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BYM trustees speak again on racism
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustees and senior management agreed a statement this month on becoming an anti-racist employer and embedding anti-racism in all work programmes.
New James Turrell ‘Skyspace’
A large installation by the distinguished Quaker artist James Turrell has opened in Massachusetts. Titled C.A.V.U., it is the latest of his iconic ‘Skyspaces’. The work comprises a repurposed concrete water tank that transforms into an immersive light installation. The artwork measures forty feet in diameter, is...
Friends lobby against nuclear weapon increase
Churches in Stratford-upon-Avon have sent a letter to the town’s MP, expressing their concerns about government plans to expand Britain’s arsenal of nuclear weapons by forty per cent.
Human dignity requires a legal framework
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has joined people from other faith and belief bodies in appealing to the prime minister to protect the Human Rights Act, which is currently under independent review. A report will be published at the end of June.
QSA launches ‘Cook Up’
Quaker Social Action (QSA)’s new project, ‘Cook Up’, is now up and running in London. The scheme involves free-to-use cooking space in Islington for people without kitchens. This includes people who are sofa-surfing or homeless, sleeping in a hostel or a night shelter or a B&B, or...
Sunderland Friends seek new home
Sunderland Quakers are looking for a new Meeting house after selling their previous building earlier this year. Ann Smith, clerk of Sunderland Meeting, told the Friend that they have been working on plans with the Tyne and Wear Buildings Preservation Trust and Sunderland Council regeneration officers. ‘We were reluctant to...
Friends help curate CO exhibition
Friends House Library staff have helped bring together a new exhibition by photographic artist Nick Smith about his cconscientious objector (CO) grandfather. ‘Fabric of Choice’, at the Belfast Exposed gallery, consisted of images and words illustrating the life of Arthur Denby Wilkinson. According to Belfast Exposed, the world war one...
Winchmore Hill host Open Garden
Forty people came to Winchmore Hill Quakers’ Open Garden this month. Local Quaker Mark Friend, who organised the event, said: ‘Over the years we have taken part in a London-wide event called Open Squares and Gardens, and also organised our own independent event. As we hopefully emerge from lockdown and...
BYM calls for G7 action on climate justice
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) joined dozens of other faith bodies in signing an open letter calling on the UK government to use its G7 presidency to drive real progress on climate justice.
Quakers act in witness of G7 summit
Quakers came together last week to pay witness to the G7 (Group of Seven) summit in Cornwall. As world leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the United States gathered at the Carbis Bay resort, Friends walked from Falmouth to the venue, holding the leaders in their...