Peace & Social Justice
Friends Committee on National Legislation | Lobbying for the World We Seek
Zoom PAThe Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Arch Street Friends) welcomes fellow PYM F/friends to participate in its virtual Adult Education Series on Zoom. About the Lecture & Speaker The Friends Committee on National Legislation has a long history of social advocacy on Capitol Hill, but how are Friends called to influence our government today? […]
Students Uniting: Then and Now (FCNL)
Friends Place on Capitol Hill 515 East Capitol Street, SE, Washington, DC, United States +1 moreThis event will be a conversation with leaders from campus organizing movements from the past and present. We will be joined by speakers sharing their experiences working on the anti-apartheid movement, the anti-war movement during the U.S. war in Vietnam, the Palestinian liberation movement, and the current movement for a ceasefire and divestment of US support of the war in Gaza.
Right Relationship Training: August 2 & 3
Mennonite Heritage Center 565 Yoder Road, Harleysville, United StatesThe Friends of the Delaware Tribe (an interfaith group made up of Quakers, Mennonites, Lutheran, and others) and the Mennonite Heritage Center invite you to join them for a Right Relationship Training with the Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery. Join the Coalition’s Organizer Doe Hoyer for an interactive training on that will help […]
Climate Cafe: a place for support and to report
Zoom PAClimate Witness Stewards invite all interested Quakers in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to join us for for a virtual Climate Cafe: a place for support and to report climate actions (formerly Online Potluck). We have found this format to be a supportive, spiritually encouraging and community building way to share climate action information and hope. Some […]
Fun Family Concert Benefit for The Peace Center
Two of a Kind, an award-winning husband-wife musical duo, will perform a benefit concert for the Peace Center on Sunday September 8, 2024, from 2-4:30pm at Fallsington Friends Meeting (9300 New Falls Rd, Levittown, PA). This interactive concert, designed for families and children of all ages, will feature songs, puppets, movement, and stories centered around […]
24th Annual Peace Fair
Buckingham Friends Meetinghouse 5684 Old York Rd, Lahaska, United StatesThe 24th annual Peace Fair of Bucks Quarterly Meeting features local crafts, artwork, traditional and vegetarian food, kids games, a dunking tank and dozens of Bucks area non-profits whose focus is peace, community service, healthy living, education, and the environment. Browse the gently-used book sale, hear Bucks area poets at the Poetry Reading (open mike […]
FAITH INTO ACTION: A family-friendly interfaith gathering to support democracy
Friends Center 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, United StatesThe national Quaker Call to Action is hosting a family friendly, interfaith service that will focus on Pennsylvania and be both inspirational as well as practical. This special event will bring together interfaith leaders who will help inspire and confirm the faith basis for our individual actions in the weeks prior to November 5, 2024. We […]
Know Thy Neighbor: Give Peace a Chance
 Let’s Be Friends - Know Thy Neighbor Give Peace a Chance Join us for a for a Lecture on the Quaker Peace Testimony presented by David Harrington Watt Sunday, September 29th at 2:00pm In the Meeting House The lecture will feature an overview of the Quaker approach toward peace from the 1640’s to […]
Using PYM’s Climate Action Resource: Let’s Check In!
Zoom PAThe tool for Friends and meetings seeking to live out our yearly meeting-wide commitment to address climate change is now available! The booklet Creating a Playbook for Climate Action helps Friends develop personalized plans for how to address climate change – in their meetings and in their homes. Copies of the booklet have been shared with all […]
Peace Begins with You: A Gathering for Children & Families
Arch Street Meeting House 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, United States"If we are to create peace in the world, we must begin with the children." Mahatma Gandhi "Peace Begins with You: A Gathering for Children and Families" is a Sunday afternoon for families with children to come together for fellowship, learning, celebrating peace and how we can each live in our truth and be peacemakers. […]
Climate Cafe: a place for support and to report
Zoom link https://bit.ly/3v6Fs1vClimate Witness Stewards invite all interested Quakers in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to join us for for a Climate Cafe: a place for support and to report climate actions (formerly Online Potluck) The next Climate Cafe is at 7:00 pm on October 24. We have found this format to be a supportive, spiritually encouraging and community building way to share […]
Threshing Session: A Benchmark for Climate Change Witness
Zoom PARegister → A proposed benchmark for our witness to address climate change will be on the agenda at Fall Continuing Sessions in November. Benchmark for reducing our carbon footprint: Measure the carbon footprint of Yearly Meeting operations, gatherings, and facilities. Identify how the Yearly Meeting could be carbon net zero by 2030 Invite monthly […]
Climate Up Close: A conversation with Dr. Nadir Jeevanjee
Abington Friends Meeting 520 Meetinghouse Rd, Jenkintown, PA, United StatesClimate Up Close: A conversation with Dr. Nadir Jeevanjee, NOAA climate scientist and Princeton professor of physics. Sunday, November 3rd at 11AM at Abington Monthly Meeting. Dr. Jeevanjee represents a group of dedicated scientists committed to making the facts of climate science accessible to a broad audience. The goal of Climate Up Close is to begin conversations about […]
Memorial to the Lost
Arch Street Meeting House 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, United StatesJoin the Friends Ending Gun Violence Collaborative and Heeding God's Call to End Gun Violence to dedicate a memorial to those lost to gun violence at Historic Arch Street Meeting House during Continuing Sessions.
A Conversation on Living the Lenape Way
Rancocas Friends Meeting Main Street 201, Westampton, New Jersey, United StatesCelebrating Indigenous Peoples Month The Rancocas Friends Meeting invites you to join a conversation on, "Living the Lenape Way" with Lenape Tribal Nation Leader, Elder John Thomas. Elder John Thomas of the federally recognized Lenape nation, the Delaware Tribe of Indians, has been a prominent member of the American Indian Movement, a survivor of Wounded […]
Celebration of tree being added to Upper Dublin Elder Grove
Upper Dublin Quaker Meeting Fort Washington Avenue 1505, Maple Glen, PA, United StatesEvent at Upper Dublin Meeting- 1506 Ft. Washington Ave., Maple Glen At 11 AM on Sunday November 24, following 10 AM Worship, we will gather at our wonderful tree which sprouted back in 1796 and is now selected as a member of the Upper Dublin Elder Grove. Commissioner Donah Beale (Chair) and Commissioner […]
“Story, Service, Song from Friends Around the World”
Fallsington Friends Meetinghouse 9300 New Falls Rd, Levittown, United States“STORY, SERVICE, SONG FROM FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD” Insights from FWCC’s 2024 August World Conference in South Africa Speaker: Amy Duckett Wagner, Friends World Committee for Consultation Representative - Philadelphia Yearly Meeting WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4TH | 7-8:30PM Join us for a report of the world gathering of 500 Quakers, including today’s realities, learning from service […]
Vigil for Victims, Families and Survivors of Gun Violence
Reformation Luthern Church West Rose Tree Road 102, Media, Pennsylvania, United StatesFriends Ending Gun Violence Collaborative of PYM is a sponsor of a community vigil organized by CeaseFirePA. Please join others in our community who are committed to end gun violence.
“Lifelines-Aid Workers in Gaza” A Short Film and Conversation
Moorestown Monthly Meeting 118 E. Main St., Moorestown Monthly MeetingOn Sunday 22 December at Rise of Meeting at the Moorestown Monthly Meeting, join American Friends Service Committee staffer Elizabeth Corse and others for a 15-minute film created by staff workers, Firas and Serena, who are working in Gaza to reach so many with life-saving aid, despite the desperate conditions they face. This film will […]
