Peace & Social Justice
A Conversation with Arch Street Friends Meeting about Africans Enslaved by Quakers
Quaker Avis Wanda McClinton founded the 339 Manumissions and Beyond Project to find out what happened to the people promised manumission (freedom) from slavery by enslavers from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. There are 339 manumission documents signed by Quaker enslavers in the Quaker and Special Collections at the Haverford College Library, some of which were signed by members of […]
Quaker Call to Action in PYM
Zoom PAThe Quaker Call to Action was initiated by a group of seasoned Friends in June of 2022 as “An Urgent Call to the Religious Society of Friends.” A national steering committee worked to support Friends and meetings in efforts to protect the integrity of local, state and national elections and to strengthen American democracy. They […]
Crosswicks Friends Meeting Juneteenth Jubilee Event
Our Peace and Social Action Committee in Partnership with the Interfaith Community Builder's Host's the 3rd Juneteenth Jubilee
Downingtown Friends Meeting’s Memorial to the Lost
Downingtown Friends Meeting 800 E Lancaster Ave, Downingtown, United StatesJoin DFM in dedicating the Chester County Memorial to those lost to gun violence; in partnership with the Friends Ending Gun Violence Collaborative and Heeding God's Call.
Rise up for Reparations Juneteenth Revival
Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting 1515 Cherry St, Philadelphia, United StatesRise up for Reparations: a Multi-Faith Revival Join us in proclaiming the urgent call for reparations in Philadelphia! On Sunday, June 30th from 2 to 4 p.m. ET At: Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street, downtown Philadelphia Hosted by Rev. Jackie Newsome, newly seated to the Philadelphia Reparations Task Force Speakers will include: Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart, Rise […]
Brenda Walker Beadenkopf presents: Quakers in Two Centuries, Part 2
Sadsbury Friends Meeting 1089 Simmontown Rd, Gap, PA, United StatesHer Philadelphia Quaker father in the 1950s and '60s: Charles Coates Walker worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, July 27, Sadsbury Friends Meeting 2 p.m. Along with celebrating George Fox's 400th Birthday in July of 1624
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 […]
