Kate McNally of Woodbrooke is carrying out a survey of anti-racist work in Britain, as part of an Eva Koch scholarship. You can complete the survey online, it should take 10-15 mins and closes on 30th November 2022. Kate says: Read More …
Leslie Denis (an American Quaker, based in France) shares her new book about two US Quaker suffragists who came to Birmingham in the 1910s: I am happy to announce the publication of my new book, Susanna and Alice: Quaker Rebels, Read More …
Many Friends will have already seen this year’s Swarthmore Lecture, but for those who haven’t it is availble as a video. There will be a chance to watch together at Cotteridge Meeting on Fri 2nd September. The Swarthmore Lecture takes Read More …
Final update, including six ways that Quaker Meetings can get involved. The Commonwealth Games will be held in Birmingham, with events also taking place in Coventry, Sandwell, Warwick and Wolverhampton, from Thursday 28 July to Monday 8 August 2022. Birmingham Read More …
This Refugee Week saw the return of Little Amal, a 3m high puppet which in 2021 undertook a journey from Syria to the UK, representing millions of child refugees worldwide. Earlier today (Thursday 23rd June) Little Amal travelled through Birmingham Read More …
Cotteridge Quakers Sarah & Richard Jones invite Friends from across the area to explore becoming a befriender with Restore (a project of Birmingham Churches Together, of which Quakers are a member): The opportunity to meet refugees and asylum seekers, to Read More …
Talking Friends is an audio version of the weekly Quaker magazine The Friend, and other Quaker publications. The Association of Talking Friends (ATF) is looking for new readers to record The Friend: individuals, or pairs, or small groups. It’s a Read More …
CEQ Peace Committee, and our project Peace Hub are supporting a new campaign Together With Refugees. Quakers are invited to show support by making and displaying orange hearts, and writing to MPs. The UK government is planning to introduce new Read More …
Barbara Forbes, Bull St Quaker and board-member of Church and Peace reports on their ongoing discussion on racism and peacework: Following on from the Church and Peace (C&P) September zoom conversation on why racism must be a priority for peace Read More …
Cathy Khurana (CEQ representative to Meeting for Sufferings) reports from the ‘residential’ meeting held by Zoom video conferencing 2nd – 4th October 2020. This report covers discussion and discernment on: Sustainability and the climate crisis; Quaker Peace and Social Witness Read More …