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.
Friends Meeting of Washington minute calls on President Biden to work toward diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine.
Salem Quarter and PhYM: Minute on Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding Schools
Midcoast Friends Meeting’s letter to Representatives Grijalva and Westerman to urge support for the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding Schools in the United States Act.
Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends June 2022 minute on right relationships with Native people.
Boulder Friends Meeting statement of concern about the Ukraine War.
Twin Cities Friends Meeting minute in support of the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding Schools in the United States Act (S. 2907/H.R. 5444).
Model minute for consideration by yearly meetings, 2022, on accountability for the Quaker Indigenous Boarding Schools.
Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting’s minute on nuclear weapons at 2021 annual sessions.
Westtown Monthly Meeting’s Minute on the January 6, 2021 insurrection.
Bear Creek Friends Meeting’s minute supporting the Wet’suwet’en peoples.
Southhampton Monthly Meeting’s minute opposing the death penalty.
Bridge City Friends Meeting’s minute for the repeal of the 2001 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF) and for building peace in the world.
The Durham Friends Meeting (NC) of the Religious Society of Friends joins with individuals, families, and communities around the world as they express outrage following the recent murder of George Floyd by police… Approved June 12, 2020.
Minute addressing systemic racism and racists policing practices. Approved June 2020.
Minute for Black Lives, approved June 13, 2020.
Whidbey Island Friends Meeting Statement for Dismantling Racism: A Faithful Ethical and Moral Framework, June 14, 2020
This collection of Quaker minutes and statements on police violence and racism come from Quaker organizations, meetings, and churches. Black lives matter. FCNL and the larger Quaker world are proclaiming this truth in our communities, our actions, and our statements.
Friends Meeting of Austin Minute on Responding to the Police Violence Against People of Color, June 2020.
Virginia Beach Friends Meeting sent this Peace Minute to their representatives and legislators, January 2020.
Vashon Friends Worship Group Minute on Climate and the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (EICDA), October 2019.
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