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Friends welcome York’s first rabbi in 800 years
Friargate Meeting House was the site of a historic event in the Jewish community this month – the appointment of York’s first rabbi in 800 years.
Friends join DSEI peace pilgrimage
Quakers are organising a peace pilgrimage to support witness against the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair.
Friends continue to uphold jurors’ rights
Quakers are continuing to uphold the right for jurors to make decisions based on their conscience.
Stop ‘dehumanising asylum seekers’ says BYM
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has called on the government to ‘stop dehumanising asylum seekers’. The government ‘must recognise that of God in everyone’.
Quaker Rainbow’s fiftieth anniversary
Quaker Rainbow will mark its fiftieth anniversary in September. The group started as the Friends Homosexual Fellowship (FHF), which came into being at Woodbrooke in 1973.
Friends uphold arrested Ukrainian pacifist
Quakers are upholding a Ukrainian conscientious objector whose apartment was raided by the Ukrainian authorities. He was arrested for ‘justifying Russian aggression’.
Friends oppose British Museum BP links
Quakers were among a group of campaigners calling for the British Museum to rename its BP Lecture Hall.
BYM and other churches launch wills initiative
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has joined over 100 churches to launch a new partnership to create local and global change through gifts in wills.
London Quakers explore ‘Climate Fresk’
London Quakers are hoping to hold another climate justice gathering in Friends House, after the success of this year’s event.
QSA volunteer shortlisted for award
A Quaker Social Action (QSA) volunteer has been shortlisted for a national award for his work for a QSA project.