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Friends act on animal rights
Quaker Concern for Animals (QCA) took part in a demonstration in Parliament Square, London, last week to put a stop to the transportation of animals.
New approaches to national security
Friends House in London hosted a conference last week to explore new and current approaches to national security. ‘Rethinking Security’ on 15 June brought together a wide range of academics and activists determined to put human rights at the centre of the security debate.
Historical Society’s journal goes digital
The Journal of the Friends Historical Society has been digitised after a two-year process that involved transferring hundreds of pages of text from printed issues. The publication, which launched in 1904, has made all issues from 1903 to 2013 freely available online.
Successful Refugee Week concludes with ‘These Walls Must Fall’
Four hundred people gathered at Friends House, London, last week for a high-profile arts event after a lively and successful Refugee Week.
Bath Quakers run End of Life course
A group of Bath Friends have created a course to explore End of Life Matters (ELM). Hazel Mitchell, from Bath Meeting, told the Friend: ‘There was a feeling among the group that people didn’t have a chance to talk about their concerns about death and dying.
New book launched
A book called The Conscientous Objector’s Wife was launched at the Quaker Centre Bookshop at Friends House this week. The book is a collection of letters between English pacifists Frank and Lucy Sunderland.
Protest vigil at Church of England Conference Centre
Five Quakers joined a vigil at a Church of England conference centre last week to protest against a military conference sponsored by arms companies. The protest, organised by the Fellowship of Reconciliation, was to demonstrate against the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) Land Warfare Conference held on 19 and 20 June at...
Refugee Week: words, music, resistance
Quakers up and down the country have been engaged in events to highlight Refugee Week. Friends have hosted and organised a range of arts, cultural and social events to mark the twentieth nationwide celebration, which runs from 18-24 June, and, in particular, to highlight World Refugee Day on 20 June.
Friends voice fears over army adverts
Quakers have spoken out about the British army’s recent recruitment drive that targeted ‘stressed and vulnerable’ sixteen-year-olds on and around GCSE results day.
Bolton Quakers join solidarity against ‘hate attacks’
Bolton Friends were among a group of 100 people who turned out for an ‘anti-hate’ march and vigil on 10 June in the town.