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School Climate Protests 15 March 2019

by | 14, Mar, J | blog, Spiritual Deepening

It began with a Swedish 9th grader Greta Thunberg in August 2018 and as of tomorrow on the 15 March 2019 Earth Strike will count tens of thousands of school children supported by some of the world’s biggest environmental groups demanding that governments reduce...

Hate Speech Tracker #EP2019 and #choose respect

by | 28, Feb, J | blog

A message from Andrew Lane, the director of Quaker Council for European Affairs QCEA will be launching a new website (chooserespect.eu) on anti-migrant political discourse in European Parliament elections. (Recall that the elections are coming up in May 2019.)...

Half of EU member states have hit or are close to hitting their 2020 renewable energy targets

by | 21, Feb, J | blog

A recent article from the World Economic Forum gives this good news but tempers it with further news that there is a “slow-down in rates of renewable energy use across the EU.” This makes it possible that the whole of the EU will miss its 2030 target of...

Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5C – Urgent climate action now

by | 6, Feb, J | blog

QUNO has published a 34 page Summary for Policymakers of a 700 page report from the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) which was itself a collation of findings from 6,000 peer-reviewed research papers. The report is a reference for wider society,...

“How far would you go to prevent a war crime?” – talk by British Quaker Sam Walton 18 Sept at 18.30

by | 13, Sep, J | Events

On Tuesday 18 September at 18h30 British Quaker Sam Walton will give a talk at the Quaker Meeting. Titled “How far would you go to prevent a war crime?” Sam’s talk will cover his faith, peace activism and where this has taken him. Everyone is...

Thoughts on non-violent communication

by | 12, Sep, J | blog

“Our diversity invites all of us to speak, of which we know (think, belief) to be true in our lives and to learn from others.” from Quaker Faith and Practice 1.01 Thoughts of a friend on the topic of the Annual Meeting Although not a Quaker, still...

SYM Business Meeting in Bern 20 Oct 2018

by | 28, Aug, J | Events

What is a Quaker Business Meeting? Simply put, it is a meeting to work out shared decisions in the life of the community. As there is no priests or paid staff, it is up to the members to make decisions and do the administrative jobs that make community life...

Restoring Relations – “conflict is inevitable, it’s how we handle it that matters”

by | 18, Apr, J | blog

While attending Britain Yearly Meeting last year I went to the evening fair which allows attendees to learn about different Quaker organizations. At this fair, I saw a stand about having difficult conversations. The past year had been a rough one for me as it seemed...

Rally in support of March for our lives in Geneva at the Place des Nations at 13h00 this Saturday 24 March at 13h00

by | 23, Mar, J | Events

In solidarity with US school children who will be demonstrating in Washington DC Two Y12 students at La Châtaigneraie of the International School of Geneva are organizing a “March for our lives” rally at the Place des Nations at 13h00 on Saturday March...

70th Anniversary of Quakers and the Nobel Peace Prize

by | 12, Dec, J | blog

Yesterday marked the the 70th anniversary of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Friends Service Council and American Friends Service Committee, representing British and Americans Quakers more widely. Read further on the Quaker Strong Rooms blog from the Library of...

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