#FreedomWalk2026 is a multi-week pilgrimage from historical sites of enslavement to sites of liberation, culminating on July 4th, 2026 (U.S. semiquincentennial). Walkers carry stories, names, and calls for reparative policy, land return, and truth-telling. The route includes partner stops with Burlington Meeting, Black churches, and land trusts.
Tag: climate change
KWANZAA COMES TO BURLINGTON MEETING
“‘ALL are RADICALLY BEING WELCOMED.’ We are THRILLED to share this fabulous feature on Burlington Meetinghouse’s revival as a community pillar! READ about our journey and join us for the spectacular Willingboro Kwanzaa Fest 2025 – filling all FOUR floors with joy! 🔗 [Link to Article] #ReadShareCome #BurlingtonQuakers #KwanzaaCelebration”
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What are the Testimonies that are rising in thee? Quaker testimonies and restorative justice call us into constantly reemerging fountains of interresponsibility Friends How are we finding our measure of Truth?
Looking for stories of Quaker perspectives on justice. Which of these phrases, queries, and ideas speak to thee and how thee interbe? On Peace: How can we know Peace? How to know responsibility to those adversely impacted by war, racism, and capitalism in America? Addressing structural racism: How do I carry race?How can we better […]
“Ours to Do?” Quakers, Wars, Ecosystem Collapse and Other Emerging Disasters: Engaging your community is critical; Preparing for a “Storm” before it comes
Having a plan may help Friends’ Meetings to use Quaker testimonies as a foundation for preparing for human, cultural, and ecological restoration following social upheaval or disaster.
PYM Statement on the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28)
On November 30th, the day the 28th UN Conference on Climate Change opened in Dubai, Phila. YM posted this call to climate action on the YM website: “The Religious Society of Friends witnesses to the truth of our times. In this moment, we recognize that we are facing an existential crisis that requires a response […]
Historic Golden Rule will be visiting the Philadelphia area
The historic Golden Rule will be visiting the Philadelphia area May 7-13, 2023.In 1958, a crew of anti-nuclear weapons activists including Haddonfield Meeting’s George Willoughby attempted to interpose themselves and the boat between the U.S. government and its atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean.The Golden Rule was boarded twice […]
FCNL Brave & Constant: Building the World We Seek
Join Quakers and friends this November for worship, learning, fellowship, and action. Our gathering will be based in Washington, D.C., and span the country. We hope you can be part of coming together with joy amidst the challenges we face, individually and collectively. This fall, attendees at the Quaker Public Policy Institute (Nov. 16-20) will lobby Congress […]
Medford Meeting
On Sunday, December 19, Medford Meeting approved a resolution opposing plans to transport liquid natural gas (LNG) – fracked gas – by rail and truck from Pennsylvania to Gibbstown, NJ, for export. Meeting members voiced strong support for the resolution, recognizing the project as both an environmental justice and a climate change issue. Copies of the resolution were […]
325 Organizations Propose Climate Solution You’ve Never Heard Of….
Including Canadian Friends Service Committee, Quaker Peace and Social Witness (England) and Friends in AustraliaTo: Participants in COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, November 1-12, 2021 As a result of final-hour demands made by the U.S. government during negotiation of the 1997 Kyoto treaty, military greenhouse gas emissions were exempted from climate negotiations. That […]
Quaker Advocacy: Peace, People, Planet
Saturday, October 17. 1 PM, Eastern Standard Time. Join Dianne Randall, from Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) in Washington DC, and Andrew Lane from the Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) for the fourth session of FWCC’s Quaker Conversations Series. Hosted by the Friends World Committee for Consultation, this session will explore Quaker Advocacy, including when Friends’ prophetic […]
