QCEA

#1/5 Welcome to the Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA)! We're a non-profit promoting just, peaceful, & humane solutions to issues affecting Europe & its global relationships. #quakers #EU

📍 #COP31 is starting soon! 🌇 Key topics include climate-resilient cities. A climate-resilient city is one where people can stay, move and arrive safely, with dignity and a voice in shaping their communities. 🤝 → Watch this space for more updates!

📍 In her latest article, 'From Border Security to Human Security: Rethinking Europe’s Response to Migration,' Nisanur Çim analyses the recent situation in #Ceuta. 🗨️ “We believe Europe does not have to choose between borders and human dignity”. The article 👉 qceablog.wordpress.com/2026/09/28/f...

Welcome to the team, Nisanur Çim! 👋 📍Nisanur joins QCEA as our Migration, Climate and Peace Intern. Read more about her here 👉 www.qcea.org/homepage/our... Please join us in giving her a warm welcome. 🫶

Are you interested in protecting democracy and speaking truth to power? We're recruiting a part-time Civil Society Officer to campaign on democracy and civic space. Find out more at: https://www.quaker.org.uk/jobs

🕯️ Join our event 'Lanterns for Peace'. Hear unique stories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors. Register here👉 www.qcea.org/events/lante...

🤝 Join us for the #event "Lanterns for Peace: From Hiroshima to the World". 🕯️ Light lanterns, listen to stories from #Hiroshima, and honor the victims. 📅 6 August 2026 🕒 17:30 🏛️ Quaker House, Square Ambiorix 50, 1000 Brussels Register here 👉 www.qcea.org/events/lante...

"To all Friends everywhere, From 26 to 28 June 2026, 36 Friends and 3 Facilitators gathered at The Hayes, Derbyshire for a Gathering Retreat for LGBTQIA+ #Quakers and allies, and 3 Friends joined online" Read the Epistle in full & see more images from the retreat: qva.org.uk/epistle-qva-...

👋 See you tomorrow! 📜 Voices of Peace: Stories of Conscientious Objectors from Europe and Beyond 📅 Wednesday, July 1, 2026 🕒 18:00- 19:00 Register here👉 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

📍Join us online for the launch of 'Voices of Peace: Stories of Conscientious Objectors from Europe and Beyond'. 🗨️ Discover how our publication was made. Hear stories told by conscientious objectors themselves. 📅 1 July 🕒 6 p.m. (Brussels Time) Register here 👉 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

📜 Launching 'Voices of Peace: Stories of Conscientious Objectors from Europe & Beyond'! 🗨️ Read stories from people who refused war! 🤝 A collaboration by @qcea.bsky.social, Connection e.V., @warresistersint.bsky.social & Agir pour la Paix 👉 www.qcea.org/wp-content/u...

Are you a young professional interested in Quaker engagement with the UN? QUNO Geneva is hiring Programme Assistants for their Climate Change and Human Rights & Refugees programmes. Apply by 8 May - Swiss/EU/EFTA nationals or those with Swiss work rights. Find out more: quno.org/newsroom/app...

Thank you for coming! 🫶 #QCEA_GA2026

​Many Friends around the world know Yurii Sheliazhenko from Kyiv. Yurii was detained by the police in Kyiv yesterday, for being a conscientious objector to military service. Please uphold him. We are trying to get more information from local Friends. More here: ebco-beoc.org/press-releas...

Welcome to the team, Monica Espinosa! 👋 Monica steps into the role following the well-earned semi-retirement of our long-serving colleague Xavier 💙 Please join us in giving Monica a warm welcome.🫶

📍 Europe appears increasingly drawn to a military mindset - but is this truly what our societies need? The question is at the heart of our latest Around Europe. Read it here 👉 www.qcea.org/.../2026/03/...

International Women's Day is coming! 🌹 → Let's celebrate the women who make QCEA's work possible: Feblezi Huebi, Celina Bebenek, Laëtitia Sédou, Monica Espinoza, and Beatrice Romagnoli. Thank you for everything you do! 🫶 #IWD2026 #Internationalwomensday2026

"A pamphlet written by a woman in prison in 1666 has gone viral on Facebook. Margaret Fell, co-founder of the Quakers, wrote ‘Women’s Speaking Justified’ whilst jailed in Lancaster for her beliefs." New today in Inside Time: insidetime.org/newsround/a-... #InternationalWomensDay

📍 What has happened at QCEA since December? Check out our newsletter and find out! 😉 🔗 mailchi.mp/e3a4d80f1d9b...

We are #hiring! Apply by March 6, 2026, to become our next Rethinking Security Programme Officer! More info 👉 www.qcea.org/wp-content/u...

📍Save the date: 30 November-4 December 2026! Join the exciting retreat organized by us and @qva.org.uk. Register here 👉 qva.org.uk/qcea/

📜 Chapter 3 of our Migration Handbook is now available in Arabic! 👏 Thank you, Yosra Salah, for your your excellent translation! 👉 Read it here: www.qcea.org/wp-content/u...

"I feel like there is God in me... like there is a candle in me. God is not 'there' but he is here." Sikhuphukile Nare, a Quaker from Zimbabwe, shares her inward experience of worship. You can watch it here, and if her words speak to you, please do help us share her message. youtu.be/6DvxC9N5tZI?...

📍 Good news! 10 key messages from the migration handbook have just been translated to Arabic! Thank you, Iman Soliman, for your work! Read it here 👉 www.qcea.org/wp-content/u...

See you at 17:30 (Brussels Time)! 👋 Still haven't registered? Do it here 👉 www.qcea.org/events/webin...