Peace, justice and activism

Teachers will get the chance to ‘unpack peace’ in their school thanks to a new teaching resource from Quaker Peace & Social Witness.

This resource examines what it means to be not just an activist, but a Quaker activist. How is Friends’ activism balanced by, and grounded in, silence, contemplation, and Friendly approaches?

A Quaker view of Human Rights. This collection of essays offers insights both into the narure of human rights and the radical thinking that informs them. The authors represent a diversity of perspectives that is rooted in a shared sense of equality.

Conviction uses personal stories to help students engage with the dilemmas faced by women, men and families in World War 1. It is intended for use in secondary schools at Key Stages 3 and 4.

"True godliness don't turn out of the world but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavours to mend it." William Penn, 1682

Swarthmore Lecture 2015. To say 'yes' to peace we must say a final 'no' to war and join together, heart and soul, in the task of creating peace by peaceful means, speaking with one authentic and passionate voice.

Are all terroristsreligious fundamantalists? How can pacifists respond to devastating voilence? Those and others challenging questions are at the heart of Paul Lacey's text as he explores Quaker responses to both terror and fundamentalism.

Huddersfield, 1914—while many signed up to fight in the war that would engulf the next four years, the town’s community of conscientious objectors was growing.

Bertrand Russell and the Pacifists in the First World War.

The author’s demolition of the revisionist argument that constructive engagement policies ended apartheid is a notable contribution to truth.