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Friends protest at EDL march
Bewdley and Worcester Quakers held a peaceful protest on 21 July against a march by the English Defence League (EDL).
Lichfield Quakers speak out
Lichfield Friends have released a statement in support of their ‘Muslim friends’.
Working party set up for Indian march
A working party of Quakers and others has been set up to look at ways in which Friends in the UK can be involved in an international march campaigning for Sustainable Development Goals.
Elizabeth Fry is one of ‘100 women who changed the world’
Elizabeth Fry, the leading Quaker prison reformer, has made it onto a list of the ‘100 Women Who Changed the World’.
Conscientious objectors remembered
The second edition of a booklet that tells the story of Quakers who were conscientious objectors to war in the twentieth century has been published.
Ada Salter Garden opened
Ada Salter, the Quaker environmentalist and housing campaigner, was honoured this month with a special garden being named after her.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day vigils
Quakers throughout the UK marked Hiroshima Day this month with vigils and witnesses to peace. Bolton Friends marked the day on 6 August by joining the town’s remembrance ceremony, while members of Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) joined the commemoration in Tavistock Square in London. Bradford Friends also attended...
‘Peace Pigeon’ launches Edinburgh Meeting’s Fringe Festival programme
Edinburgh Meeting House has kick-started its programme of performances for the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival with the help of a feathered friend, ‘Poppy the Peace Pigeon’.
QARN backs refugee status call
The Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) has welcomed a suggestion made by MP Kate Green to extend the twenty-eight-day period between a person being given refugee status and being thrown out of their National Asylum Support Service (NASS) accommodation to fifty-six days.
QCEA report on ‘anti-migrant hate-speech’
The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has published a report on what it describes as a ‘call to action against the tide of anti-migrant hate-speech in Europe today’.