In Quaker meetings and churches, meeting minutes represent the wording of a decision or an agreed upon action to be taken by the meeting or church as a whole. FCNL recognizes the vitality of minutes as advocacy tools and as a means of communicating to members of Congress how a body of their constituents is thinking and acting on a particular issue.
Minute Concerning the War in Israel-Palestine: Kalamazoo Friends Meeting (MI)
We urge members of Congress and President Biden to call for an immediate ceasefire to prevent further civilian harm in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. Further, we urge them to address the root causes underlying this explosion of violence.