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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 07/08/2026

Are you interested in protecting democracy and speaking truth to power? We're recruiting a part-time Civil Society Officer to campaign on democracy and civic space. Find out more at: www.quaker.org.uk/jobs

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🕯️ Join our event 'Lanterns for Peace'. Hear unique stories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors. Register here👉 www.qcea.org/events/lante...

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

🕯️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? 🧵

The 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. Quaker Commemorations.

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

🤝 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...

Lanterns for Peace: From Hiroshima to the World. 6 August 2026. 17:30. Quaker House, Square Ambiorix 50, 1000 Brussels

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Quaker Voluntary Action @qva.org.uk · 13/07/2026

"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-...

'Epistle from our recent Gathering Retreat' in black text sits underneath the Quaker Voluntary Action and Quaker Rainbow logos. In the centre is a photograph of retreat participants standing in front of a lake with ice creams. A magenta and teal swoosh sits at the bottom of the graphic.

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

👋 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...

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

📍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...

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

📜 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...

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

📍 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’. 🕊️

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Friends World Committee @globalquakers.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

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...

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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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Friends World Committee @globalquakers.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

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...

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

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.🫶

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

📍 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/...

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

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

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Friends World Committee @globalquakers.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

"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

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

📍 What has happened at QCEA since December? Check out our newsletter and find out! 😉 🔗 mailchi.mp/e3a4d80f1d9b...

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

We are #hiring! Apply by March 6, 2026, to become our next Rethinking Security Programme Officer! More info 👉 www.qcea.org/wp-content/u...

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

📍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/

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

📜 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...

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Friends World Committee @globalquakers.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

"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?...

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"There is God in me" - A Young Quaker on Faith and Global Quakerism

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

📍We are back! Observe this channel to learn how we turn hope into action in 2026!

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

📍 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...

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

🗨️ Read 7 inspiring quotes from quakers in our network explaining what human rights mean to them! #HumanRIghtsDay

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

See you at 17:30 (Brussels Time)! 👋 Still haven't registered? Do it here 👉 www.qcea.org/events/webin...

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

🗨️👤 Meet 5 campaigners & conscientious objectors to military service who will join our webinar tomorrow! Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Meccles @mijecc.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

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

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

📍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...

Webinar “Europe is rearming once again: is our right to conscientious objection at risk?”

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

📌 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...

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

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...

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

📍 The strength of our networks lies in the people who create them. Thank you to everyone who attended our General Assembly last weekend! 🫶

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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

🚨 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.

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

📍Thank you to everyone who attended our migration roundtable last week. Let's reframe the security agenda through the lens of positive peace together! 🤝

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Quaker Voluntary Action @qva.org.uk · 29/10/2025

We're hiring! QVA is looking for a Treasurer to join our board of Trustees. You don't have to be a Quaker to apply. We're a small but vibrant charity, ambitious about our future and keen to diversify our team. Details & how to apply: qva.org.uk/vacancies/ Please repost, we appreciate your help!

‘We're Hiring’ blue sign over white background, the image has an orange border. White text in blue button reads Treasurer Trustee, followed by Quaker Voluntary Action name and Vacancies URL in blue text.

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

👋 See you tomorrow at 17:00 on our migration, peace and security roundtable! 🌐 Join online here 👇 us06web.zoom.us/s/8841584937...

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

👋 See you in 2 days on our migration, peace and security roundtable! 🕒 17:00 – 18:30 Join online here 👇 us06web.zoom.us/j/8841584937...

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

📢 Due to huge interest in our migration roundtable - nearly 100 registrations - we’ve decided to host the event as a hybrid one. 📍Registrations will close on Monday. → Everyone who registers by then will receive an update asking whether they’d like to attend in person or online. See you soon! 👋

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

👋 Meet panellists at our upcoming ' #Migration, #Peace and #Security Roundtable' - happening in just a week!

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

📍Meet our wonderful translators behind the success of our Moving with Dignity Handbook!

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

📍 Peace is not only the absence of war. 🎥Watch this bite-sized #explainer to learn what positive peace is and how it connects to migration! (all in less than 60 seconds!)

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

📍 A very special anniversary is happening today! The 400th issue of our flagship newspaper, Around Europe, is here. Read the testimonies of former editors 👉 www.qcea.org/wp-content/u... 📷 Celina Bebenek, the current designer.

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JRS Belgium @jrsbelgium.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

📢[NEW REPORT] Last week 26-year old Mahmoud from Palestine killed himself in immigration detention. In 2024 close to 5,000 people were locked up in detention centres in Belgium. To find out about Palestinians, and what we see week after week behind the fences read our latest report: t.ly/GGk2g

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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Climate activist Niamh Purcell believes the @coe.int has one way to signal to young people it takes their demands for climate justice seriously. Let's legally protect the right to a healthy environment, in a pledge for our shared humanity & future! bit.ly/4nEpvFy

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Yesterday, on the 5th of October, we celebrated World Quaker Day 2025 under the theme Love Your Neighbor.🫶 🗨️ As our Migration & Peace officer Feblezi Huebi puts it, "Loving our neighbor means welcoming the stranger." Learn more about our #migration work here 👉 www.qcea.org/homepage/mig...

An orange image with a photo of QCEA Migration & Peace Officer Feblezi Huebi. The text: 'Loving our neighbour means welcoming the stranger. QCEA’s Migration Programme works to shift European policies from fear and exclusion toward solidarity, protection, and respect for every human life.'

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

🔎 What happened in the EU and our Quaker House in the past months? As the summer ended, we returned to Brussels advocacy. Even the cold weather in Belgium could not stop our peace and human rights work. ⚙️⚖️🏛️ Learn more here 👉 mailchi.mp/3f336d5ae84a...

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

📍 Save the date: 29 October 2025! → Join our new #migration, #security & #peace event! Register here 👉 www.qcea.org/events/migra... #QCEAMigrationEvents

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

📍 Join our upcoming #migration events! → Enter the dialogue, hear diverse perspectives, and gain fresh insights! 🔎 More info soon!

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

📍QCEA joins a coalition of Christian NGOs expressing their concerns regarding the new #EU Return Regulation proposal. 🔎 More info 👇

Text: Christian Group Statement on the EU Commission’s Proposal for a Common European System for Returns

Text: In March 2025, the European Commission proposed a draft "Return Regulation" that prioritizes forced removals over voluntary returns and adopts a punitive, security-oriented approach.

This proposal could lead to the systematic detention of migrants-including children and families - and severely restrict their rights.

Text: Therefore, we urge the European Commission to:
1) Use detention only as a last resort in all cases.
2) Consider less coercive measures before resorting to detention.
3) Remove Article 31(2)(e), which pertains to electronic monitoring, from the draft proposal.
4) Adopt an engagement-based approach rather than a punitive one.
5) Grant status on compassionate or humanitarian grounds to individuals whose residency applications have been rejected.

Logos of: Eurodiaconia, Caritas Europa, International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC), Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), Europe Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Europe, CCME Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe, Don Bosco International, Sant'Egidio and COMECE The Catholic Church in the European Union

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

🌱 Food security is one of the priorities of the #EU. 📍 However, too often industrial farming harms our environment for profit. 📜 In her article, Alice Privey proposes solutions to this problem. Read it here 👉 qceablog.wordpress.com/2025/09/11/f...

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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

📍The EU’s new “Return Regulation” is in reality a Deportation Regulation. It expands detention - including in offshore sites - fuels racial profiling & strips away rights. Here’s why civil society is united in rejecting it ⬇️

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