Quaker Peace & Justice Centre
Thanks to everyone who braved the snowy weather on Sunday to join our Relaunch Celebration. People from across the West Midlands took part in creative activities for peace, learned about Peace Hub’s current theme Peaceful Brum, caught up on our recent themes, and of course shared some celebratory tea and cake! Following a viewing of […]
Photo: Birmingham’s Peace Garden, by Elliot Brown CC 2.0 BY. We’re pleased to announce our theme for March & April 2018 is: Peaceful Brum: peace begins with all of us! There’s lots of great work for peace & justice happening across our city. Sometimes it’s obvious, other times we may be walking past a peaceful […]
Image: End Child Poverty‘s map of child poverty levels in the UK. Our current theme Think Global, Act Local, Get Equal is all about challenging inequality, and making our economy work for everyone. This week has given us a stark reminder of how pervasive inequality is: even in a prosperous city like Birmingham. On Thursday, […]
It’s a new year, and we’ve decided to shake things up a bit! We’ve refreshed our public space at Peace Hub to make it even more welcoming to those walking past us on Bull St. We hope you enjoy the new layout, which has more of a cafe-feel and aims to let the public know […]
There are many parts of our local environment that we share and enjoy together, but sometimes take for granted. These spaces that we love are under threat from issues such as air pollution, poor waste management and loss of green spaces: our local environment needs us to stand up for it! It starts by sharing and […]
Photo: Loujain al-Hathloul who was arrested in 2015 for driving in Saudi Arabia. CC BY-SA 4.0 As part of our theme Stop Arming Repression, we’ve been highlighting human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia, and the UK weapons which support these abuses. Some good news today: women will be able to drive in Saudi Arabia next […]
Photo: Elliot Brown CC-BY-2.0. Refugees are fleeing from danger in their home country and come to Britain to ask for safety. Sadly, they face a ‘hostile environment’ from those in power. Whatever the outcome of today’s election, it’s important that we show love, compassion and reconcilliation in our communities. Let’s show that Brum is a […]
Photo: Robert Couse Baker CC-BY. Our theme for April and May is Love & Pride: let’s celebrate our diversity & stand together for equality. ‘Love & Pride’ is all about LGBT Equality: but what does that mean? ‘LGBT’ is a shorthand for a range of sexual orientations and gender identities. The letters stand for: Lesbian […]
Photo: casmaron CC-BY-SA-NC. Starting next week, our theme will be Love & Pride: let’s celebrate our diversity and stand together for equality! Here’s a sneak peek: ‘Love & Pride’ is all about LGBT equality: ‘LGBT’ is shorthand for a range of sexual orientations and gender identities, including: lesbian, gay, bi and trans. People of diverse […]
…sorry that means we’ll be closed to the public this Friday. We’re looking forward to welcoming our new teams of Junior Peacemakers from schools across Birmingham this month. We’ve teamed up with our sister organisation Peacemakers to provide workshops to help young people learn about peace & justice, and then apply it in their own […]