Our Peace and Social Witness committee are arranging the following programme of events.
Spring 2012
| Quaker Service Memorial Trust (March) |
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| It is expected that the Quaker Service Memorial will be established at the National Memorial Arboretum during 2012. It will become the focus for Outreach activities at this site (leaflets, displays, oral & written history etc). Visitor numbers are currently around 300,000 per year. This could give us the opportunity to reflect on Quaker wartime service and continued service in conflict zones. We could review the local contribution past & present. | ||
Summer 2012
| Refugee Week activity | June. A follow on from the 2011 asylum seeker & refugee conference, including collection of men’s clothes for Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group. | |
| International Day of Peace, 21st September | Activity to mark this date such as taking part in the Peace Card initiative run by Peace Direct. |
Autumn 2012
| White Poppies | available in the Meeting House early November. | |
| Amnesty International | Local AI invited in to sell AI Christmas cards, and so we can take part in the AI Greeting card campaign. | |
| Men’s clothes collection for GDWG | Second collection of the year. Date to be decided. |
Page updated: 2 Feb 2012
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