Coming from the silence
Subtitle: Quaker peacebuilding initiatives in Northern Ireland 1969-2007
By: editors, Ann Le Mare and Felicity McCartney
Publisher: Quaker Service
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Belfast
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780956820303
Subjects: Peace movements; Peace-building; Conflict management; Quaker House (Belfast, Northern Ireland); Ulster Quaker Service Committee; Quakers; Centre for Neighbourhood Development (Belfast, Northern Ireland); Society of Friends; Quaker Peace Education Project
Description: Members of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, have had a long history of involvement in peace and relief work in many parts of the world. During the Troubles in Northern Ireland Quakers were involved in a series of projects. 'Coming from the Silence' describes the work of four major projects and a number of smaller initiatives taking place between 1969 and 2007. It sets the work in a wider Quaker context and analyses it from an international development perspective. The four major projects described are: Quaker House, a conciliation project based in Belfast; the Ulster Quaker Service Committee, a family support service working initially at Maze/Long Kesh prison; the Centre for Neighbourhood Development, a Belfast based community development agency; and the Quaker Peace Education Project, a Derry based initiative working mainly with children and young people.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.