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  • World Quaker Day

    Event | 
    We will be celebrating World Quaker Day on October 3, 2021. Our theme: Resilience and hope: drawing strength from our Quaker faith.

  • A Theological Perspective on Quaker Lobbying

    Page | August 20, 2024

  • How Quakers are Working for Climate Justice

    Event - Quaker Changemaker Series |  -
    Even as the Biden administration has taken welcome executive action in 2021, the climate crisis looms larger by the day. Quakers are among those working for a vision of climate justice and creation care — through legislative advocacy, direct action, protests, sustainability work, and more.

  • Solitary Confinement and Quakers

    Statement | September 16, 2020
    This statement on behalf of the Friends Committee on National Legislation was submitted for the hearing: “Reassessing Solitary Confinement II: The Human Rights, Fiscal and Public Safety Consequences” to the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights

  • Quaker Witness on Gun Violence

    Event - Quaker Changemaker Series |  -
    Since losing their daughter to gun violence in 2001, Nick and Amanda Wilcox have channeled their grief and rage into advocacy for gun violence prevention at the national and local level. Join us on Wednesday, July 27 at 6:30 p.m. EDT for a conversation with these Friends.

  • I Am a Black, Latino Quaker

    Background | October 6, 2020
    George Floyd should be alive today. As should Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, David McAtee, and the hundreds of other Black women and men who recently died due to police brutality and racism.

  • Invitation to Quaker Advocacy

    Event | January 2, 2020
    In these tumultuous times, it is more important than ever to engage in prophetic, powerful, and persistent advocacy. On Sunday, Jan. 5, 2019, 12:30-1:30 p.m. PST, I will be visiting La Jolla Friends Meeting to lead a second hour discussion entitled, “Invitation to Quaker Advocacy.” I hope you will join me.

  • Quaker Power and Light

    Update | January 28, 2017
    This is our time to speak truth to power. This is our time to invest in ourselves and our advocacy tools and skills, so that we can best support our most vulnerable communities. It is time to organize.

  • Quakers Walking to Washington for Justice

    Update | 

    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.  

  • Quaker Process at FCNL

    FCNL in the News | June 13, 2023
    Countercultural Leadership for the World We Seek