On SJQ Winter Appeal Letters and Holy Days of Grace Dear Friends, Quakers practice, nestle into contemplation, and experience grace in all seasons. Every day is a Gift that brings Favor. As winter descends and a world quiets under its embrace, we are called to reflect in gratitude and action. This season of giving offers […]
Category: Justice
Carlisle Indian Industrial: A School with Quaker Roots
Quakers have long held significant and complex roles in the history of U.S. relation to First Peoples on Turtle Island. Indigenous peoples, from colonial treaty negotiations to 20th-century federal policies have sought to mediate conflicts and promote what they viewed as peaceful resolutions in company or association with F/friends. This was not always peaceful. While […]
Echoes of Simplicity: Feminism and Equality
Echoes of Simplicity: Feminism and Equality: Margaret Fell to Modernity In the beginning, simplicity was a blade, cutting through the falsehoods of a world drenched in stenches of power. It was a time of George Fox, the prophet of the Inner Light, who roamed by sea and land, calling out to the souls of people. […]
Native American Heritage Month and Rancocas Friends
Presentation for the Community of a Lenni-Lenape Speaker visiting from Oklahoma Delaware Lenape Peoples
On Norman Morrison’s B’earthday
Fire of the Heart: Norman Morrison’s Legacy in Viet Nam and at Home By Anne Morrison Welsh “Fire of the Heart: Norman Morrison’s Legacy in Vietnam and at Home” is available as a Pendle Hill Pamphlet #381 (2005) Resources: On the next 1st Day. On Any Day. On the Sabbath. On Norman Morrison, or Aaron […]
235th Anniversary Address of the Religious Society Called Quakers to the President of the United States October 3, 1789
In the autumn of 1789, as the fledgling United States began to shape its national identity, the Religious Society of Friends, known as Quakers, gathered in Philadelphia for their annual Yearly Meeting. Representing communities across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, these Quakers penned a heartfelt address to President George Washington. Their message was a profound plea for the new government to be guided by Divine wisdom, emphasizing the importance of religious freedom, moral governance, and peace in a nation still finding its way. The Quakers, steadfast in their pacifism and commitment to universal righteousness, implored Washington to use his esteemed position to foster a society where virtue and equity could thrive, laying the groundwork for a prosperous and just America.
Hisham Awartani is Palestinian American: Grew up in Ramallah; came to the USA after Friends’ School
May 28, 2024 Hisham Awartani joins Brown University students presenting divestment proposal to board members The mood at the hill was celebratory after the students presented their divestment proposal, but Awartani was already focused on the next step in the process: the full university board vote on the students’ divestment measure in the fall. (Olivia […]
Return to the Q: How does Truth favored friendship?
In a modern world, where news flashes connect us to concerns/events on any corner of the globe we feel innate relation between revelation and truth across different spiritual traditions. Friends’ coined a new phrase for how this impacts our Meetings. We have underdeveloped ‘NPR messages’. An NPR message reflects whatever we listened to instead of […]
Celebrating Bayard Rustin and the 60 year Anniversary of Freedom Summer
“Bayard Rustin’s Quaker faith was the cornerstone of his activism in the Civil Rights Movement. As we mark the 60th anniversary of the 1964 Freedom Summer, we honor the lasting impact of his commitment to nonviolence, equality, and strategic action.”
