Quaker Peace and Social Witness (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW), previously known as the Friends Service Council, and then as Quaker Peace and Service, is one of the central committees of Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends - the national organisation of Quakers in Britain. It works to promote British Quakers' testimonies of equality, justice, peace, simplicity and truth. It works alongside both small local and large international pressure groups. In 1947, the then Friends Service Council shared the Nobel Peace price with the American counterpart American Friends Service Committee. Peace Campaigning and Networking: aims to encourage a wider and deeper understanding of the peace testimony and to promote disarmament and work against militarism. Turning The Tide: promotes positive social change and helps groups to increase their effectiveness using active nonviolence. Peace Education: supports a range of initiatives for peace education in schools through advising and supporting teachers involved in conflict resolution and peer mediation programmes.