The Urbana-Champaign Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends urges an
immediate cease-fire in the war on Gaza as well as safe and speedy passage for
humanitarian aid for all those suffering from the conflict.
We offer our services in any fair and non-violent way we can to help fulfill these petitions, and we continue to hold both peoples in the Light for peace and justice for them and their posterity.
As Quakers, we are committed to nonviolence and we respect the universal sanctity and dignity of all people. We urge our government to redouble efforts including those outlined in this minute.
Minneapolis Friends Meeting asks for peace in Israel and Palestine. Our Quaker gathering has pursued peace and alternatives to wars since our beginning in the 1850s. We believe in the sacred worth of each being.
Members and attenders of the Burlington Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) deeply mourn the loss of all lives, livelihoods, homes, hospitals, schools, cultural histories and we hold out hope for self-determination and healing for the people who are victims of the escalating violence and war in the Middle East. As Quakers, we believe that all life is sacred, and that there is that of the divine in each person.
Red Cedar Friends (Quakers) in Lansing, Michigan, oppose the immigration policy allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to enter houses of worship in search of undocumented folks for potential deportation.
We are called to act in faith and love, with persistence, patience, and courage, as partners and hands
of the divine spirit as we pursue the sacred goal of peace, shalom, salaam.
As Adelphi Friends Meeting, we pray that this lengthy conflict be ended quickly in
a way that insures freedom, safety, and justice for all. Let us seek paths to work for
peace with the tools available to us.
We urgently call for: an immediate ceasefire, return of the hostages, ongoing humanitarian aid, help from trauma-informed peace teams, and a global commitment to finding peaceful ways to resolve conflict.
We are called to act — not just hope — for peace and justice in 2026.
Stand with FCNL for human dignity over corporate profit, compassion over cruelty, and peace over militarism.