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Seminar on Late Mohammed Ataur Rahman and Peace Initiatives of GUP

The seminar will take place on 18 January’25. Venue will be the Peace Centre of GUP at Rajoir, Madaripur, which bears an ever-lasting memory of Ataur Rahman.

The seminar is going to be for whole day. It will be divided into two halves, morning and afternoon sessions. The morning session will be focussed on Ataur Rahman’s life and his efforts in initiating peace activities. The afternoon session will concentrate on finding new ideas of Peace initiatives for GUP, conveniently by gleaning inspiration from the outcome of morning session.

For proper use of the whole seminar-day, the participants are requested to reach the venue by the evening of 17 January’25, where GUP’s dedicated workers would await to receive you.

To get more information about how to reach the venue, accommodation, food, etc., please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Monzurul Islam Chowdhury, Executive Director, GUP. He would be readily available to monzu50dhaka@gamail.com, or call +880 1714-033373.

 

Ram Ramamurthy

Ram Ramamurthy who did so much to serve Quakers in India and other parts of South Asia. Ram died on 15th August 2024. Ram Ramamurthy also served for some years as Asia Secretary for Quaker Peace and Service at Friends House in London. A memorial meeting was held on 16 November 2024 at Friends House.

 

JaiJagat2020 March 2020

Jai Jagat 2020 was an international campaign for justice and peace initiated by Rajagopal P. V. and Jill Carr-Harris. The main action is a march from Rajghat, New Delhi, to the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. It started on October 2, 2019, on the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Around 50 people from at least 10 countries planned to walk 10,000 km during one year. The plan was to arrive in Geneva on October 2, 2020. The march planned to cross 10 countries: India, Iran, Armenia, Georgia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, and Switzerland. In addition, a small delegation should have gone to Pakistan.

The objectives were based on the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, especially eradication of poverty, reduction of discrimination, fight against climate change, and nonviolent conflict resolution.

In India, the march reached Sevagram, in Maharashtra, where it arrived on January 30, 2020, after crossing Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh.

The march was stopped in Armenia on March 15, 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Several marches from Belgium, Sweden, Germany, France, and Spain were planned to converge to Geneva, but only small marches from France actually happened.

Meeting Minutes

QSAIG on 12 October 2024
Meeting held at Selly Oak Quaker Meeting House, Birmingham and on Zoom.
Heard and shared reports of Quaker related activity in India, Bangladesh and Myamnar.
Some shared time with All India Yearly Gathering when we could exchange greetings.

Minutes are here ....

Annual General Meetings

QSAIG AGM held on 12 October 2024
Held at Selly Oak Meeting and on Zoom.
All officer posts filled but need new names for next year.
Need to encourage members to pay their subscriptions each year. Donations agreed for Bhopal Medical Appeal and All India Yearly Meeting.

Minutes are here ....

 

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