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Canadian Friends Service Committee Quakers working for justice and peace
- CFSC signs onto request for more Canadian leadership on peacebuilding
by Matt on November 7, 2025 at 6:55 pmParliament Hill photo CC-BY Tsai Project. Canadian Friends Service Committee sent this letter requesting greater Canadian leaderhsip on peacebuilding with several The post CFSC signs onto request for more Canadian leadership on peacebuilding appeared first on Canadian Friends Service Committee.
- CFSC (Quakers) joins 40+ organizations and more than 120 field experts calling on Minister Solomon and ISED to extend national AI consultation.by Matt on November 6, 2025 at 5:28 pm
A national AI strategy is too important to “sprint” through in 30 days. Last week, Canadian Friends Service Committee signed an open letter alongside 160+ civil The post CFSC (Quakers) joins 40+ organizations and more than 120 field experts calling on Minister Solomon and ISED to extend national AI consultation. appeared first on Canadian Friends Service Committee.
- Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers’) statement on Defence spending increasesby Matt on October 29, 2025 at 4:51 pm
In the first months of this new government, Canadians are witnessing a historic surge in military and defence spending—one of the largest increases in decades. For The post Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers’) statement on Defence spending increases appeared first on Canadian Friends Service Committee.
- Unshackled: wisdom from a formerly incarcerated Métis womanby Matt on October 22, 2025 at 2:42 pm
Over the next year, we’ll be posting weekly videos of Lisa telling her story of incarceration, what prison life is really like, and the impacts that The post Unshackled: wisdom from a formerly incarcerated Métis woman appeared first on Canadian Friends Service Committee.
- Wealth gap means kids, vets, seniors go hungry
by bvana@afsc.org on November 7, 2025 at 5:45 pmWealth gap means kids, vets, seniors go hungry bvana@afsc.org Fri, 11/07/2025 – 12:45 Main content Paragraph Over a century ago Will Rogers, famous for both his acting and pithy social commentary, quipped, “Ten men in our country could buy the whole world, and ten million can’t buy enough to eat.” Were he alive today, he […]
- Alumni Profile: Ariadni Brempou
by bvana@afsc.org on November 6, 2025 at 10:59 pmAlumni Profile: Ariadni Brempou bvana@afsc.org Thu, 11/06/2025 – 17:59 Main content Paragraph My name is Ariadni Brempou, and I’m a junior in high school. For many years now, I’ve had a big passion for the law and psychology. Fortunately, this passion has been fed in multiple ways. For instance, I attended Liberation […]
- Gathering in California’s Central Valley lights the way in dark times
by jkrieg@afsc.org on November 6, 2025 at 9:39 pmGathering in California’s Central Valley lights the way in dark times jkrieg@afsc.org Thu, 11/06/2025 – 16:39 Main content Paragraph California’s Central Valley has been called “America’s food basket” for good reason. With less than one percent of total US farmland, it produces over 250 crops and 25 percent of the […]
- ACLS Fellowby SCharles@afsc.org on November 6, 2025 at 9:36 pm
ACLS Fellow SCharles@afsc.org Thu, 11/06/2025 – 16:36 The Quaker Action for Just Migration project will establish a network of Quaker congregations committed to acting for migrant justice in direct alignment with AFSC’s mission and strategic goals, joining together those experienced in the work and those new to it. Members of the Quaker Action for Just Migration Network will […]
- Representing immigrants in New Jersey in unprecedented times
by Nathaniel on November 6, 2025 at 6:33 pmRepresenting immigrants in New Jersey in unprecedented times Nathaniel Thu, 11/06/2025 – 13:33 Video URL https://youtu.be/lHQa_BijGFE Video cover Image
Friends General Conference Note: Some website functions will be down on November 9
- Some Website Features Will Be Down November 9
by Johanna Jackson on November 3, 2025 at 2:40 pmSome features of the FGC website will be temporarily down on Sunday, November 9. These include donation forms, submission forms, and registration forms. FGC expects that these features will return midday on Monday, November 10. The post Some Website Features Will Be Down November 9 appeared first […]
- Vitality: Staying Grounded in Times of Uncertaintyby Rashid Darden on October 10, 2025 at 7:28 pm
Thank you to everyone who gave so generously through the end of September. With your help, wemet the $20,000 match goal before the end of FGC’s fiscal year! Your gifts support FGC programs and services that nurture the spiritual vitality of Friends, and you are deeply appreciated. Many of you […]
- Vitality: Humans of the Quaker Faithby Rashid Darden on October 3, 2025 at 6:41 pm
For me, a big thing is ‘what does God want me to do?’ And my answer to that is use my work to somehow provide comfort, to somehow improve the lives of other people, to create moments of connection as opposed to ‘How far am I? How much further can I go?’ – Brandon Stanton,… The post […]
- Vitality: Staying Faithful to Our Testimonies in Times Like Thisby Rashid Darden on September 26, 2025 at 7:37 pm
In the early 1980s, an interfaith group, including Quakers, was led to deepen their solidarity with immigrants in Central America. That contributed to the beginning of the interfaith sanctuary movement. The litigations that FGC and several affiliated yearly meetings have recently signed on to, as […]
QEW Quaker Earthcare Witness
- Help bring on QEW’s new QVS Fellow!
by Keith Runyan on August 14, 2025 at 9:17 pm0 Our Goal 0 Donors So Far (updates daily) 0 Amount […]
- Imbolc
by Quaker Earthcare on July 16, 2025 at 8:07 pmby Charley Basham Imbolc is the Celtic traditional celebration of the halfway point between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox. The name comes from the Gaelic “oimelc,” which means “in the belly of the mother,” and it is associated with the lactation of ewes. It also connotes the seeds of […]
- Book Review: The Regenerative Enterprise – The Ultimate Guide to Building Future-Fit Organisations
by Quaker Earthcare on July 16, 2025 at 8:03 pmBook Review by Ruah Swennerfelt The Regenerative Enterprise: The Ultimate Guide to Building Future-Fit Organisations By Niels De Fraguier and Stephen Vasconcellos. 426 pages. Self published, 2023. Paperback $23.74. ebook $9.99 In a world in which change is both ever-present and accelerating, the […]
- Building a New Foundation for Spirit-Led Ecojustice Action The Role of Emergent Values in Prophetic Witness
by Quaker Earthcare on July 16, 2025 at 7:54 pmBy Climate Action Committee of the Radnor Quaker Meeting As Quakers, we’re called to notice how prophetic witness influences our lives. What is prophetic witness? It’s the idea that the spirit may inspire us to recognize an injustice, or to seek what is good, just, true or somehow right, before […]
Friends Association for Higher Education A consortium of Quaker colleges and scholars
- Dates of Next FAHE Conferenceby Laura Rediehs on September 22, 2025 at 6:10 pm
June 8-11, 2026 at William Penn University Continue reading →
- Hartford Friend’s “Waging Peace” Substack
by Laura Rediehs on August 15, 2025 at 2:44 pmDonn Weinholtz’s Substack writings Continue reading →
- Quaker Institute for the Future 2025by Laura Rediehs on July 8, 2025 at 2:10 pm
Info about this year’s QIF Research Seminar, August 11-15. Registrations due July 15. Continue reading →
- Article about Conference Presidents Panelby Laura Rediehs on June 23, 2025 at 2:26 pm
Article about the Presidents’ Panel at our 2025 conference at Guilford. Continue reading →
- FAHE Conference 2025 Epistleby Laura Rediehs on June 23, 2025 at 2:21 pm
Epistle from our 2025 Conference at Guilford College. Continue reading →
Quaker House A Place of Peace in a Military City
- The Messy Reality of Unjust Orders
by Steve Woolford on June 10, 2025 at 4:25 pmOne of the most frequent calls received since Trump’s return to office has been from people who saw the GI Rights Hotline on social media and wanted to confirm that
- Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Finally Being Recognized for Troops
by Wayne Finegar on June 10, 2025 at 4:19 pmRecognition of the life-long damage caused to the human brain from exposure to military related blasts is beginning. Despite doctors talking about “shell shock” and “combat stress reaction” for over
- Reshaping the Military, but Not Making it Shipshape
by Wayne Finegar on April 4, 2025 at 8:14 pmThe leadership of the US military continues to recreate the modern forces in the image of the 1800s so beloved by the president. Women, people of color, trans people, and
- Words Matter
by Wayne Finegar on March 14, 2025 at 4:32 pmThe continued war on anyone and anything that doesn’t match Pete Hegseth’s vision of a “warrior” has had multiple victims lately. Along with women, LGBTQ+ people, and people of color,
- Racism and Misogyny of New Administrationby Wayne Finegar on February 22, 2025 at 10:20 pm
On Friday, February 21, Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth did the expected. They proved the depths of their racism and misogyny by removing the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of