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Friends consider gender issues
Manchester Friends took part in a session on gender on 16 August as part of Quaker Manchester Pride 2015. The session was entitled ‘Quiet lives filled with light’ and was led by Jennie Barnsley of Hardshaw and Mann Area Meeting. She drew on the research she did for her recent PhD, which...
Islamic leaders issue declaration on climate change
Islamic leaders from twenty countries have launched a bold Climate Change Declaration to engage the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims. The sixty participants taking part in the Inter-national Islamic Climate Change Symposium in Istanbul on 17-18 August adopted the Declaration.
New face at QCEA
The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has appointed a transition manager. Paul Musiol joins the Brussels-based team on 1 September. QCEA is ‘determined to increase the impact it has on the policies decided in Brussels’ and has hired Paul to review its work.
Quaker summer seminar in California
The Quaker Institute for the Future (QIF) held a research seminar at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California, earlier this month that looked at how Friends can live in right relationship to each other and the environment.
Friends mark Hiroshima anniversary in Coventry Cathedral
Coventry Quakers marked the seventieth anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with a service for all faiths or none in the Chapel of Unity, Coventry Cathedral, on 6 August.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembered
Friends, and others, gathered across Britain on 6 August to mark the seventieth anniversary of the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima. More than 200 people attended an interfaith service at Friends House in London. Readings were given by representatives of a number of religions.
Friends back Charities Bill change
The Quaker Housing Trust (QHT) has endorsed an amendment to the Charities Bill. QHT has joined other housing groups in backing a House of Lords amendment to the Bill. This will protect social housing homes under threat from government plans to extend the right-to-buy scheme to include housing associations.
Leaveners partner hosts writers
The P Café in Stirchley, Birmingham, recently welcomed a group of poets from the Leaveners’ ‘Poets’ Corner’ project. Poets and volunteers came together to learn new writing techniques. They ranged from beginners to experienced writers.
Young Friends plan record-breaking Meeting for Worship
This month, for the first time, participants in Friends Southern Summer Events (FSSE) Senior Conference and Junior Gathering will hold a joint Meeting for Worship.
Friends share nominations practices
Fifty Friends gathered recently at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham for the first nominations conference. Participants were drawn from a number of groups concerned with nominations at the Yearly Meeting level. The groups represented included the Nominations Committee, the Committee on Clerks, and the Yearly Meeting Nominating Group. Members...