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Minute on Sensitive Locations, Durham Friends Meeting
The very threat of intrusion of government agents in our sacred places not only diminishes our religious practice but also discourages our most vulnerable neighbors from joining us.Minute on ICE Facilities, Raleigh Friends Meeting
As members of Raleigh Friends Meeting, we feel compelled to speak out for the rights and dignity of our immigrant and refugee neighbors.Minute on ICE Facilities, Durham Friends Meeting
As members of Durham Friends Meeting, we feel compelled to speak out for the rights and dignity of our immigrant and refugee neighbors.Minute on the War in Iran, Shepherdstown Friends Meeting (WV)
As members of the Quaker community in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, we are spiritual heirs to 375 years of testimony and action against all war and violence. We reaffirm the Quaker Peace Testimony of 1660 which states: “We utterly deny all outward wars and strife and fighting with outward weapons, for any end and under any pretense whatsoever. And this is our testimony to the whole world.”Minute on the War in Iran, Boulder Friends Meeting (CO)
Boulder Friends Meeting utterly rejects a reliance on war and the imposition of the will of one group on another through the aggressive use of military force.Minute on Immigration, Goose Creek Friends Meeting (VA)
The Goose Creek Religious Society of Friends Meeting is concerned for the physical safety and humanitarian needs of undocumented immigrants and refugees in this country, especially in light of changing political priorities.Learning Under Occupation at Ramallah Friends School
The Ramallah Friends School has a long history having served not only as a school but also as a center for refugees, a hospital, and a community center. Guided by Quaker values, the school strives to offer a balanced and engaged educational institution in the Palestinian community. Learn more at our December Changemaker event.Speaking with Friends About Indian Boarding Schools
Unlike many Friends, I don’t have a clear memory of learning the history of Indian boarding schools. There was no memorable sit-down during my childhood when I was introduced to the more than one-hundred-year period when the United States government, in partnership with religious organizations, placed thousands of Native children in these schools. As a Native person, I suspect that isn’t unusual.Organizing For The Time We Are In with Beacon Hill Friends House
How do we lobby state and federal legislators in the time we are in? Beacon Hill Friends House is hosting a training with FCNL’s Micah MacColl Nicholson, Program Associate for Quaker Engagement, and Olivia Delaplaine, Program Coordinator for Friends Place on Capitol Hill.
Remembering and Grieving Our Friend Mimosa Thomas
The FCNL community is grieving the loss of our Friend and activist, Mimosa Thomas. She passed away on April 26, 2020. Her love for her border community in the Rio Grande Valley led her to grassroots organizing.