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Blue Idol Meeting marks William Penn’s death
Blue Idol Quakers are celebrating the three-hundredth anniversary of the death of William Penn with a series of events at their historic Meeting house. The tercentenary will be commemorated by monthly events leading up to the date of his death. He died on 30 July 1718.
Exhibition explores war through new eyes
The Peace Museum in Bradford is holding an exhibition this month exploring the aftermath of the first world war from the perspective of German civilians.
Quaker witness recognised by memorial plaque
Newcastle City Council has mounted a memorial plaque to commemorate visits by a leading American abolitionist to the home of the influential Quaker Richardson family. Anti-slave activists Henry, Anna and Ellen Richardson raised £150 in the 1840s to free Frederick Douglass, who was a prominent campaigner for black emancipation and racial...
American Quakers act on immigration
American Friends are holding a Spring Lobby weekend in Washington on 17-20 March as part of an on-going campaign for a fair immigration system.
Collateral Damage project
Kingston Meeting is hosting a small exhibition of artworks related to peace and white poppies. Linda Murgatroyd, who is involved in the initiative, said: ‘In this centenary year the Collateral Damage project is inviting people to commemorate… victims of war by making a unique white poppy out of some kind...
Bath Quakers celebrate appointment
Bath Meeting House is celebrating the appointment last month of professor David Goode as president of Bath’s Natural History Society.
QUNO deadline
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva has announced that applications for the next summer school, to take place from 8-20 July 2018, are now open.
Green Party co-leader calls for prison reform
Jonathan Bartley, the co-leader of the Green Party and a descendent of Quaker prison reformer Elizabeth Fry, has spoken out about the need for prison reform, citing the influence of his Quaker roots.
Huddersfield Friend directs two anti-fracking films
The interfaith group No Faith in Fracking, which includes many Quakers, has made two short films to encourage people to join the anti-fracking movement.
Quaker Life pilots youth-worker project
The Quaker Life Children and Young People’s Team has announced a legacy-funded project to provide two regional youth workers to develop opportunities for eleven- to eighteen-year-olds.