November 2024
Radio Gag, The Gays Against Guns Show
During Transgender Awareness Week the podcast hosts of Radio Gag honor transgender people who have died from gun violence, and share part two of a series, Churches Against Gun Violence. In this episode, Bryan Miller, a member of the Friends Ending Gun Violence Collaborative, is interviewed & gives testimony about the churches who have organized and lobbied to pass laws on gun safety. This podcast is a tool to change hearts and minds.
Click on the photo to listen to the episode.
WHYY
Local groups honor gun violence victims in Philly and its suburbs
Sandra Jones, WHYY News’ senior gun violence prevention reporter/editor, reported on the dedication of the Memorial to the Lost at Arch Street during PYM Continuing Sessions.
“More than 200 brightly colored T-shirts surround the Arch Street Meeting House. On each one, written in marker, is the name, age and date when the person being remembered was killed in an act of gun violence, in Philadelphia and its surrounding counties. The memorial includes those murdered between 2019 and 2023.
The event is a cooperative effort between several groups, operating as Friends Ending Gun Violence Collaborative, overseen by the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and in partnership with Heeding God’s Call to End Gun Violence. The Memorial to the Lost exhibit was dedicated Friday, Nov. 8.”
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.”
