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Lisa Cumming
@lisacumin.bsky.social
Works in & around conflict grappling. (Local peacebuilding • Nonviolence • Peace practice & thinking.)

Worries in the valley, dreams on the moors. Personal account.
'What do you do for a living?” asked the sky to the sunflower. “I pour hope into the fainting hearts,” whispered the sunflower.'

Bhuwan Thapaliya

#Bloomscrolling
October 18, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Had the absolute pleasure of facilitating a panel sharing thoughts on "Quakers and Anabaptists: Peacebuilding Today" for @woodbrooke.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The Battle of Cable Street, on this day in 1936. Stories and images of people standing shoulder to shoulder with one another from Jewish Museum London.

jewishmuseum.org.uk/2016/10/05/t...
October 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
If anyone is in need of a galumphing seal pup. (Pup was basking in last week's sunshine near Brighton as mother was out fishing.)
October 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
"The Syrian community stands alongside the Jewish community in rejecting violence, and we recommit ourselves to building a society where every community can live in dignity, security, and mutual trust."

Statement from the Syrian Community in the UK.
October 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Thinking about last weekend. The clacking of clogs on cobbles, the jangle of morris dancers in a curry house car park. Expressions of tradition in a spirit of community togetherness.
September 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
For anyone in need of a quick glance at some canalside anemones.
September 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Today's Bluesky feed.
September 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Totally agree! I know buses might need a bit more thought but I think the pedestrian & cycle areas are fab. Had an outside meeting there the other day & it was so nice.
August 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"On his way home, Iida, the survivor and guide, stopped by a monument dedicated to the children killed. Millions of colorful paper cranes, known as the symbol of peace, hung nearby, sent from around the world."

apnews.com/article/japa...

#Hiroshima
August 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
"A false impression is given that this is Israel’s war, but in reality, it is a joint US-Israeli war supported by allies such as the UK..."

Paul Rogers

www.opendemocracy.net/en/israel-ga...
July 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Very strong call from UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk to the UK Government.

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
July 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"As we allow ourselves to feel our pain for the world, we find our connection with each other."

Joanna Macy (2 May, 1929 - 19 July, 2025)
July 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
A quiet moment on Saltdean beach (near Brighton) in May just before meeting an Italian Greyhound called George Michael.
July 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Lack the words to describe how utterly amazing #BCUC (Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness) were tonight in Manchester.
July 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"They can see it's not true."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
July 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Brussels lamp-post on the way back from a Quaker conference on peace & justice in troubling times.

#Quakers
June 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Open letter from Nobel laureates, scientists, writers and artists on the resurgence of fascism.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
June 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Remembering Grenfell eight years on. The 72+ lives lost, the survivors, the bereaved, the community trauma & wider impacts. Thoughts with all those still seeking justice.

#Grenfell 💚
June 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Deep breaths. And maybe birdsong, the scent of a rose, a cup of tea, loud punk, whatever helps.
June 13, 2025 at 7:05 AM
As I head to Yearly Meeting (annual event of Quakers in Britain) as a staff member, a recent peacebuilding residential at Corrymeela means the following words are in my mind.

"It is in the shelter of each other that the people live."

#BYM2025 #Quakers #Peace #Corrymeela
May 24, 2025 at 7:49 AM
"We refuse to be a cog in the machine that fuels bloodshed..."

www.ppu.org.uk/news/russian...

#ICOD #ConscientiousObjectors
May 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
"...people are living the consequences of this rhetoric and policies right now."

theconversation.com/keir-starmer...
May 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
April 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Hope there's moments for birdsong amidst it all or whatever helps.
March 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM