ‘We haven’t got to the end of it yet.’
Vibrancy in Meetings: Beyond the pilot
The pilot programme of the Vibrancy in Meetings project will come to an end in December 2019, Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) heard on 6 October.
Meeting for Sufferings: Cautious optimism for Circles UK
Meeting for Sufferings welcomed an update from Claire Cooper, parliamentary engagement officer for Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), on the status of Circles of Support and Accountability (Circles UK).
Friends rally round for ‘Stansted Fifteen’
A Quaker activist on trial for stopping an immigration removal charter flight has thanked Chelmsford Meeting for all its support. Lyndsay Burtonshaw, an attender at Brighton Meeting, is one of the ‘Stansted Fifteen’ protestors on trial for terror offences after the group locked themselves together around the Boeing 767, chartered by...
MPs advised on ‘positive’ military values
The government is advising MPs to say they associate the military with ‘positive values’ such as ‘loyalty, resilience, courage and teamwork’, according to Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), which says the advice came on a ‘leaked memo’.
Sheila Hancock speaks out against indefinite detention
Quaker actor Sheila Hancock delivered an impassioned indictment of the use of indefinite immigration detention in the UK when she joined Jeremy Irons, Zoe Wanamaker, Christopher Eccleston and Maxine Peake in a new video initiative to support the end of the practice.
Thank you from Rwanda Yearly Meeting
Rwanda Yearly Meeting has thanked Friends throughout the world for supporting its appeal for funding to help install thirty-five lightning rods required by a government decree.
Jordans Quakers highlight prison issues and restorative justice
JordanS Quaker Centre held a workshop on Prisons and Justice last month, with contributions from past prisoners and a prison governor.