Peace & Social Justice
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
ZoomThe 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
ZoomClimate 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 […]
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!
ZoomThe 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
ZoomRegister → 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 […]
