Our Recording Clerk, Paul Parker, has joined a diverse range of charity sector leaders in signing this CharitySoStraight 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 pledge to support the rights of trans, non-binary, and gender diverse communities. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 quaker.org.uk/news-and-event…

Jesse Owens of USA winning gold for the long jump in the summer Olympics in Germany, 1936.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The man saluting behind Owens is Lutz Long, a German who shared training tips with Owens and was the first to openly congratulate him after his final jump in full view of Hitler.

Free article: Friends mark Hiroshima Day: 'The event will honour the seventy-eighth anniversary since the first atomic bombs were dropped.' #Quaker thefriend.org/article/friend…

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Exciting. At this time next year Friends from 100 counctries will be gathered in South Africa and online for our first Quaker World Plenary Meeting in nearly a decade. Registrations open TOMORROW! Find out more here: fwcc.world/wpm/

Over 100 medical journals have jointly called for an end to nuclear weapons. This important intervention from the international medical community reflects the grim reality that nuclear war remains a serious threat to global survival today. Read more 👇 cnduk.org/over-100-medic…

📜 George Fox(1624-1691) founded the Religious Society of Friends, The Quakers or The Friends. He rebelled against the religious and political authorities by proposing an unusual, uncompromising approach to the Christian faith. ow.ly/13RS50Pyaxc quakersintheworld.org/quakers-in-act…

🌳 Vote for #Exeter 🌳 A tree in Southernhay is up for tree of the year Vote below 👇 woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-an…

Hi all 👋apologies in the delay but here are the upcoming events in #Exeter this week! There is a zoom call with Just Stop Oil on student mobilisation, a sit-out at Ben Bradshaw’s office with Green New Deal Rising & a #dirtywater action at Plymouth on Sunday from 11-3pm! #ClimateEmergency

🚨Just Stop Oil supporters slow March across #Exeter today to demand the government end all new oil, gas and coal licenses 🔥🌏🥵 read the press release here:juststopoil.org/2023/08/19/exe… The #ClimateCrisis is here and it is happening now. Join your local climate action group today💚🌱

Saw this in my paper Grauniad this morning I went on the first ANL march from Trafalgar Square to Victoria Park Past fascists en route lined up outside a pub giving the Nazi salute A memorable day Good for #Parky and #Fletty aka keith flett for reminding us all

If you’ve been motivated by the slow marches in #exeter today you can head to this workshop at the Exeter Phoenix on Monday. All welcome 🧡 eventbrite.co.uk/e/welcome-talk… #juststopoil #ClimateEmergency #ActNow #stoprosebank #nonewoil #ClimateJustice #ClimateActionNow #unitetosurvive

Members of #Exeter Quakers will be there too

“LTNs is just a shiny new name for a very long-established idea... Local authorities have, since the 1970s, worked to reduce through-traffic on residential roads, including things we’re all used to seeing: bollards, one-way streets, and cul-de-sacs." theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/a…

Protestors yet again highlighted the fact our coastal waters & inland waterways are polluted: through the negligence & vested interests of privatised water utility companies, the lack of government action & cutbacks to monitoring services such as the EA. westcountryvoices.com/dirty-water-pr…

📣Street hubs come to #Exeter - we were gutted to say goodbye to the #ClimateAction hub last week, but are delighted to announce our street hubs! Coming to a high street near you 🌈🌏💚 if you see us, come and say hello #ClimateEmergency #unitetosurvive #decidetogether

Cygnet Theatre is unveiling our exciting new season! There is something for everyone cygnettheatre.co.uk/post-2456-copy/ Join us Cygnet Theatre Visit Exeter Visit Devon @exeterhour The Wheel

Expanding ULEZ was a difficult decision - but it's the right one to save lives. I’ve continued to listen to Londoners' concerns - and every single Londoner with a non ULEZ compliant vehicle is now eligible for financial support.

NEW: Donald Trump’s mugshot just released. This is what accountability looks like.