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JSO protestor disrupts Quaker Meeting
A Just Stop Oil (JSO) protestor visited a Quaker Meeting last week to read a prepared statement pressing Friends to take more urgent action on the climate emergency.
Quakers consider ethical socialism
Friends discussed the ‘future of ethical socialism’ this month, as twenty-two members of the Quaker Socialist Society (QSS) gathered at Woodbrooke for the first in-person Meeting since the pandemic.
BYM urges more relief for climate-hit nations
Quakers have welcomed announcements that the World Bank and the UK government will allow countries suffering extreme weather events to pause their debt repayments. Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has been calling for debt relief for climate-hit nations since COP25 in Madrid.
French Friends speak on riots
Quakers in France quoted the 2022 Swarthmore Lecture in response to the rioting that took place in France this month.
Yearly Meeting 2023: Final session
‘We are aware there is unease,’ said elders, as the afternoon of the extra Yearly Meeting (YM) session opened, before reading Quaker faith & practice 3.06: ‘The unity we seek depends on the willingness of us all to seek the truth of each other’s utterances.’
Korean peace school building celebrated
Quakers have taken part in celebrations to thank people for supporting a Quaker-inspired school on the edge of the demilitarised zone (DMZ) in South Korea.
Quaker stands for MP in July by-election
A Quaker in Yorkshire is standing for election to be an MP, using artificial intelligence (AI) as a way of engaging with the constituency.
New peace network for Wales
Two organisations with Quaker roots are behind a new campaigning network in Wales. It has been set up to map the rise of militarism in the country, and bring people together to challenge it.
BYM urges MPs to reject anti-boycott bill
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has asked MPs to reject the government’s controversial anti-boycott bill.
New site for Quaker-inspired eco village
A Quaker-inspired co-housing community has bought a new site in Cornwall. Jackie Carpenter, from Bude Meeting, set up the Four Seas Climate Change Cohousing Community (CCCC) as a radical cohousing project based on the Quaker testimonies of truth, peace, equality and simplicity.