March to Remain in the EU for Peace and Climate

Saturday, 21 September 2019 - 1:00pm
Edinburgh Quaker Meeting House

Friends from Central Edinburgh are going on the March to Remain in the EU for Peace and Climate, to demand that MPs revoke Article 50 to prevent a no deal Brexit and to confirm that the UK must remain in the EU to preserve peace in Europe and to ensure shared action to prevent climate change.

Meet 13:00 at Central Edinburgh Meeting House, Victoria Terrace to join main gathering 14:00 at St Giles and march to Parliament.

As agreed at our Local Meeting for Business on 1 September, we are supporting this march becuase:

  • The Society of Friends has a long standing commitment to work for Peace.
  • In 2011 Quakers in Britain made a corporate commitment to become a low-carbon, sustainable community and we support each other to live out this commitment. We campaign for climate and energy justice, and to build a fairer economy which is not powered by fossil fuels.
  • More recently representatives of seven Christian denominations – including Quakers in Britain ─ have written an open letter to the new Prime Minister expressing concern that failing to agree a deal on Brexit will “hit those held back by poverty very hard indeed"

The date (21 September 2019 the United Nations International Day of Peace) is very approriate.

Event to register on to help organisers with numbers:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/march-to-remain-in-the-eu-for-peace-and-c...

Facebook event for details: Quakers at March to Remain in the EU for Peace and Climate
https://www.facebook.com/events/382303532445193/

Facebook event for the main event: March to Remain in the EU for Peace and Climate Action
https://www.facebook.com/events/1180448458814458/

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Location

Edinburgh Quaker Meeting House
7 Victoria Terrace
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