The horrors children have been subjected to in the last 6 months have been endless.

What will it take for our leaders to take decisive action? We can't and won't stop calling for an immediate, definitive ceasefire.

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🎨 @vaskange  #Gaza

📣 You've got until 16 April to register to vote in May's local elections

We've joined Baptists Together, The Church of England, @methodistGB @britishquakers @unitedreformed & @citizensuk to ensure everyone can participate and be heard in the democratic process

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Trudi Warner, a Quaker climate activist, talks about why she was at the Penn and Mead Reenactment yesterday.

#DefendOurJuries #PennAndMead1670

#saveourjuries As judges increasingly ban mentions of ‘climate change’, Quakers are in Gracechurch St, re-enacting the 1670 Meeting which led to jurors winning the right to acquit defendants according to their conscience. 💚⚖️🧑‍⚖️

How many more people must die? The UK government must suspend arms licences to Israel immediately 😢💔🙏🏾☮️🕊️

'Sing and rejoice, ye Children of the Day and of the Light; for the Lord is at work in this thick night of Darkness'

A new exhibition opened this weekend, as part of the global #GeorgeFox400 celebrations.

Find out more here: quaker-tapestry.co.uk

After mounting public pressure, on 25 Mar the UN Security Council passed a resolution calling for an immediate #ceasefire in #Gaza for the remainder of #Ramadan . This change is welcome, but without implementation thousands of lives are at risk. Read more: quno.org/timeline/2024/…

It's nearly the anniversary of The Belfast Agreement, aka the GoodFriday Agreement, 10 April 1998. We can think peacemaking is all politicians thrashing out deals, but it might be about a lonely march. Check this Teach Peace lesson from Corrymeela
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📢Quakers to re-enact 1670 City of London meeting to highlight threat to jury system. Sunday 7 April, 11am, Gracechurch St, London. ⚖️🙏All welcome! Bonnets optional! Peaceful celebration of early Quaker work, threatened by restrictions in climate activist cases. #RightToAcquit

'Build peace, not war!' 📢Out now! 📢Teach Peace Secondary: 50 lessons from across the curriculum, all available to download for FREE! 🕊️☮️🙏❤️👇Peace Education Network #peace
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Is charity a moral duty?

Quaker Dr Marian Liebman provides a voice of lived experience in a discussion with Vanessa Feltz, Kunle Olulode and Prof Hilary Greaves on BBC Radio 4 P's and Q's 👂

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'We say, “Enough killing!” and together demand a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire.'

We've joined other churches around the world in calling for a ceasefire in Gaza during Holy Week.

Full letter and signatories 👉cmep.org/march-2024-int…

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How can we build a peaceful world? As violence continues in Gaza, Israeli peace activist Or visited @britishquakers to explore resisting militarism and building peace. #ceasefireNOW #gaza 🕊️☮️👇
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Excited to have hosted War on Want's 'And Still We Rise' festival! 🕊️💚🐞🙏We embrace recognise powerful movements are made up of diverse roles & intersecting struggles. Read Rebecca WalkerWoo's reflections on our journey 👇 #ClimateJustice ow.ly/yZ8l50QZOEl

'We must come together to champion our right to engage in national decision-making.'

Paul Parker Paul Parker issues a rallying call to civil society in this Third Sector article on the new definition of extremism (£)

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Our new website is here! The timing couldn't be better as we reopen in just a week time ⏰

We designed it with you in mind and it’s easier than ever to discover everything that #SwarthmoorHall has to offer: 🔗 swarthmoorhall.co.uk

#Cumbria #LakeDistrict #HistoricHouse

Our partners Christian Aid Quakers in Britain CAFOD Trócaire and 25 others in today's The Times and The Sunday Times call urgently on British MPs to:

‼️Support an immediate, permanent ceasefire
‼️Resume funding to UNRWA
‼️Suspend arms sales to Israel

Join the call #CeasefireNOW #Gaza

'In the quiet, anyone can speak as they feel moved to. Words used are often simple. You could have a Quaker funeral where no words are said at all.'
Thanks Sophie Smith from Quakers in Britain & Anna Wilde for sharing what to expect from a Quaker funeral.
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