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- Join our monthly discussion group on Guaranteed Livable Basic Incomeby Matt on February 17, 2025 at 8:40 pm
Join us on Zoom as we continue our discussion group in 2025! We’re meeting February through May to discuss an article or piece of media on The post Join our monthly discussion group on Guaranteed Livable Basic Income appeared first on Canadian Friends Service Committee.
- Quaker Concern newsletter explores guaranteed livable basic incomeby Matt on February 4, 2025 at 5:03 pm
The winter 2025 issue of our newsletter Quaker Concern is here! This special edition features four articles that each explore the same theme from different angles. The post Quaker Concern newsletter explores guaranteed livable basic income appeared first on Canadian Friends Service Committee.
- Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers) statement on the current ceasefire in Gazaby Matt on January 30, 2025 at 8:47 pm
Canadian Friends Service Committee—the national peace and social justice agency of Quakers in Canada—welcomed the January 16th news that negotiations had led to an agreement for The post Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers) statement on the current ceasefire in Gaza appeared first on Canadian Friends Service Committee.
- Staff picksby Matt on January 15, 2025 at 9:11 pm
You may be wondering: when not at work, what were CFSC staff listening to, watching, and reading in 2024? Even if you weren’t wondering, we’re about The post Staff picks appeared first on Canadian Friends Service Committee.
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- Quakers, Nature, and Indigenous Wisdomby Martin Kelley on February 19, 2025 at 6:11 pm
Season 4 Episode 3 of Quakers Today The post Quakers, Nature, and Indigenous Wisdom appeared first on Friends Journal.
- Friends General Conference Joins over Two Dozen Religious Groups in New Immigration Lawsuitby Friends Journal on February 11, 2025 at 7:20 pm
FGC joined an interfaith lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, CBP, and ICE. The post Friends General Conference Joins over Two Dozen Religious Groups in New Immigration Lawsuit appeared first on Friends Journal.
- La Conferencia General de Amigos (FGC por sus siglas en inglés) se une a más de dos docenas de grupos religiosos en una nueva demanda de inmigraciónby Martin Kelley on February 11, 2025 at 7:19 pm
FGC se unió a una demanda interreligiosa contra el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de EE. UU., CBP e ICE. The post La Conferencia General de Amigos (FGC por sus siglas en inglés) se une a más de dos docenas de grupos religiosos en una nueva demanda de inmigración appeared first on Friends […]
- ‘We Are All Fire Survivors’: Southern California Friends Support Each Other Through Loss, Traumaby Friends Journal on February 10, 2025 at 11:16 pm
Several Quakers in the Los Angeles County area lost their homes and possessions. The post ‘We Are All Fire Survivors’: Southern California Friends Support Each Other Through Loss, Trauma appeared first on Friends Journal.
- Los Cuáqueros demandan al DHS a causa de la aplicación de la ley de Inmigración y la Libertad Religiosaby Martin Kelley on February 10, 2025 at 10:22 pm
La experiencia histórica de persecución religiosa de los amigos motivó a los cuáqueros modernos a unirse a la demanda. The post Los Cuáqueros demandan al DHS a causa de la aplicación de la ley de Inmigración y la Libertad Religiosa appeared first on Friends Journal.
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- Friends General Conference Joins New Lawsuitby Rashid Darden on February 13, 2025 at 12:40 pm
Friends General Conference has joined a multifaith coalition and the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) in opposition to the rescission of ICE’s sensitive locations policy. The post Friends General Conference Joins New Lawsuit appeared first on Friends General Conference.
- New Quaker Checklist #47by Johanna Jackson on February 6, 2025 at 9:43 pm
FGC recommends the following tip for newcomers to the Quaker faith: Learn who supports your meeting — spiritually, physically, and financially. The post New Quaker Checklist #47 appeared first on Friends General Conference.
- New Quaker Checklist #48by Johanna Jackson on February 3, 2025 at 7:05 pm
FGC recommends the following tip for newcomers to the Quaker faith: Learn how to participate in the Quaker Coalition for Uprooting Racism. The post New Quaker Checklist #48 appeared first on Friends General Conference.
- Affirmation of the Friends General Conference Visionby Rashid Darden on January 22, 2025 at 4:04 pm
As the General Secretary of Friends General Conference, I wish to state clearly that FGC’s vision as a religious community remains unchanged. The post Affirmation of the Friends General Conference Vision appeared first on Friends General Conference.
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- Quakerism in the 21st Century: What is the Future of Friends?by Layla Cuthrell on February 14, 2025 at 9:00 pm
As I talk with Friends from all over the world, I’ve asked them to reflect on how they see Quakerism… The post Quakerism in the 21st Century: What is the Future of Friends? appeared first on QuakerSpeak.
- The Communal Power of Meeting for Worshipby Layla Cuthrell on November 21, 2024 at 9:00 pm
“Worshiping with others and acknolwedging their presence, the God in them, is so important to me,” Daquanna Harrison said recently.… The post The Communal Power of Meeting for Worship appeared first on QuakerSpeak.
- Moving Closer to a Beloved Community: A Quaker Rethinks Israel-Palestineby Layla Cuthrell on November 7, 2024 at 9:00 pm
Many Friends—and many Quaker meetings—have struggled to articulate, even to themselves, a clear response to the relentless violence against Palestinians… The post Moving Closer to a Beloved Community: A Quaker Rethinks Israel-Palestine appeared first on QuakerSpeak.
- How Quakers Can Rethink the Economyby Layla Cuthrell on October 24, 2024 at 8:00 pm
“Whenever there are these attempts to think about alternative ways to live, or to create an economic system that is… The post How Quakers Can Rethink the Economy appeared first on QuakerSpeak.
- Benjamin Lay: The Radical Quaker Abolitionist Who Challenged the Worldby Layla Cuthrell on October 10, 2024 at 8:00 pm
The post Benjamin Lay: The Radical Quaker Abolitionist Who Challenged the World appeared first on QuakerSpeak.
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- Publishers of the Truth, 2025 – Leadersby pendleadmin on January 22, 2025 at 7:32 pm
Elders Lauren Brownlee (she/her) is Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)’s inaugural Associate General Secretary for Community and Culture and… Learn More The post Publishers of the Truth, 2025 – Leaders appeared first on Pendle Hill.
- In Your Presenceby pendleadmin on October 9, 2024 at 1:53 pm
October 2024 “I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from?” Psalm 121: 1 … Learn More The post In Your Presence appeared first on Pendle Hill.
- 2025 Residents and Scholarsby pendleadmin on August 26, 2024 at 7:11 pm
We are delighted to have a new cohort of resident Friends and scholars joining us for the 2024-25 academic year!… Learn More The post 2025 Residents and Scholars appeared first on Pendle Hill.
- A Message from The Quaker Institute, 2024by pendleadmin on May 13, 2024 at 3:27 pm
drafted by Rosa David and Benigno Sánchez-Eppler Dear Friends, The weekend of May 2-5, about 70 of us gathered at… Learn More The post A Message from The Quaker Institute, 2024 appeared first on Pendle Hill.
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- Bathing in wood airby Quaker Earthcare on December 12, 2024 at 6:52 pm
Photo by Kathy Barnhart Bathing in wood air by Pamela Haines We all know that a walk in the woods refreshes– great trees, bird calls and breezes pungent scents of earth and pine. Yet our senses fail to name the greater forces here at work. Mushroom threads—mycelia— weave a network […]
- Simplicity: A Call to Return to Unity and Harmony With Earth and Its Inhabitantsby Quaker Earthcare on December 12, 2024 at 12:56 pm
Simplicity: A Call to Return to Unity and Harmony With Earth and Its Inhabitants By SJM and Lee Hall Climate Action Committee, Radnor Quaker Meeting It’s often said that it takes more muscles to frown than to smile. There is an inherent simplicity and ease in smiling. To love, likewise, is […]
- A Fight for the Heart of the Everglades: The EAA Reservoir and Big Sugarby Quaker Earthcare on December 12, 2024 at 12:47 pm
A Fight for the Heart of the Everglades: The EAA Reservoir and Big Sugar by Scott Virgin Growing up amidst the ecosystems of South Florida is a blessing. Exploring mangrove channels, spearfishing coral reefs, climbing coastal islands, hammocks, and swamps, and observing the vast wildlife connects […]
- The Un-Quaker Practices of TIAAby Quaker Earthcare on December 12, 2024 at 12:46 pm
The Un-Quaker Practices of TIAA by Laura Hulbert Imagine you smell bleach when you take your class out to the school yard. It’s not a faint smell. The tag-players are short of breath. The kids on the monkey bars are coughing and sneezing, and one girl is dry heaving over by the fence. A week […]