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Quakers Uniting for Migration Justice
The Quaker Statement on Migration, released in December, cuts across the specific missions of five Quaker organizations to unite on a common concern for migration justice.Strengthening Quaker Community
Join us for a lively conversation about how advocacy and other forms of collective action can bring and hold us together. We’ll focus particularly on what we’ve learned about ways that virtual gathering and action can strengthen community bonds and spiritual experiences.Joint Quaker Statement on Burundi: Standing for Peace and Reconciliation
The Friends Committee on National Legislation has been working for constructive U.S. policy in order to respond to grievances and prevent future violence in Burundi. Elections scheduled for this summer have proven to be flashpoint for violent conflict.Repealing IRA Clean Energy Tax Credits Would be a Blow to America’s Communities of Faith
Faith communities around the country have used IRA tax credits to install clean energy projects or increase their building’s energy efficiency. Notably, the IRA allows for certain tax-exempt entities like houses of worship to receive rebates, or “direct pay,” for clean energy investments.” This provision has allowed Meetings in our own Quaker network to save money and redirect these resources to serve their communities, both materially and spiritually.Ruthie Tippin
Ruthie Tippin is a recorded Friends minister. She has served in pastoral ministry in West Branch, IA and most recently at First Friends Meeting in Indianapolis, IN.
Quakers Walking to Washington for Justice
People usually think of Quakers sitting silently in worship. While this is a common aspect of Friends’ religious practices, our community also has a commitment to living our faith in action.
Quakers Working in the Legislature
FCNL’s Quaker Changemaker series has lifted up stories of Friends working in lobbying, advocacy, public office, and more—but we’ve yet to highlight stories of Quakers working in the legislative process as staff to an elected official.
Quakers Talk to Congress About Climate Change
Why do these 300 Young Adult Friends care so much about climate change? In this QuakerSpeak video, they explain the political and spiritual importance of their advocacy.Emancipation Without Freedom
Racism and white supremacy, the malignant cancers plaguing America today, are a joint system destroying black and brown bodies. In the past, the Klan did that destroying. Today, statistics do. Those statistics amount to the erasure of people.
Policing and Mass Incarceration: We Have Much Left to Do
Thoughts on Post-Civil War, Post-Civil Rights, Post-George Floyd American Justice