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Canadian Friends Service Committee Quakers working for justice and peace

  • When the pine needles fall film screening and discussion
    by Matt on April 21, 2026 at 4:32 pm

      If you’re in or near Burnaby, British Columbia, come join us for a free screening of our long-time partner Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel’s award-winning documentary When The post When the pine needles fall film screening and discussion appeared first on Canadian Friends Service Committee.

  • Resisting CANSEC: strength through peace
    by Matt on April 20, 2026 at 5:08 pm

    Are you worried about Canadian-made weapons and their impact in the world? Did you know that every year, CANSEC—the largest arms fair in North America—is held The post Resisting CANSEC: strength through peace appeared first on Canadian Friends Service Committee.

  • Donate to urgent humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza
    by Matt on April 9, 2026 at 12:59 pm

    Canadian Friends Service Committee continues to be appalled by the needless and brutal suffering we’re witnessing in Gaza. Quaker agencies globally have joined to denounce this The post Donate to urgent humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza appeared first on Canadian Friends Service Committee.

  • Big tech is taking huge military contracts. Where does that leave socially responsible investors?
    by Matt on April 8, 2026 at 6:18 pm

    Quakers are credited with being the original socially responsible (SRI) investors. Their primary focus, and that of other SRI pioneers like Peter Kinder and Amy Domini The post Big tech is taking huge military contracts. Where does that leave socially responsible investors? appeared first on Canadian Friends Service Committee.

American Friends Service Committee – Quaker action for a just world

  • AFSC Report and Call for AB 481 Compliance
    by jlindsay-poland@afsc.org on May 1, 2026 at 9:03 pm

    AFSC Report and Call for AB 481 Compliance jlindsay-polan… Fri, 05/01/2026 – 17:03 Main content Paragraph In April 2026, AFSC published a report on California law enforcement agencies compliance with basic requirements of the 2021 state law AB 481 on military equipment used by police and sheriffs. Read the report.AFSC shared […]

  • Youth explore peaceful careers in Chicago
    by jkrieg@afsc.org on May 1, 2026 at 4:22 pm

    Youth explore peaceful careers in Chicago jkrieg@afsc.org Fri, 05/01/2026 – 12:22 Main content Paragraph Along with several partner orgs in April, Chi Peace successfully hosted an Anti-Military Recruitment Peace Career Fair in Chicago. This is a part of AFSC’s broader effort to counter predatory military recruitment and expand […]

  • West Region News May 2026
    by jkrieg@afsc.org on April 30, 2026 at 8:28 pm

    West Region News May 2026 jkrieg@afsc.org Thu, 04/30/2026 – 16:28 Featured Image Image Or select from hosted files Document west-regional-news-may-2026.pdf Show download link Off

  • Thank you for signing our petition to Shut Down GEO!
    by jkrieg@afsc.org on April 30, 2026 at 3:57 pm

    Thank you for signing our petition to Shut Down GEO! jkrieg@afsc.org Thu, 04/30/2026 – 11:57 Two columns page content Title Thank you! Description Thank you for signing our petition to Shut Down GEO! Together, we’re sending a clear message: NO more tax dollars […]

  • Horn of Africa EU Advocacy Week Report
    by rtewolde@afsc.org on April 29, 2026 at 10:08 am

    Horn of Africa EU Advocacy Week Report rtewolde@afsc.org Wed, 04/29/2026 – 06:08 Resource Label or Year 2026 Featured Image Image Or select from hosted files Document horn-of-africa-eu-advocacy-week-report.pdf […]

Friends General Conference Gathering Registration is Open!

  • It Began at Gathering: Charley’s Story
    by Jen Ambrose on April 30, 2026 at 7:33 pm

    It was at the 2014 Gathering when Hannah Mayer and Eric Peterson realized they might want to be more than “Friends.” (The theme that year was “Let Love be the first motion” . . .) Ten years later, they brought their 3-year-old daughter Charley to the Gathering at Haverford in 2024. The post […]

  • Gathering Registration is Open!
    by Johanna Jackson on April 10, 2026 at 12:57 pm

    Registration is open until June 19, 2026. We’ll see you at the FGC Gathering inn Burlington, VT from July 7-12, 2026! The post Gathering Registration is Open! appeared first on Friends General Conference.

  • FGC’s 2025 Impact Report
    by Jen Ambrose on April 9, 2026 at 9:16 pm

    The 2025 Impact Report reflects on a year of being Centered in Faithfulness. The post FGC’s 2025 Impact Report appeared first on Friends General Conference.

  • Friends General Conference Launches Listening Sessions
    by Rashid Darden on April 7, 2026 at 9:27 pm

    In the coming weeks, FGC will host listening sessions and provide other ways for Friends to share ideas, hopes, and concerns. We want to hear from all who care about the future of Quaker spiritual practices. The post Friends General Conference Launches Listening Sessions appeared first on Friends […]

QEW Quaker Earthcare Witness

  • QEW Mini-Grants: Hope is not a wish. Hope is work.
    by Quaker Earthcare on April 23, 2026 at 4:22 pm

    Written by Al McGrew, Co-convener of the QEW Mini-Grants Working Group What do the following all have in common? Indigenous potato farmers in the Bolivian Altiplano; Young women studying environmental sciences at a Friends school in Costa Rica; Friends Meetings in New Hampshire and North Carolina […]

  • Freeing Ourselves From Possessions
    by Quaker Earthcare on April 23, 2026 at 3:33 pm

    Freeing Ourselves From Freeing Ourselves From Posessions By Tom Small We are close to waking up when we dream that we are dreaming. Norvalis (1799) For some time now, my house has been becoming more transparent. I can see across it, sometimes almost through it. There’s a little more clarity. […]

  • Remembering Bill Howenstine
    by Quaker Earthcare on April 23, 2026 at 3:18 pm

    Remembering Bill Howenstine: William Lester Howenstine “Bill” Born June 20, 1925  Bill Howenstine was a gentle force of nature and led a life of great impact. He passed away on January 23, 2026, at the age of 100, at home on the farm where he and  Alice, his wife of 72 years, had lived since […]

  • Potatoes, Prayers, and Prisons: A Quaker Study Tour of Bolivian Resilience
    by Quaker Earthcare on April 23, 2026 at 3:14 pm

    Potatoes, Prayers, and Prisons: A Quaker Study Tour of Bolivian Resilience Jonny Costello For two weeks at the beginning of January, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to accompany the “Quaker Study Tour” on a trip to Bolivia. The trip is organized by the Bolivian Quaker […]

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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 pm

    One 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 The post The Messy Reality of Unjust Orders appeared first on Quaker House.

  • Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Finally Being Recognized for Troops
    by Wayne Finegar on June 10, 2025 at 4:19 pm

    Recognition 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 The post Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Finally Being Recognized for Troops appeared first on Quaker House.

  • Reshaping the Military, but Not Making it Shipshape
    by Wayne Finegar on April 4, 2025 at 8:14 pm

    The 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 The post Reshaping the Military, but Not Making it Shipshape appeared first on Quaker House.

  • Words Matter
    by Wayne Finegar on March 14, 2025 at 4:32 pm

    The 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, The post Words Matter appeared first on Quaker House.

  • Racism and Misogyny of New Administration
    by 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 The post Racism and Misogyny of New Administration appeared first on Quaker House.

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  • Can a Quaker Murder You?
    by Gail Whiffen on April 10, 2026 at 8:27 pm

    When Charlie Kirk was assassinated last year, Amber Flannery Field recalls, we saw a number of people “celebrating… the death… The post Can a Quaker Murder You? appeared first on QuakerSpeak.

  • Margaret Fell: The Mother of Quakerism’s Powerful Ministry
    by Layla Cuthrell on March 27, 2026 at 8:00 pm

    Margaret Fell was a judge’s wife, living in a manor home in northwest England in the mid-seventeenth century. One day,… The post Margaret Fell: The Mother of Quakerism’s Powerful Ministry appeared first on QuakerSpeak.

  • Resisting Fake News About Jesus
    by Layla Cuthrell on March 13, 2026 at 8:00 pm

    As a high school student, Chris Stern had some negative experiences with missionaries that turned him off Christianity, especially the… The post Resisting Fake News About Jesus appeared first on QuakerSpeak.

  • The Pacifist Who Toppled a Democracy: A History of Smedley Butler
    by Layla Cuthrell on February 27, 2026 at 9:00 pm

    Smedley Butler came from solid Quaker stock, on both sides of his family tree—but he dropped out of high school… The post The Pacifist Who Toppled a Democracy: A History of Smedley Butler appeared first on QuakerSpeak.

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    by Layla Cuthrell on January 30, 2026 at 5:35 pm

    Last year, we released twenty new videos between Feburary and November, exploring Quakerism’s radical past and how it has shaped our present-day zeal… The post appeared first on QuakerSpeak.

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