What are reparations? And what’s the role of faith communities in this conversation? 

We speak to Edwina Peart, Inclusion and Diversity Coordinator, and Rebecca Woo, Campaigns Coordinator, about the reparations conversation that is just beginning amongst British Quakers.
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FURTHER INFO
Find links to Woodbrooke courses and other resources at: www.quaker.org.uk/reparations 
Swarthmore Lecture: www.woodbrooke.org.uk/swarthmore 
Ann Morgan, on Lancaster Quaker involvement in slave economies: https://youtu.be/RiC39-UepCE 
Join the climate justice year of learning: www.quaker.org.uk/efcj
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QUOTED
Richard Reddie (2007) Abolition
Adrienne Maree Brown (2019) Pleasure Activism: https://bookshop.quaker.org.uk/Pleasure-Activism-The-Politics-of-Feeli_9781849353267 
Verene Shepherd, Sam Sharpe lecture 2019: https://www.baptist.org.uk/Articles/564908/Sam_Sharpe_Lecture.aspx 
Others mentioned: Brené Brown, Hilary Beckles

A Quaker Take

On reparations: what are reparations?

What are some examples of reparations? How can we make our reparations meaningful?

We continue our conversation about reparations with Edwina Peart and Rebecca WalkerWoo, who we spoke to in the first episode. We also speak to Oonagh Ryder who was the Faith in Action Coordinator for Quakers in Britain around that time and Siobhán Haire, Deputy Recording Clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting (Quakers in Britain).

But first we should probably explain why it took so longer for this second episode to come out... in the midst of recording we both caught COVID and the disruption meant we were no longer able to keep up with the recording schedule. So, if you want to go back and relisten to the first part you’re welcome to. A lot of the content of this episode was recorded around the same time. Despite the delay we felt it was still important to get the episode out as it remains relevant. We will revisit the subject in the future but in 2024 we are starting a new series with new topics.

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FURTHER INFO
Find information about Quakers in Britain’s commitment to reparations and other resources at www.quaker.org.uk/reparations

Find Woodbrooke courses and information on anti-racism work at www.woodbrooke.org.uk/anti-racism

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QUOTED & MENTIONED
- Caribbean Community (CARICOM): https://caricom.org/caricom-ten-point-plan-for-reparatory-justice/
- Cotton Capital Podcast (The Guardian): https://www.theguardian.com/cotton-capital
- Human Resources Podcast: https://www.broccoli.productions/our-shows
- Racial Justice Advocacy Forum: https://www.baptist.org.uk/Groups/365504/Racial_Justice_Advocacy.aspx
- Saidiya Hartman (2006) Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
- Others mentioned: Anthony G. Reddie, Kofi Mawuli Klu

On reparations: how can we make reparations meaningful?

Introducing the new podcast about witness in action from Quakers in Britain. This tease explains what it's all about so you know to subscribe!

#1 – Introducing Q:Witness

Hear about the nonviolent grassroots movement standing up for human rights and a just peace in Kenya with Ezra Kigondu (Turning the Tide Kenya) and Laura Shipler Chico (Quaker Peace & Social Witness).

#2 – Q:Witness – Active nonviolence in Kenya

The current economic system has provided humanity with many material benefits. However those benefits have been unequally shared. In this episode we hear from Cait Crosse, the New Economy Project Manager in Quaker Peace & Social Witness. The project is enabling Quakers and others to articulate a vision of how the economy could be transformed.
Cait shares what’s happening with the project and interviews Yuan Yang, Beijing correspondent for the Financial Times and founder of Rethinking Economics.
Find out more:
http://www.quaker.org.uk/new-economy
http://www.rethinkeconomics.org/

#3 – Q:Witness – New economy

Quakers work with other organisations, policy-makers and the public to rid the world of nuclear weapons. In this episode, we look back at the struggle against Trident renewal in 2016, then at the way forward as the United Nations begins to negotiate a new treaty banning the development, testing, production, financing, transferring, stockpiling, use and threat of use of any nuclear weapon. What role will the United Kingdom play, and what role can you play?
 
Follow @DisarmQuaker on Twitter
For info and resources: http://www.quaker.org.uk/our-work/peace/nuclear-disarmament
Newsletters: http://www.quaker.org.uk/educate-disarm

Take action:
http://www.cnduk.org/
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/175096

#4 – Q:Witness – Banning nuclear weapons

In this episode we discuss peace education, specifically how teaching the skills and approaches of conflict resolution can have a transformative effect on individuals and communities. With the voices of young peacemakers and educators past and present, we look at the benefits and ongoing challenges.
Featuring Isabel Cartwright from Quaker Peace & Social Witness; Tom Leimdorfer, who helped pioneer peace education in Britain and beyond; Sara Hagel, Director of Peacemakers – a Quaker peace education charity;  and Kezia, a sixth form peer mediator.

Find out more about peace education at:
www.quaker.org.uk/peace-education
www.peermediationnetwork.org.uk
www.peacemakers.org.uk

#5 – Q:Witness – Educating for peace

Explore the peace and justice work from the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI), an international programme coordinated by the World Council of Churches. EAPPI brings people from around the world to the West Bank to serve for 3 months as human rights monitors. We call them Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs).
Keith Reeves, an EA from Yorkshire, offers eyewitness accounts of Israeli activists striving for a change and of house demolitions in the West Bank. Teresa Parker leads EAPPI in the UK and Ireland and gives an overview of the successes and challenges over its 15 year history.

Find out more: 
Eyewitnessblogs.com
http://www.quaker.org.uk/our-work/international-work/eappi 
 Take action: tell the UK Government to recognise Palestine: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/174181 
House demolition data from UNOCHA: http://www.ochaopt.org/content/protection-civilians-report-18-31-october-2016

#6 – Q:Witness – Palestine and Israel

Ellis Brooks and Elizabeth Payne outline some of the topics coming up on Q:Witness, including fracking, the Quaker Housing Trust, stopping the arms fair and a Quaker response to forced migration. If you can’t wait for these episodes, check out www.quaker.org.uk/qpsw to find out more about the work of Quakers in Britain.
If you have questions about the issues we’ve discussed or those coming up, or perhaps a topic you’d like us to cover, email Ellis on ellisb@quaker.org.uk

#7 – Q:Witness – Queued Witness

Why are Quakers and others taking action to stop fracking?
In February 2017, Quakers in Britain called for a ban on shale gas fracking and all forms of intensive fossil fuel extraction. Meeting for Sufferings, Quakers in Britain’s representative body, said “We have faith that we can tackle climate change and build a more sustainable future, but we know this is only possible if fossil fuels remain underground [...] Fracked gas is not the low-carbon solution some suggest that it is and is incompatible with tackling the climate crisis.”
In this episode we talk to Sunniva Taylor and Chris Walker who manage the Sustainability and Peace Programme and Quakers in Britain, and we hear from Stephen Lee about upcoming action led by Pendle Hill Quakers.

On Saturday 6 May, many will be climbing Pendle Hill in Lancashire to protest against the effects of fracking, both locally and around the world. Quakers are known for worshipping in stillness and they will gather in a meeting for worship for witness.

Find out more: www.quaker.org.uk/fracking

#9 – Q:Witness – Take action on fracking

Europe is experiencing the largest number of refugees since World War II. This is bringing attention to a steadily growing global crisis of human displacement, born of war, inequality and environmental degradation. In this episode of Q:Witness, we speak to Tim Gee who is scoping new work on forced migration from Quakers in Britain. We then hear from Sheila Mosley and Bridget Walker who help run the Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN), an independent group that has been working to change the way that asylum seekers are treated since 2007.

www.quaker.org.uk/migration | www.qarn.org.uk 

Get involved in exploring the new work by email timothyg@quaker.org.uk
A transcript can be provided if requested- email ellisb@quaker.org.uk

#10 – Q:Witness – Forced migration

How is money actually created? Can a bank be ethical? How would you ensure a favourable reincarnation? These questions and more are explored in this episode of Q:Witness, the podcast from Quakers in Britain all about taking action for sustainability, equality and peace.
We talk to Cait Crosse, who has been running the New Economy Programme, about the recently released the fourth New Economy Booklet, Money, banks and finance in the new economy.
“Savings accounts, investments and loans: the financial sector provides essential services at the heart of any modern economy. Some people view it as the oil that allows the wheels of the economy to turn effectively.
“Yet, as most recently shown by the 2007/8 financial crash, the system is also highly volatile and when it goes wrong can wreak havoc across society. This booklet explores the financial system and money creation, asking how they could be reformed to help create a more stable, equal and just economy.” – Money, banks and finance in the new economy
The new economy project supports Quakers to articulate a vision of a practical, ethical economic system in line with Quaker values.

neweconomy@quaker.org.uk | www.quaker.org.uk/neweconomy | @EandEQuaker |

Credit union survey by North Wales Quakers: http://bit.ly/qcredit

See www.yourfaithyourfinance.org, a guide to money, faith and ethics

"Enigmatic" Royalty Free Music from Bensound.com

#11 – Money & banking in the new economy

Land across Lancashire is at risk of fracking, a new form of fossil fuel extraction that is set to threaten the UK’s ability to meet its low carbon commitments. Planning permission has been granted for fracking at Preston New Road in Lancashire, between Blackpool and Preston. Pendle Hill Area Meeting Quakers joined together to organise a meeting for worship for witness against fracking atop Pendle Hill, a historic site for Quakers. The land that can be seen from Pendle Hill is licensed for fracking, or at risk of being so. Jon Martin went along to hear from those who attended the meeting for worship on 6 May.

It’s urgent that we move beyond reliance on fossil fuels. This means campaigning against fracking, and many other types of action too. Sunniva Taylor, Sustainability and Peace Programme Manager, celebrates 19 area meeting fossil fuel divestment commitments and outlines key climate change questions to put to parliamentary candidates before the general election on 8 June. We need their answers – and their actions. For further information about the general elections, and question to ask candidates, go to www.quakervote.org.uk. 

A note for listeners: whilst fracking receives government support in England, this issue will be devolved to the Welsh Assembly next year. Listeners in Scotland can take action to uphold and strengthen the Scottish Government’s moratorium on fracking by responding to the official online consultation before 31 May. Find out more at www.quaker.org.uk/fracking.
Twitter: @EarthEconQuaker @QuakerVote

Q:Witness

Pendle Hill, fossil fuels and GE2017

#13 – Q:Witness – Pendle Hill, fossil fuels and GE2017

Quakers in Britain are deeply concerned by the widening gulf between rich and poor, which is brought about by injustice within our economic system. Quakers call for an economic system that values and protects all people. Any government strategy to reduce economic inequality should include a fair social security system which is upheld by a fair tax system and decent pay.

In this episode we talk to Gurpreet Bola and Mairi Campbell-Jack about economic inequality, exploring what we can do to support work to reduce it. We also catch up on the other areas Quakers are raising at this election. We speak to Tim Wallis about the nuclear ban treaty currently being negotiated, and to Tim Gee about countering negative stereotypes around migration and refugees.
www.quakervote.org.uk | @QuakerVote | www.quaker.org.uk/economic-justice

Economic inequality

#14 – Q:Witness – Economic inequality

War, human rights abuses and forced migration start in London. The Defence and Security Exhibition International (DSEI - pronounced 'dicey') is the largest arms fair in the world. Every two years, DSEI allows arms buyers and sellers to network and make deals. It’s coming again 4 September 2017, at ExCeL – the huge exhibition centre in London Docklands.
This episode is about how to stop the arms fair. Ellis and Elizabeth hear from Sam Walton, the Peace and Disarmament Programme Manager for Quakers in Britain, and Kat Hobbs from Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), as well as lots of activists ready to challenge the repression.
Quakers in Britain are a founder member of Stop the Arms Fair: a coalition of groups working together to oppose the arms fair in East London. We are building resistance to the arms fair through protest, lobbying, witness, creativity and prayer. The next DSEi is due to take place in 2017: if it does, Quakers will be working to increase the resistance.
Quakers work to raise awareness of the human and environmental cost of the arms trade. We work with others to challenge the morality of the trade as a whole and to shine a light on the unethical and sometimes illegal activities of the arms industry. Find out more about our work.
Get all the updates you need from www.stopthearmsfair.org.uk or contact Sam on Samw@quaker.org.uk for more help.
Find out more about Campaign Against Arms Trade at www.caat.org.uk or follow @CAATuk on Twitter
Thanks to audioungle.com and Bensounds for the music in this episode.

#15 – Q:Witness – Stop the Arms Fair

Quakers use the term 'witness' to describe their faith in action. In the closing episode of the first Q:Witness podcast series, we explore what this term really means. We also explore how people sustain their activism.
We chat to Paul Parker, the Recording Clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting, about what witness means to him and reflect on the spiritual underpinnings of Quaker activism. We also talk to George Lakey, the veteran US trainer and activist (pictured)about how he has remained resilient in his witness over the course of decades. He shares his thoughts on how to build successful campaigns that address different layers of structural and cultural violence.

Learn more about Quaker witness work at www.quaker.org.uk/our-work

•	CAAT's podcast | www.soundcloud.com/caatuk
•	George Lakey's book is ‘Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians got it right – and how we can too’ | www.bookshop.quaker.org.uk/Viking-Economics_9781612195360 
•	Paul Parker's blog 'Campaigning for change – in it for the long haul' | www.thinknpc.org/blog/campaigning-for-change-in-it-for-the-long-haul/ 
•	@RCQuaker | www.twitter.com/RCquaker
•	@EQAT | www.twitter.com/eqat
•	George Lakey’s column on Waging Nonviolence | www.wagingnonviolence.org/archives/?column=living-revolution

#20 – Q:Witness – What is witness?

This episode of #QWitness focuses on making witness happen, shifting towards a movement-focused approach from a more information-based one.

We chat to Gurpreet Bola, Hannah Smith and Maya Williams about their work to support groups to take action on different issues and how you can access this.

We also catch up with two people who attended the Quaker Activist Gathering earlier this month. Lesley Grahame gives an update on supporting the ban on nuclear weapons and Laurence Hall talks about his concern around housing, particularly around justice for residents of Grenfell Tower.

For more information about Turning the Tide visit their website at turningtide.org.uk or follow them on Twitter @TTTideUK.

Read stories of Quaker action at www.quaker.org.uk/stories-witness. Download the toolkit for action at www.quaker.org.uk/toolkit-for-action. Discover more about the work of young Friends in The Young Quaker theyoungquaker.org.uk.

Find out about upcoming Quaker events:
- Skilling up for the new economy, Manchester, 18-19 November www.quaker.org.uk/events/skilling-…-the-new-economy 
- Quaker Peace & Social Witness Spring Conference 2018, Swanwick, 23-25 March 2018 www.quaker.org.uk/events/2018-qpsw…pring-conference

#23 – Q:Witness – Making witness happen

“We can’t have security for people in the UK at the expense of security for people in other parts of the world”
Rethinking security is an invitation to engage in public debate and dialogue about the way we think about security. The aim is to think and plan creatively in relation to safety, security, nonviolence and the role of peace initiatives, and revisit how we think about security to encompass all aspects of human well-being. 
In this episode of Q:Witness, we speak to Marigold Bentley, Head of Peace Programmes and Faith Relations, about why Quakers are involved in the rethinking security project. We also speak to Celia McKeon about the aims of the project and the ways that people can get involved.
Learn more at rethinkingsecurity.org.uk or follow Rethinking Security on Twitter @SecurityRethink.

#25 – Q:Witness – Rethinking security

Universal human rights are the legal and practical sibling to the Quaker idea that every person is unique, precious and a child of God - simply, that every person has a right to be treated with dignity and respect.

In this episode we explore human rights from a European and international perspective. As Quakers in Britain issue a manifesto about the need to welcome newcomers to the UK with respect and dignity, we reflect on the perception of human rights in a Brexit landscape and hear about the Quaker spiritual view on human rights from Helen Drewery, Head of Witness and Worship at Quakers in Britain. In a wide-ranging conversation we speak with Sylvain Mossou and Martin Leng from the Quaker Council of European Affairs about human rights, the impact of Brexit, and responding to child immigration detention. 

Further reading
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Read the Quaker United Nations Office briefing at: http://quno.org/resource/2017/12/briefing-friends-human-rights-migrants-under-new-york-declaration

Quaker Council for European Affairs: Briefing on the European Convention on Human Rights www.qcea.org/2017/08/new-brochure-the-european-convention-on-human-rights/ 

Report on child immigration detention in Europe: www.qcea.org/2017/07/report-child-immigration-detention-in-europe/

#26 – Q:Witness – Human rights

In an environment of increasing polarisation it’s more important than ever to understand how to disagree well. In this episode we chat to Lisa Cumming, Turning the Tide Programme Manager, about different approaches to try when engaging with friends and family – or people you don’t know well – on difficult topics.

Find further resources from Turning the Tide at: https://turningtide.org.uk/ 

Other resources
5 ways to disrupt racism video: https://youtu.be/Lcd4VXHTR3Y
Having difficult conversations toolkit (PDF): http://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/having-difficult-conversations 
The civil conversations project from On Being: http://www.civilconversationsproject.org/ 

Books we’re reading
How to understand your gender: http://bookshop.quaker.org.uk/How-to-Understand-Your-Gender-A-practical-guide-for-exploring-who-you-are_9781785927461 
How not to be a boy: http://bookshop.quaker.org.uk/How-Not-To-Be-a-Boy_9781786890085
Fields of blood: http://bookshop.quaker.org.uk/Fields-of-Blood_9780099564980

Image: Ben Wood

#27 – Q:Witness – Courageous conversations

Discussing peace education and nuclear weapons we join peace poet, Antony Owen, CND peace educator Owen Everett, and Quaker staff Ellis Brooks and Sahdya Darr to reflect on the role of peace education in encouraging critical thinking.

Find out more 
Antony Owen: antonyowenpoetry.wordpress.com
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CND peace education
England: cnduk.org/education
Scotland: www.peaceeducationscotland.org
Wales: walesforpeace.org or www.cymdeithasycymod.org.uk
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Action you can take
Peace education resources: www.quaker.org.uk/teachpeace
ICAN Parliamentary Pledge: http://uk.icanw.org/projects/appeal/
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What we're reading
Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy Briefs: centreforfeministforeignpolicy.org
Barracoon: http://bookshop.quaker.org.uk/Barracoon-The-Story-of-the-Last-Slave_9780008297664
Millennium: bookshop.quaker.org.uk
Trans Britain: http://bookshop.quaker.org.uk/Trans-Britain-our-journey-from-the-shadows_9781783524716
Quaker Centre Bookshop events: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/quaker-centre-bookshop-15554426114

PS. We haven't got rid of Quaker faith & practice either, we've just decided to revise it www.quaker.org.uk/blog/revision-of-the-book-of-discipline-what-happens-now

On peace education

Five Quakers discuss their take on God, spirituality and Quaker faith.

ARTICLES
The Quakers are right, we don't need God - Simon Jenkins https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/04/quakers-dropping-god And some letters in response https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/07/debate-on-god-language-doesnt-mean-all-quakers-are-losing-faith

Telling our stories: exploring the Quaker way - Alistair Fuller https://www.quaker.org.uk/blog/telling-our-stories-exploring-the-quaker-way

BOOK 
God, words and us: Quakers in conversation about religious difference http://bookshop.quaker.org.uk/God-words-and-us_9781999726928

Quaker faith & practice https://qfp.quaker.org.uk/

PODCAST
The Sacred https://soundcloud.com/thesacredpodcast

CBC Tapestry interview with Paul Parker – discussing faith and the revision of Quaker faith & practice https://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/tapestry/segment/15548362

On God

What does it mean to be an ally? What does it mean to practise allyship?

In this episode we discuss allyship and solidarity with Tatiana Garavito, Sanctuary Everywhere Programme Manager. We also discuss the history of Quaker abolitionist thought with historian Marcus Rediker.

Power and privilege toolkit (PDF) www.quaker.org.uk/documents/owning-power-and-privilege-2nd-edition-october-2018 

Healing Justice podcast www.healingjustice.org 

The Fearless Benjamin Lay http://bookshop.quaker.org.uk/The-Fearless-Benjamin-Lay-The-Quaker-Dwarf-Who-Became-the-First-Revolutionary-Abolitionist_9781786634719

On allyship

Jon and Elizabeth talk to two Quaker parents, one non-Quaker parent and two people raised by Quakers to find out what the common experiences are.

Quaker Parenting Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/259029634289418/

Resources for Quaker parents: www.quaker.org.uk/children-and-young-people/quaker-parent

Find events for children and young people: www.yqspace.org.uk/find-event

A Quaker Take on Parenting

On parenting

Do Quakers celebrate Christmas? This episode we hear about different Quaker takes on the festive season, discuss why Quakers don't traditionally celebrate Christmas (and how they sometimes do now), and explore ways to approach difficult conversations with family and friends.

BLOG
Times and seasons: A Quaker reflection on Christmas www.quaker.org.uk/blog/times-and-seasons-a-quaker-reflection-on-christmas

VIDEO
5 ways to disrupt racism: https://youtu.be/Lcd4VXHTR3Y

TOOLKITS FOR ACTION
Having difficult conversations (PDF) www.quaker.org.uk/documents/having-difficult-conversations

Owning power and privilege (PDF) www.quaker.org.uk/documents/owning-power-and-privilege-2nd-edition-october-2018

MORE INFO
www.quaker.org.uk/podcast

On Christmas

What's the Quaker position on immigration and why? What are Quakers doing to tackle some of the injustices in the current system?

Asking some of the most common questions, we discuss the Quaker position on immigration with Tatiana Garavito, Jessica Metheringham and Bridget Walker. We talk about why it's not just about refugees and asylum seekers, and how we can all work together to tackle the injustices in the UK's current immigration system.

Further info on Quaker work: http://www.quaker.org.uk/sanctuary and http://www.qarn.org.uk/homepage/

More information about immigration detention: http://detentionforum.org.uk/

Power and privilege toolkit (PDF): http://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/owning-power-and-privilege-2nd-edition-october-2018

On immigration

What’s the Quaker part in the wider climate movement? Why are faith groups so involved in taking action to tackle climate breakdown?

In part 1 we talk to Susanna Mattingly from Friends Worlds Committee for Consultation (the international Quaker body) about what that looks like in different parts of the world. fwcc.world/sustainability

We also talk to Olivia Hanks about the Quakers in Britain take on the climate crisis. To join the mass lobby of parliament on 26 June email Philip Wood philipw@quaker.org.uk www.quaker.org.uk/sustainability. Find them on Twitter @EarthEconQuaker or as Quaker faith in action on Facebook.

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Subscribe to listen to part 2 'A Quaker Take on climate activism' where we talk to a founder of Extinction Rebellion Jews, hear from young Quakers involved in climate strikes, and some fresh takes on climate justice from lots of different activists.

Or check out the playlist of other climate and economic episodes: https://soundcloud.com/qwitness/sets/earth-and-economy podcast

On climate change

It’s part 2 of A Quaker Take on climate change and we’ve got interviews with Elinor from Extinction Rebellion Jews, Quakers involved in the school strikes, as well as excerpts of a recording of a talk with Greta Thunberg, Anna Taylor and Caroline Lucas on the new climate movement. With thanks to The Guardian for the new climate movement recording!
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Extinction Rebellion Jews
Find XR Jews on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/xrjews. 
The Climate Justice Seder was run by Yael Tischler, the second woman outside North America to be ordained as a Kohenet (Hebrew Priestess). She is also part of Yelala, which creates inspiring earth-based feminist Jewish rituals and practices in the UK. www.yelala.co.uk 
The XR Jews 10 climate plagues leaflet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XmU_MEde4z2G8vNrAyZDJcd4syQ4i2-P/view?usp=sharing 
XR Jews seder in the Jewish Chronicle - https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/climate-change-protesters-to-hold-demonstration-seder-in-westminster-tomorrow-1.483107
Rabbi Daniel Lichman reflects on XR: https://www.willesdenminyan.com/blog/humanity-hope-the-fight-for-freedom-rabbi-daniel-reflects-on-extinction-rebellion 
Engaging with people of colour on climate justice: http://gal-dem.com/this-is-what-extinction-rebellion-must-do-to-engage-with-people-of-colour-on-climate-justice/
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Greta Thunberg and Anna Taylor
UK student climate network: https://ukscn.org/
The new climate movement talk was held in partnership with the UK Student Climate Network, Greenpeace UK, Amnesty UK, Campaign against Climate Change, Friends of the Earth, the Guardian Live, 350.org, NUS, Policy Connect, 10:10 Climate Action, Parents4Future, Quakers in Britain, WWF and the APPG on Climate Change. Here’s the full talk: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2019/apr/23/greta-thunberg-anna-taylor-and-caroline-lucas-on-the-new-climate-movement-guardian-live
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Quaker links
How to work with local government (PDF) https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/local-government-a-guide-for-quakers 
Find @EarthEconQuaker on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EarthEconQuaker
Swarthmore lecture: https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/learn/about/swarthmore-lecture/

On climate activism

What do Quakers think and sex, sexuality and spirituality? How do we talk to young people about sex, consent and boundaries?

In this bumper episode we interview author Lucy-Anne Holmes about her sexual and spiritual experiences, and talk to David Brockway from the Good Lad Initiative and researcher and lecturer Elsie Whittington about relationships and sex education with young people.

- Don’t hold my head down by Lucy-Anne Holmes https://bookshop.quaker.org.uk/Dont-Hold-My-Head-Down_9781783526215
- The Good Lad Initiative https://www.goodladinitiative.com/
- Elsie Whittington https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/sociology/staff/profile/index.php?id=3799
- Quaker faith & practice (Chapters 22 and 16 in particular) https://qfp.quaker.org.uk/
- Woodbrooke https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/
- Quakers and same-sex marriage https://www.quaker.org.uk/marriage-equality
- Quaker theology and same-sex marriage (PDF) https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/we-are-but-witnesses-2009

https://www.quaker.org.uk/podcast

On sex

How do Quakers read and interpret the Bible? This episode we hear from Mark Russ, Rhiannon Grant, Peterson Toscano and Timothy Ashworth for their takes on the Bible. We discuss how Quakers have read scripture over the centuries, how we can engage with it now and look at how Biblical texts can help us explore Quaker concerns today. 
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This is our first joint Woodbrooke/Quakers in Britain episode of the podcast. Mark Russ, Rhiannon Grant and Timothy Ashworth are tutors at Woodbrooke. Find out more about Woodbrooke courses, including discounts and bursaries (such as 50% off for 18–35s), by visiting www.woodbrooke.org.uk/learn.
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During the Coronavirus lockdown, you can watch two of Peterson Toscano’s films for free at https://petersontoscano.com/saucy-seriousfree-stuff-stream/ 
•	Transfigurations—Gender Outlaws in the Bible
•	Doin’ Time in the Homo No Mo Halfway House

The full performance lecture, Transfigurations—Transgressing Gender in the Bible, (film plus commentary) is available on Amazon Prime UK. A free study guide is available at: https://petersontoscano.com/portfolio/transfigurations/

Even before the Coronavirus global pandemic, Peterson was isolating at home producing podcasts including Citizens Climate Radio, Bubble&Squeak, and Bible Bash Podcast with co-host Liam Hooper. 
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We incorrectly named the author of Resisting Empire: The Book of Revelation as Resistance.  Our apologies for that, the author is C Wess Daniels.
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