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Minute on the Harms Caused by the Actions of our Current Governments, Kent Friends Meeting
As Quakers we value Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, Justice, and Stewardship. We are called to search for the Truth and to recognize “that of God,” a divine Light, that is inherent in every person. We believe the policies of the current governments are in stark conflict with the values and holy guidance we believe we are called to follow.Minute Concerning the War in Israel-Palestine: Yellow Springs Friends Monthly Meeting (OH)
Ramallah Friends School Students to Congress: Prioritize Ceasefire, Protect Children’s Lives
As the crisis in Israel and Palestine deepens, the students at RFS sent the following letter to members of Congress. In it, they urge lawmakers to prioritize a ceasefire, protect the lives of innocent children, and secure humanitarian aid. They ask: “Is it justifiable for us to endure life under occupation, live in constant fear, and be haunted by the unsettling presence of settlers in our dreams?”Arrest of Ramallah Friends School Student Shines Light on Abuse of Palestinian Children
Shadi Khouri is a 16-year-old student at the Ramallah Friends School, a 150-year-old Quaker school in Palestine. This week he was arrested, held in Israeli military detention, and interrogated without the presence of a parent or lawyer. What is happening to Shadi is terrifying and—devastatingly—not unique. This violation is just one example of the systematic abuse felt by Palestinian children living under occupation.Minute on Harms Caused by the Actions of our Current Government: Shepherdstown Friends Meeting (WV)
Seeking and speaking truth motivates us to create the following statement of our deep concern with the current government’s stark disregard of Constitutional principles and laws, and the harm being done to the people of our country.
Minute on Immigration, Sanctity of Worship and Protection of Sensitive Locations, Vassalboro Monthly Meeting of Friends (ME)
To answer the call of the inherent worth and dignity of all people, members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) stand firmly in support of the safety, rights, and religious freedoms of everyone, including immigrant communities.Minute on Use of Military Force in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, Hartford (CT) Monthly Meeting of Friends
Hartford Monthly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) strongly condemns the United States’ use of military force to sink boats and kill individuals along the coasts of Venezuela and Columbia.Interview: Diane Randall, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, discusses restraining the US defense budget
In this interview, I asked Randall about efforts to cut (or at least reduce the rate of growth of) the United States defense budget, which exceeds $750 billion annually, even though other challenges to national security—climate change and pandemic disease, to name just two—loom large.The Friends Committee on National Legislation Deplores the Supreme Court United States v. Texas Non-Decision, Calls for Congressional Action
The Friends Committee on National Legislation stands in solidarity with millions of immigrant families left in excruciating limbo following the Supreme Court of the United States split 4-4 decision today.Minute on Defending the Rights and Religious Freedoms of Migrant Communities and All People of Faith by Preserving Sensitive Locations, Jamestown Friends (NC)
As members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) we stand firmly in support of the safety, rights, and religious freedoms of everyone, including the immigrant communities we know, belong to, and love. We must respond to the particular insult of allowing enforcement officials to enter critical, sacred, and public places of refuge.