Show Notes
Quakers use the term 'witness' to describe their faith in action. In the closing episode of the first Q:Witness podcast series, we explore what this term really means. We also explore how people sustain their activism. We chat to Paul Parker, the Recording Clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting, about what witness means to him and reflect on the spiritual underpinnings of Quaker activism. We also talk to George Lakey, the veteran US trainer and activist (pictured)about how he has remained resilient in his witness over the course of decades. He shares his thoughts on how to build successful campaigns that address different layers of structural and cultural violence.
Learn more about Quaker witness work at www.quaker.org.uk/our-work
• CAAT's podcast | www.soundcloud.com/caatuk • George Lakey's book is ‘Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians got it right – and how we can too’ | www.bookshop.quaker.org.uk/Viking-Economics_9781612195360 • Paul Parker's blog 'Campaigning for change – in it for the long haul' | www.thinknpc.org/blog/campaigning-for-change-in-it-for-the-long-haul/ • @RCQuaker | www.twitter.com/RCquaker • @EQAT | www.twitter.com/eqat • George Lakey’s column on Waging Nonviolence | www.wagingnonviolence.org/archives/?column=living-revolution
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