The Young Fabians Today
Since 1994, the Young Fabians has grown to more than 1,700 members. It currently holds a series of events including policy seminars, debates and receptions in foreign embassies, recent campaigning visits to Ohio for the 2008 Presidential election and Sweden for the 2010 general election, and publishes the quarterly magazine Anticipations. It also holds regular social events and the annual boat party on the Thames has become a popular fixture in the Westminster calendar. The current Chair is Sara Ibrahim and the current Vice Chair is Claire Leigh. Details of other executive members are available on the website.
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Famous quotes containing the words the young, young and/or today:
“The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“When the newspapers have got nothing else to talk about, they cut loose on the young. The young are always news. If they are up to something, that’s news. If they aren’t, that’s news too.”
—Kenneth Rexroth (1905–1982)
“Dearest Lord, may I see you today and every day in the person of your sick, and, whilst nursing them, minister unto you. Though you hide yourself behind the unattractive disguise of the irritable, the exacting, the unreasonable, may I still recognize you, and say: “Jesus, my patient, how sweet it is to serve you.””
—Mother Teresa (b. 1910)