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Quakers in Britain are joining with others to call for climate justice, building on the work done at
COP26 .in Glasgow last year. With Quakers around the world, we work quietly at the United Na-
tions and in the European institutions to foster peace, protect human rights and press for
justice. Quakers across Britain work to build peace education into our schools, provide chaplain-
cy in prisons, offer mediation and rehabilitation. Nationally, we campaign for a more equal society
and work to protect our democratic freedoms.

5. It's an adventure
All of the above make it an adventure to be a Quaker. From the edge-of-your-seat silence of a
Quaker worship, where anything seems possible, we can be led to new insights, new relation-
ships with those around us, and new engagement in the world.
We can be guided to work we didn't know we'd be doing, using spiritual gifts we didn't know we
had. We can find community with people very different from ourselves, and be enriched by each
other's insights. Sometimes that means letting go of old ideas, giving up things we once cared
about, or taking a leap of faith – what could be more exciting than that?

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