Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA)
Richard Seebohm
Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) had a chequered time in the past year, with staffing controversies. However, the appointment of a communications/fundraising officer is now in hand.
More importantly, the process of appointing a new Director by the end of the summer is now underway, drawing on lessons learned and involving the services of a human-resources professional. Thus QCEA is still ‘our Quaker voice in Europe’. And as you can see in the latest issue of its Around Europe newsletter, QCEA still offers a window on post-Brexit Europe for us at home.
It is still a respected partner among the rather few Brussels NGOs witnessing to humane and principled policies for people, economics, and public life – in a world of massive business lobbying, especially the arms trade and big pharma. It also keeps the faith-based voice alive – alongside the perhaps more inward-looking bodies such as the Conference of European Churches and the Catholic Bishops.
Cheques to:
British Friends of the Quaker Council for European Affairs,
33 Shaw Lane Gardens,
Guiseley, Leeds,
West Yorkshire, LS20 9JQ
Bank transfers to:
CAF Bank
British Friends of the Quaker Council for European Affairs
account 00004748
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Copies of Around Europe are in the Meeting House. You can see a screen-readable version at www.qcea.org – scroll down to WAR IS A CHOICE.
(There is a link to Richard Seebohm’s writing on page 2.)
More articles in this month’s newsletter:
- May 2022
- Reflections during a zoom meeting 3 April
- Meeting for Worship 24 April
- The politics of place – and some local witnessing
- Monthly Appeal May 2022
- ‘Friendly Persuasion’
- Mutual Support Group – ‘Getting Older’
- Four Delusions and a Plea
- Note From the Gardening Team
- Britain Yearly Meeting is Seeking a Youth, Children, and Families Development Worker
- Waiting
- Living in the Spirit
- In Penn’s Shadow (1680-1720) – Philadelphia: The Great Experiment
- Addressing Environmental Issues as a Spiritual Community
- The Quakers: The Whites that helped the slavery abolishment
- Community Noticeboard Online, May 2022
- From Quaker Faith and Practice 24.21
- Meetings for Worship May 2022
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Forty-Three Newsletter • Number 517 • May 2022
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