Come and hear first-hand from Lesley O’Connor, who recently returned from three months in the West Bank as a participant in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). Lesley’s talk will address questions such as

• What is daily life under occupation really like?
• What is the Israeli peace movement doing?
• What can be done to promote a just peace in Israeli-occupied Palestine?

The talk is free of charge, and will be held at the Cork Quaker Meeting House, Summerhill South, Cork, T12 XW8R on Sunday December 15, 2024 at 12.30. You can let others know about the talk using this flyer.

You are also welcome to come to Meeting for Worship, which takes place during 11.00-12.00, and have a cup of tea or coffee with Cork Friends before the talk starts.

A Public Lecture entitled Cry of a People, Cry of the Earth: Decolonizing Palestine and Planet In Search for Ecological Justice and Human Rights Together will be given by Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh at the Robert Emmet Theatre, Trinity College Dublin at 6.00-7.30 on 28 November 2024.

Dr. Qumsiyeh is a Palestinian Scientist, Author, Founder and Director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity & Sustainability and Palestine Museum of Natural History, Bethlehem University.

The respondent will be Katie Martin, Coordinator of Afri, Action from Ireland, and the event will be chaired by Dr. Iain Atack, Former Coordinator, MPhil in International Peace Studies, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies, TCD.

The event is being organised by the Irish School of Ecumenics, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies and Churchtown, Dublin Quaker Community.

The talk is free of charge; to register, email Freya Dasgupta at dasguptf@tcd.ie. You can let others know about the talk using this flyer.

Monkstown Friends are hosting a film show and a discussion on activism.
The Film is called The Golden Rule and is about a yacht with this name that was sailed by Quakers as a protest into a Nuclear Test Zone at Bikini Island in the Pacific in 1954. The film tells the story of its origins, recent restoration and use by Veterans for Peace. The film will be followed by a discussion on activism.

Please note: Some people may find some of the images and content in the film disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised.

7.00pm Film show, commences with short period of Worship and followed by discussion

8.30pm Discussion ends with a short period of Worship

We hope that Friends from other Meetings and the local community will join us – you can use this flyer to let others know of this event.

Address : Monkstown Quaker Meeting House, Pakenham Road, A94 H9D6
Public Transport: Buses, 4, 7, 7A, S8, L25 and DART (Salthill Station)

Parking :Limited parking at the Meeting House. Lots of on street parking.

 Contact: monkstownpm@gmail.com

Pocket Forests was set up in Dublin in 2020 by Ashe Conrad-Jones and Catherine Cleary. Pocket Forests work with anyone with a small space that needs more nature: faith communities, schools, residents groups, sports clubs, universities, businesses, healthcare providers, housing bodies and private garden owners.

It is a social enterprise facilitating community wellbeing through the participation of people in positive action for the planet.

Communities are helped to ‘green’ urban spaces by growing pockets of native trees and shrubs. Spaces for nature and wildlife are created in towns and cities around Ireland. The projects encourage people to use nature-friendly methods in their own gardens and take on stewardship of shared public spaces. For more information, visit https://www.pocketforests.ie/

Robert W. Haughton will give a presentation on this topic at a Churchtown Coffee Morning on Wednesday 6th November during 10.30-12.00.

You can find more information, including the Zoom link for joining online in this flyer.

‘Quaker Peacebuilding Network’ was established recently for Quakers who are interested and active in local peacebuilding efforts in Britain and Ireland.

Quaker Peacebuilding Network, which means online quarterly, is open to all Quakers in Britain and Ireland who are active or interested in becoming active in local peacebuilding activity. This is distinctly work that helps communities to resolve differences peacefully and lay the foundations to prevent violence in its different forms. It may be of interest to Friends involved in community relations, dialogue, reconciliation, and conflict prevention and transformation work in their local communities. Friends may sign up here: Quaker Peacebuilding Network .