Author: Friendssocialconcerns

Doing the work to uproot racism, Interest Groups and events supporting NPYM’s minute Members of the NPYM Uprooting Racism Committee have identified interest groups that we believe support work within our yearly meeting to help end systemic racism and become a more welcoming, diverse, and anti-racist faith community. All are encouraged to attend as many…

Members of the Quaker Social Concerns Network were very excited to learn that the Sierra Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends has adopted a very strong Minute for Black Lives. It begins: “Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends approves this Minute for Black Lives, noting that some of us are challenged by the language it uses. Still,…

Now that most of us have to stay home rather than gather in public, Friends and our friends are finding many ways to connect online. Among other things, we’ve learned that most people have a limited capacity to participate effectively online–too many hours staring at a screen will make anyone crazy! So the hope here…