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Quaker scientist refers to faith in climate change paper
A leading Quaker scientist has published two peer-reviewed climate science papers, one in which he breaks with academic convention by referring to the moral issues involved in climate change.
QCEA highlights proposed increase in EU military spending
The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has spoken out about what it calls the ‘unprecedented levels of funding for border management and military projects’ in the proposed EU budget for the next seven years.
From Yemen to Huddersfield
Huddersfield Friends received special thanks over social media from people in Yemen for a peaceful protest they held against the UK’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Fourteen Quakers took part in the monthly vigil on 25 August at Huddersfield’s Market Place as an act of solidarity with people in...
Woodbrooke tutor launches game
A Woodbrooke associate tutor has produced a Quaker card game celebrating the power of prayer. Jennifer Kavanagh’s ‘Prayer Game’ came out of a five-day retreat she led on ‘Unknowing’ held at the Glenthorne Quaker Centre in Cumbria.
Swarthmore Lecture published
This year’s Swarthmore Lecture by Chris Alton, the Quaker artist, has just been published.
Support for hunger striker continues
Quakers were among those joining the hunger striker Ali Mushaima outside the Bahrain Embassy in a candle-lit prayer. The vigil supported the twenty-third day of protest for his father, Hassan Mushaima, a political prisoner.
Evening with trans rights campaigner
Friends House in London hosted an evening with Christine Burns, editor of Trans Britain: Our Journey from the Shadows on 4 September.
Cell block exhibition at Peace Museum in Bradford
A new exhibition by English Heritage features the graffiti of conscientious objectors imprisoned during the first world war. ‘The Cell Block’, at the Peace Museum in Bradford, tells the stories of the graffiti found on the walls of cells in Richmond Castle.
Manchester backing for asylum seeker
Manchester Quakers and members of the human rights organisation Refugee and Asylum Seeker Participatory Action Research (RAPAR) gathered recently outside Dallas Court, the Home Office Reporting Centre, in support of asylum seeker Nestor Sylla.
QVA retreat in Wales for prayer and work
A group of Friends this month enjoyed a working retreat in the oldest Quaker Meeting house in continuous use in Wales.