For the Global Day of Action on Military Spending, QPSW has created an online ‘People’s Ballot’ LINK
inviting people to choose how they would spend £38 billion which the UK
currently spends on the military annually. Before Monday 20 April,
Friends can add their vote online at http://demilitarize.org.uk/gdams-survey-2015/ (takes 1 minute). The final results will be published here.
12/04/2015
Positive steps towards full inclusivity
Quaker Disability Equality Group asks local and
area meetings to consider “how can we make the meeting a community in which each
person is accepted and nurtured” (Advices & queries 18). Quaker Life is
pleased to acknowledge the important work that the Quaker Disability Equality
Group is doing to encourage that Quaker meetings and activities are fully
accessible.
A LINK TO THE DOCUMENT
Quaker Disability Equality Group (QDEG) is a listed informal group of British Yearly Meeting - A LINK TO WEBSITE
A LINK TO THE DOCUMENT
Quaker Disability Equality Group (QDEG) is a listed informal group of British Yearly Meeting - A LINK TO WEBSITE
relating to political engagement
Climate Lobby
A QPSW day of action on climate change, including lobby of MPs
Wednesday 17 June 2015 12.00 - 17.30 Palace of Westminster
‘As members of this beautiful human family, we seek meaningful commitments from our leaders and ourselves, to address climate change for our shared future, the Earth and all species, and the generations to come.’
From Facing the Challenge of Climate Change, a shared statement by Quaker groups, January 2015, signed by Quakers in Britain.
A LINK TO MORE INFORMATION
Hustings
Friends may be interested to know that we are holding national hustings at Friends House in London on Tuesday 31 March (international affairs), Thursday 9 DOWNLOADS: Principles for a just housing policy 2015 booklet (PDF, 177KB), Housing our spiritual concern 2015 booklet April (community and sustainability), and Tuesday 21 April (economy and social justice). If you happen to be in London then, we’d love to see you there. Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start.
It is hoped there will be similar national hustings in Scotland and Wales and many Friends are holding constituency hustings.
A LINK TO QUAKER VOTE: GENERAL ELECTION 2015
Housing booklets reissued
Might be of particular interest after the talk by Shelter Cymru in Caridigan.
Inequality in housing in Britain is widening and housing options are narrowing. There is a strong sense of the need for radical change in the housing situation in Britain today. Principles for a just housing policy offers a way of describing what that change might look like. Housing: our spiritual concern offers a way of exploring how we might contribute to that change. To help Friends prepare for both the general election and Yearly Meeting 2015, these two booklets have been reissued by Quaker Housing Trust, Yearly Meeting’s own housing charity. A6 printed copies of both booklets are freely available from: Paula Harvey, paulah@quaker.org.uk
To download the leaflets: Principles for a just housing policy 2015 booklet (PDF, 177KB), Housing our spiritual concern 2015 booklet (1.56MB)
Also A LINK TO QUAKER HOUSING TRUST
A QPSW day of action on climate change, including lobby of MPs
Wednesday 17 June 2015 12.00 - 17.30 Palace of Westminster
‘As members of this beautiful human family, we seek meaningful commitments from our leaders and ourselves, to address climate change for our shared future, the Earth and all species, and the generations to come.’
From Facing the Challenge of Climate Change, a shared statement by Quaker groups, January 2015, signed by Quakers in Britain.
A LINK TO MORE INFORMATION
Hustings
Friends may be interested to know that we are holding national hustings at Friends House in London on Tuesday 31 March (international affairs), Thursday 9 DOWNLOADS: Principles for a just housing policy 2015 booklet (PDF, 177KB), Housing our spiritual concern 2015 booklet April (community and sustainability), and Tuesday 21 April (economy and social justice). If you happen to be in London then, we’d love to see you there. Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start.
It is hoped there will be similar national hustings in Scotland and Wales and many Friends are holding constituency hustings.
A LINK TO QUAKER VOTE: GENERAL ELECTION 2015
Housing booklets reissued
Might be of particular interest after the talk by Shelter Cymru in Caridigan.
Inequality in housing in Britain is widening and housing options are narrowing. There is a strong sense of the need for radical change in the housing situation in Britain today. Principles for a just housing policy offers a way of describing what that change might look like. Housing: our spiritual concern offers a way of exploring how we might contribute to that change. To help Friends prepare for both the general election and Yearly Meeting 2015, these two booklets have been reissued by Quaker Housing Trust, Yearly Meeting’s own housing charity. A6 printed copies of both booklets are freely available from: Paula Harvey, paulah@quaker.org.uk
To download the leaflets: Principles for a just housing policy 2015 booklet (PDF, 177KB), Housing our spiritual concern 2015 booklet (1.56MB)
Also A LINK TO QUAKER HOUSING TRUST
08/04/2015
Yearly Meeting 1 - 4 May 2015
Even if you can’t be there in person, a shared spiritual preparation
creates the foundations upon which Yearly Meeting in session can build.
Yearly Meeting 2015 is the first of a new three-year arc on the theme ‘living out our faith in the world’. One of the focuses this year is housing as a particular example of a tested concern in the areas of inequality and injustice. Challenged by the structural injustice we see all around us, can we draw inspiration from the work of Friends a century ago, recorded in Quaker faith & practice 23.16? How might we express now our spiritual insights that give rise to our testimony, impelling us to action in the world?
Questions for consideration in your meeting on the theme of living our faith in the world:
How can we open ourselves fully to the pain of the world without despairing or turning away? Might allowing ourselves to be vulnerable to each other transform pain into compassion and kindle a passion to heal?
How can meetings be places where individuals are both supported and challenged as they wrestle with the complex issues that face us?
How are we committed to our Quaker values? How can we witness for a better social order? How can the testimonies of individuals bring more peace and economic justice?
What can we do to help bring about justice and equality in the society in which we live?
Suggested reading
All suggested reading is available at
www.quaker.org.uk/ym.
Quaker faith &
practice 20.17, 20.18, 23.04, 23.06,
23.12, 23.16, 23.17, 23.18, 23.21.
Swarthmore Lecture 2014: Open for
transformation: Being Quaker by Ben Pink Dandelion.
Jan Arriens’ prepared ministry, Yearly Meeting
Gathering 2014.
Britain Yearly Meeting Statement on economic
inequality in Britain, May 2014.
A LINK TO THE FULL TEXT [you can save as a PDF or print easily]
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