Human; Love & Sexuality
HUMAN NATURE 451. Humanity in the face of Inhumanity (by Sue Williams; 2018) About the Author— Sue Williams and her late husband, Steve, were representatives of Quaker Peace and Service (British and Irish) in the 1980s and 90s in Botswana, Uganda, East Africa, and Northern Ireland. She later worked for Responding to Conflict; she was for 25 years a member of Ireland YM. These stories are drawn from experiences both with Quakers and with local groups working for peace in many countries. [Introduction]— I've encountered people who manage to behave with humanity, even in [the most difficult] circumstances. They held a space for human values, where others could also stand. I've lived in 6 countries, and worked for short or long periods in more than 60 countries; many years of that was in the service of British and Irish Quakers. These stories tell of people who did not set out to resolve conflict, and...