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Climate justice champion at Friends House
Bill McKibben, a founder of the campaigning organisation 350.org, spoke about his work on fossil fuel divestment and the fight for climate justice at Friends House in London on 28 August.
Quakers at Greenbelt
Quakers had a vibrant presence at the Greenbelt festival of arts, faith and justice held near Kettering in Northamptonshire on 26-29 August. Outreach was a key theme with crafts for children, videos and pop-up speakers on offer throughout the bank holiday weekend along with a range of flyers, leaflets, balloons...
2016 Eva Koch scholars
Presentations were given at the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham on Saturday 20 August by the four 2016 Eva Koch scholars.
Kendal Meeting House celebrates 200 years
Kendal’s historic Georgian Quaker Meeting House on Stramongate is opening up to the public to celebrate its double centenary.
African American Friends gathering
The Annual gathering of the Fellowship of Friends of African Descent was held at Arch Street Friends Meeting House in Philadelphia from 12 to 14 August.
Spare the wasps, Friends urged
The Quaker Concern for Animals (QCA) has called on Meetings to dispose of wasps humanely. QCA’s Thom Bonneville stressed that wasps are important because they help with pollination and will leave of their own accord in the autumn.
Cooking for our Future
Friends in Ludlow have contributed twenty-one recipes to a new cookery book, Cooking for our Future.
Woodbrooke appointment
Rhiannon Grant of Watford Meeting has been appointed tutor for Quaker roles at the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham.
Changes in store for microcredit project
The Quaker Congo Partnership (QCP) is to provide additional training for participants in its microcredit project.
Jamaica YM celebrates 75 years
Friends came together in Jamaica on the weekend of 19-21 August to celebrate the seventy-fifth Yearly Meeting of the Friends Church on the island.