by David Swain | 6 Mar, 2017
Equality is a core Quaker testimony. We believe that all people have equal access to the Divine Light, and that all should be treated with compassion and respect. But what happens when a group in our society has long been treated unequally? What is the road...
by David Swain | 6 Mar, 2017
Clémence Overall, Victoria Regional Meeting A view of the expansive Lake George came into sight as my husband and I turned towards Silver Wattle Quaker Retreat Center. We were going to attend a three-day workshop on Indigenous Spirituality and Culture. As an American...
by David Swain | 6 Mar, 2017
John McMahon, Victoria Regional Meeting. In 1997, five Victorian Quaker women launched what they called “The Vigil”. Sitting on stools or standing near steps of the former post office, in the heart of Melbourne, they raised a banner with words “Quaker silent Vigil,...
by David Swain | 6 Mar, 2017
Sharee Harper, Victoria Regional Meeting Some of the most positive relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians have been forged during get-togethers to care for the land – when Traditional Custodians and local environmental and land-care groups...
by David Swain | 6 Mar, 2017
Duncan Frewin, Queensland Regional Meeting Up to the 1990s, it would be fair to say that Queensland Quakers’ relationship with Indigenous people was within a general framework of charitable work. That is, givers gave from their abundance and receivers were expected to...
by David Swain | 6 Mar, 2017
David Purnell, Canberra Regional Meeting The Committee on Racial Equality (CORE) began in 2007 on the initiative of Waratah Rosemary Gillespie. Based in Canberra, its initial focus was on the Northern Territory intervention and its impact on Aboriginal communities....
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