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Anti-racism update from FGC

Categories: Anti-Racism, News

How are people in Friends General Conference (FGC) creating community that is accessible, equitable, and transformational? FGC’s task force on our “Institutional Assessment on Systemic Racism within FGC” offered this summary of the ongoing work as of November of 2018: “Two years after Friends General Conference’s governing body approved the initiation of an institutional assessment on systemic racism within FGC, a…

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Letter from Pittsburgh Friends Meeting

Categories: Anti-Racism, News

Posted 11/13/18 Dear Friends, We are so grateful for your words of support as well as your prayers for our community and our nation.  It makes a significant difference in these moments to be reminded of the connections we have with each other. Recognizing the unique role of guns in this violence, we approved the attached minute at our…

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Update on FGC’s Institutional Assessment on Racism Oct 2018

Categories: Anti-Racism, FGC, News

Posted 10/5/18 Lake Erie Yearly Meeting strongly supports FGC’s Institutional Assessment on Racism with both donations and participation. The Assessment is looking at where FGC Friends currently stand in being complicit with the institutionalized racism that permeates North American culture and how Quakers can move toward being anti-racist in our culture and institutions. Three Lake Erie Yearly Meeting Friends…

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FGC resources to help families live sustainably

Categories: News

In the age of instant gratification, technological dependency, and mottos like “bigger is better,” a question arises that becomes more urgent with each passing moment: How, right now, can we live more sustainable lives? Friends General Conference has pulled together written resources for families who wish to live more lightly on the earth. They include: Can We Live Sustainably?…

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1960s LEYM Bulletins Posted

Categories: Bulletin, News

Early Bulletins from 1963 and 1964 have been added to the Bulletin archives. The first edition for 1963 details the formation of Lake Erie Yearly Meeting alongside the existing Lake Erie Association. You can find them here.

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