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Canadian Friends Service Committee Quakers working for justice and peace

  • Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers’) statement on Defence spending increases
    by 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 woman
    by 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.

  • Advancing implementation: The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples & Canada today
    by Matt on October 21, 2025 at 6:35 pm

    Join us November 10th at 3 PM Pacific / 6 PM Eastern / 7 PM Atlantic for a dynamic conversation about Indigenous rights today. Canada’s new The post Advancing implementation: The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples & Canada today appeared first on Canadian Friends Service Committee.

  • Here’s all the legislation CFSC is tracking right now
    by Matt on October 21, 2025 at 5:17 pm

    Did you know that 60 government bills have been introduced in the House and 40 in the Senate since June? Unless you’ve been paying careful attention The post Here’s all the legislation CFSC is tracking right now appeared first on Canadian Friends Service Committee.

American Friends Service Committee – Quaker action for a just world

  • Tips for Effective Base-building on Campus & Beyond
    by zjannuzi@afsc.org on November 4, 2025 at 3:10 am

    Tips for Effective Base-building on Campus & Beyond zjannuzi@afsc.org Mon, 11/03/2025 – 22:10 Featured Image Image Or select from hosted files Document base-buildingguide.pdf Show download link On

  • Status of Gender for Inclusive Peacebuilding in the East and Horn of Africa
    by rtewolde@afsc.org on November 3, 2025 at 8:34 am

    Status of Gender for Inclusive Peacebuilding in the East and Horn of Africa rtewolde@afsc.org Mon, 11/03/2025 – 03:34 Featured Image Image Or select from hosted files Document […]

  • Drawing Hope: Young People and Art in Trans-local Peacebuilding
    by etower@afsc.org on October 31, 2025 at 5:22 pm

    Drawing Hope: Young People and Art in Trans-local Peacebuilding etower@afsc.org Fri, 10/31/2025 – 13:22 Featured Image Image Event date Wed, 11/12/2025 – 12:00 Formatted event date Wednesday, Nov. 12, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET External […]

  • Country Representative, Burundi, Africa Region
    by gmaraka@afsc.org on October 31, 2025 at 6:46 am

    Country Representative, Burundi, Africa Region gmaraka@afsc.org Fri, 10/31/2025 – 02:46 The Country Representative is responsible for overall management and program direction, legal obligations, reporting, interpretation, and stewardship of AFSC resources. The Representative serves as official representative of the AFSC; manages contacts with government ministries, media, UN […]

  • 5K Monarca Run
    by jkrieg@afsc.org on October 30, 2025 at 7:12 pm

    5K Monarca Run jkrieg@afsc.org Thu, 10/30/2025 – 15:12 Featured Image Image Event date Sat, 12/13/2025 – 12:00 Formatted event date 12/13/2025 External registration URL https://secure.afsc.org/a/5kmonarcarun […]

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 pm

    Some 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 Uncertainty
    by 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 Faith
    by 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 This
    by 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 […]

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