🕯️This week we will commemorate the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombings of #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki. Are you interested in what Quakers are doing on those days? 🧵
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The Quaker Council for European Affairs brings a vision based on the #Quaker commitment to #peace, #justice and #equality to Europe and its institutions. 🌐 https://www.qcea.org/
🤝 Join us for the #event "Lanterns for Peace: From Hiroshima to the World". 🕯️ Light lanterns, listen to stories from #Hiroshima, and honor the victims. 📅 6 August 2026 🕒 17:30 🏛️ Quaker House, Square Ambiorix 50, 1000 Brussels Register here 👉 www.qcea.org/events/lante...
"To all Friends everywhere, From 26 to 28 June 2026, 36 Friends and 3 Facilitators gathered at The Hayes, Derbyshire for a Gathering Retreat for LGBTQIA+ #Quakers and allies, and 3 Friends joined online" Read the Epistle in full & see more images from the retreat: qva.org.uk/epistle-qva-...
👋 See you tomorrow! 📜 Voices of Peace: Stories of Conscientious Objectors from Europe and Beyond 📅 Wednesday, July 1, 2026 🕒 18:00- 19:00 Register here👉 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📍Join us online for the launch of 'Voices of Peace: Stories of Conscientious Objectors from Europe and Beyond'. 🗨️ Discover how our publication was made. Hear stories told by conscientious objectors themselves. 📅 1 July 🕒 6 p.m. (Brussels Time) Register here 👉 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📜 Launching 'Voices of Peace: Stories of Conscientious Objectors from Europe & Beyond'! 🗨️ Read stories from people who refused war! 🤝 A collaboration by @qcea.bsky.social, Connection e.V., @warresistersint.bsky.social & Agir pour la Paix 👉 www.qcea.org/wp-content/u...
📍 Exciting news! On May 15, the International Day of Conscientious Objection, we will launch our new publication, ‘Voices of Peace: Stories of Conscientious Objectors from Europe and Beyond’. 🕊️
Are you a young professional interested in Quaker engagement with the UN? QUNO Geneva is hiring Programme Assistants for their Climate Change and Human Rights & Refugees programmes. Apply by 8 May - Swiss/EU/EFTA nationals or those with Swiss work rights. Find out more: quno.org/newsroom/app...
Applications are now open for 2026 Programme Assistants in Geneva - QUNO
QUNO's office in Geneva is now accepting applications for Programme Assistants to join our Human Impacts of Climate Change (HICC) and Human Rights &
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Many Friends around the world know Yurii Sheliazhenko from Kyiv. Yurii was detained by the police in Kyiv yesterday, for being a conscientious objector to military service. Please uphold him. We are trying to get more information from local Friends. More here: ebco-beoc.org/press-releas...
Welcome to the team, Monica Espinosa! 👋 Monica steps into the role following the well-earned semi-retirement of our long-serving colleague Xavier 💙 Please join us in giving Monica a warm welcome.🫶
📍 Europe appears increasingly drawn to a military mindset - but is this truly what our societies need? The question is at the heart of our latest Around Europe. Read it here 👉 www.qcea.org/.../2026/03/...
International Women's Day is coming! 🌹 → Let's celebrate the women who make QCEA's work possible: Feblezi Huebi, Celina Bebenek, Laëtitia Sédou, Monica Espinoza, and Beatrice Romagnoli. Thank you for everything you do! 🫶 #IWD2026 #Internationalwomensday2026
"A pamphlet written by a woman in prison in 1666 has gone viral on Facebook. Margaret Fell, co-founder of the Quakers, wrote ‘Women’s Speaking Justified’ whilst jailed in Lancaster for her beliefs." New today in Inside Time: insidetime.org/newsround/a-... #InternationalWomensDay
📍 What has happened at QCEA since December? Check out our newsletter and find out! 😉 🔗 mailchi.mp/e3a4d80f1d9b...
We are #hiring! Apply by March 6, 2026, to become our next Rethinking Security Programme Officer! More info 👉 www.qcea.org/wp-content/u...
📍Save the date: 30 November-4 December 2026! Join the exciting retreat organized by us and @qva.org.uk. Register here 👉 qva.org.uk/qcea/
📜 Chapter 3 of our Migration Handbook is now available in Arabic! 👏 Thank you, Yosra Salah, for your your excellent translation! 👉 Read it here: www.qcea.org/wp-content/u...
"I feel like there is God in me... like there is a candle in me. God is not 'there' but he is here." Sikhuphukile Nare, a Quaker from Zimbabwe, shares her inward experience of worship. You can watch it here, and if her words speak to you, please do help us share her message. youtu.be/6DvxC9N5tZI?...
"There is God in me" - A Young Quaker on Faith and Global Quakerism
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📍We are back! Observe this channel to learn how we turn hope into action in 2026!
📍 Good news! 10 key messages from the migration handbook have just been translated to Arabic! Thank you, Iman Soliman, for your work! Read it here 👉 www.qcea.org/wp-content/u...
🗨️ Read 7 inspiring quotes from quakers in our network explaining what human rights mean to them! #HumanRIghtsDay
See you at 17:30 (Brussels Time)! 👋 Still haven't registered? Do it here 👉 www.qcea.org/events/webin...
🗨️👤 Meet 5 campaigners & conscientious objectors to military service who will join our webinar tomorrow! Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join Quakers from around Europe & the Middle East at an All Age Gathering in August 2026, to build community through worship, discussion and play. More info: fwccemes.org/calendar/eme... @globalquakers.bsky.social @quaker.org.uk @quakerireland.bsky.social @woodbrooke.bsky.social @qcea.bsky.social
📍Join us next week for a webinar about conscientious objection! 📅 December 9 (Tuesday) 🕒17:30 Bxl Time, 16:30 UK Time 🌐 Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📌 From lunches Palestinian accompaniers to discussions on conscription, December at our Quaker House will full of meaningful events. Join us for one (or more) of them! More info 👉 www.qcea.org/homepage/con...
Meet volunteers who worked with Palestinian communities! 📍 Join us for a brown bag lunch at Quaker House Brussels on Monday (December 1) at 12:30! Register here 👉 www.qcea.org/events/brown...
📍 The strength of our networks lies in the people who create them. Thank you to everyone who attended our General Assembly last weekend! 🫶
🚨 The European Parliament is about to start debating a law that would harm millions across Europe. With 250+ groups we call on EU lawmakers to reject it.