June 2024
PYM Website: Norristown Meeting’s “Memorial to the Lost” Addresses Gun Violence
“Norristown Friends Meeting, part of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, is partnering with Heeding God’s Call to End Gun Violence to install a Memorial to the Lost on the meeting grounds. Each person killed by gun violence in Montgomery County will be honored with a t-shirt with their name, birth and death dates, and age at the time of death. The Memorial is a visible representation of the harm that is done to our communities through gun violence.”
Daily Local News (West Chester, PA and surrounding areas): ‘Memorial to the Lost’ will be featured at Downingtown Friends in Chester County 6.6.2024′
“DOWNINGTOWN — Members of the borough’s Quaker community will hold a public witness to the lives lost to gun violence in Chester County later this month, with a ‘Memorial to the Lost’ on the Friends Meetinghouse grounds.”
April 2024
Read our announcement: Friends Ending Gun Violence Collaborative Formed
“We hope that you will join the efforts of this Collaborative to build a network of Friends who will respond and mobilize to bring about an end to gun violence. Please bring this letter to your community at Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business and post it in your announcements.”