Category: Racial Justice,

SJQ on your Winter Appeal

SJQ on your Winter Appeal

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 […]

Carlisle Indian Industrial: A School with Quaker Roots

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 […]

Lenape Speaker John Thomas talking at Rancocas Friends Meeting 5pm on November 20th

Lenape Speaker John Thomas talking at Rancocas Friends Meeting 5pm on November 20th

Rancocas Friends Meeting will be having a guest Speaker, John Thomas, who is a native Lenape on November 20th at Rancocas Friends Meeting, 210 Main Street, Rancocas, NJ, 08073. Mr. Thomas is a native Lenape, and his topic is the Lenape Way of Life. It starts at 5:00 and ends at around 7:00.  Most Lenape […]

“Friends of Lenape Everywhere” – A Presentation by RuthAnn Purchase James

“Friends of Lenape Everywhere” – A Presentation by RuthAnn Purchase James

The South Jersey Quakers would like to help promote and get F/freinds to join us at the Greate Egg Harbour Township Historical Society October 21st. We are excited to announce a special cultural event that delves into the rich history and legacy of the Lenape Native Americans. Join us for: Friends of Lenape EverywherePresented by […]

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?

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

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.”

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