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Carol Saker<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was one of the 60 Friends attending the blended meeting at Jordans Meeting House on 25th March, organised as a regional day gathering.<\/p>\n

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Photo by J Henderson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The theme for the day was \u201cAcknowledging the impact of the slave<\/em> trade, colonialism and economic exploitation on the lives of many today; what should and can, we do?<\/em>\u201d Several from Oxford attended.<\/p>\n

The topic built on the ongoing concern of Friends at Yearly Meeting 2022 and the work of the Quaker Africa Interest Group (QAIG) regarding this subject, which was also considered within Oxford meeting and Area Meeting earlier in 2021 – all emanating out of the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement.<\/p>\n

Taking our cue from the QAIG and the African Quaker leaders who addressed us on March 25th, a few Oxford Meeting Friends are proposing to look at some of the issues arising from the Jordans regional day.<\/p>\n

One of these speakers was the Swarthmore lecturer of 2016, Esther Mombo, who gave us a fine text as a starting point: \u201c\u2026and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to<\/em> do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk<\/em> humbly with thy God?\u201d  <\/em>(Micah 6, 8).<\/p>\n

Please contact me as soon as you can if you wish to join in, even if you were not at the Jordans day. There is already a small group which was set up at the April Business meeting. During May we will try to meet and see how to proceed – as an action group partnering with our Kenyan fellow Quakers over practical education or climate change work, or as a study and worship group – or both. The emphasis will be Restorative Justice not Reparations.<\/p>\n

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This Month’s Forty-Three Newsletter Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n