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Canadian Friends Service Committee Quakers working for justice and peace

  • Employment opportunity: Indigenous Rights Program Coordinator
    by Matt on May 5, 2026 at 12:28 pm

    Employment opportunity: Indigenous Rights Program Coordinator   Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC) is the peace and social justice agency of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) The post Employment opportunity: Indigenous Rights Program Coordinator 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

  • Just Migration Communications Research Analyst
    by rmarcus@afsc.org on May 13, 2026 at 7:38 pm

    Just Migration Communications Research Analyst rmarcus@afsc.org Wed, 05/13/2026 – 15:38 The Just Migration Communications Research Analyst will serve as a key member of AFSC’s Communications Department, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the U.S. Migration Director. The Research Analyst will lead a portfolio of research and communications initiatives aimed at shaping […]

  • Report finds disproportionate harms to women in MI prisons
    by lmullett@afsc.org on May 13, 2026 at 4:04 am

    Report finds disproportionate harms to women in MI prisons lmullett@afsc.org Wed, 05/13/2026 – 00:04 Main content Paragraph YPSILANTI, Mich. (May 12, 2026) — A new report documents the many unique challenges faced by women serving life or long-term sentences in Michigan prisons. The report, titled  Women’s Clemency […]

  • Healing Justice Intern
    by SCharles@afsc.org on May 12, 2026 at 9:27 pm

    Healing Justice Intern SCharles@afsc.org Tue, 05/12/2026 – 17:27 Amid today’s resurgence of grassroots organizing and heightened calls for racial justice, pointed efforts must be made to engage young people in local communities. The New York Office of the American Friends Service Committee will contribute to this effort during the summer of 2026. Our focus will be helping […]

  • Still standing with Palestinians in Gaza
    by Kate Noble on May 12, 2026 at 6:05 pm

    Still standing with Palestinians in Gaza Kate Noble Tue, 05/12/2026 – 14:05

  • Midwest Digest May 2026
    by jkrieg@afsc.org on May 12, 2026 at 3:21 pm

    Midwest Digest May 2026 jkrieg@afsc.org Tue, 05/12/2026 – 11:21 Featured Image Image Or select from hosted files Document midwest-digest-may-2026.pdf Show download link Off

Friends General Conference Gathering Registration is Open!

  • Gathering Registration is Open!
    by Johanna Jackson on May 11, 2026 at 3:59 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.

  • Register by June 1 for Youth Programs and Pre-Retreat
    by Johanna Jackson on May 9, 2026 at 4:21 pm

    June 1 is the deadline to register for the Pre-Gathering Retreat. It’s also the deadline to register children and youth for Gathering. The post Register by June 1 for Youth Programs and Pre-Retreat appeared first on Friends General Conference.

  • We’ve Updated Our List of Annual Sessions
    by Johanna Jackson on May 8, 2026 at 5:12 pm

    Registration, dates, and locations for Annual Sessions for 16 yearly meetings that are affiliated with FGC. The post We’ve Updated Our List of Annual Sessions appeared first on Friends General Conference.

  • Vitality: Witnessing Moments of Beauty
    by Johanna Jackson on May 8, 2026 at 4:32 pm

    The high school students at the 2025 Young Adult and Youth Gathering knew how to stick together. And it showed in how they showed up for each other. The post Vitality: Witnessing Moments of Beauty appeared first on Friends General Conference.

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 […]

Friends Association for Higher Education A consortium of Quaker colleges and scholars

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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    • Are Quaker Meetings Safe for Black People?
      by Layla Cuthrell on May 8, 2026 at 8:00 pm

      “I am accustomed to joining communities where I am the only African-American present,” Billie Wade says. “That’s been a common… The post Are Quaker Meetings Safe for Black People? appeared first on QuakerSpeak.

    • 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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