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Minute from North Shore Friends Monthly Meeting
North Shore Friends Monthly Meeting commends NEYM for their prompt action in partnering with Friends in Philadelphia and Baltimore Yearly Meetings in a lawsuit challenging new policy changes which...
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Message from St. John’s Worship Group, Newfoundland and Labrador
Dear Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Baltimore Yearly Meeting, New England Yearly Meeting, Adelphi Friends Meeting & Richmond Friends Meeting, We are from St. John’s Quaker Friends Worship Group, a...
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Minute of Support from Middletown Monthly Meeting (Lima, PA)
Review of the PYM & other Quaker organizations suit against Department of Homeland Security The clerk asked the Meeting if it wanted to minute its support for the PYM/other Quaker institutions’...
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Friends World Committee for Consultation Letter to Meetings
Dear Friend, Greetings from the World Office of the Friends World Committee for Consultation. Grace and peace to you. This is a sad time for FWCC with the recent passing of our clerk, Simon Lamb...
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Faith Letter to Secretary Rubio on USAID and Foreign Aid
This letter, signed by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and other faith groups across the country, asks Secretary of State Marco Rubio to bring back foreign aid programs, restart USAID, and reopen refugee...
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Yearly Meeting Thread Gathering on Climate Witness | Let Our Actions Speak
Yearly Meeting Thread Gathering on Climate Witness Let Our Actions Speak Saturday, March 22, 2025 Friends Center | 1501 Cherry St. Philadelphia, PA | Zoom Worship at 9, Event 9:30 – 4:00 The earth is...
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February 2025 | Joint Council Update
On Saturday, February 15, the three councils that support Philadelphia Yearly Meeting—Quaker Life Council, Administrative Council, and Nominating Council—held their meeting in a new joint format. In...
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Opportunities Following the PYM Lawsuit
PYM meetings can support the lawsuit in a variety of ways. This suit is a single step in a march toward seeking justice in the current state in our country. While the need for the lawsuit—and for many...
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Minute of Support from Richland Monthly Meeting
Minute of Support Recorded on February 9, 2025 Richland Monthly Meeting would like to add its support for the lawsuit that Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends, along with other yearly...
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Judge Blocks ICE Enforcement In Houses of Worship | As Featured on Democracy...
Democracy Forward Filed Suit on Behalf of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Gurdwara Sahib West Sacramento, Six Quaker Yearly Meetings Court’s Order Blocks Enforcement In Plaintiffs’ Houses of Worship...
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Minute of Support from Greenwich Friends Meeting (Greenwich, New Jersey)
At a called Meeting for Business, Greenwich Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends minuted support for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting’s recent corporate request to block the DHS federal...
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Quaker Action Mid-Atlantic Region: A Call to Climate Witness | PYM Thread...
The upcoming workshop, Clean Energy Policy Throwdown, will be one of the options at the Climate Witness: Let Our Actions Speak! Thread Gathering on March 22nd. Facilitated by Quaker Action Mid-Atlantic...
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Honoring Cheyney University Legacy and Deepening Quaker Connection
The 188th Founders’ Day celebration at Cheyney University brought together alumni, students, and guests to honor the school’s long history as the first HBCU in the country. Among those attending were...
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Honoring Black Quaker Legacies: A Celebration through Collage & Remembrance
On February 19th, PYM staff gathered in the Rufus Jones Room for a Meeting for Learning, with a focus on Black Quaker contributions. While Black History Month provides a moment to center these...
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Minute of Support for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting from Yardley Monthly Meeting
Minute of Support for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting: Yardley Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends fully supports Philadelphia Yearly Meeting for the courage and conviction shown in joining...
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Hemel Hempstead Local Meeting in Unity With the Decision of Philadelphia...
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security. We have heard about this recent lawsuit and agreed to send this statement of support to PYM: “Hemel Hempstead Local...
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State College Monthly Meeting Minute of Support
State College Monthly Meeting has approved the following minute of support: State College Friends Meeting affirms our support for Philadelphia, Baltimore and New England Friends Yearly Meetings, as...
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Canadian Yearly Meeting Minute of Support for U.S. Friends
2025.03.4: Minute of Support for U.S. Friends Friends shared their thoughts and concerns after which the following Minute was approved: We are not for names, nor men, nor titles of Government, nor are...
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Barnegat Monthly Meeting Support For the Suit Filed by Philadelphia Yearly...
The Barnegat Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) feels called to join with other Quaker Meetings in voicing support for the suit filed by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and other...
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Minute of Support from Doylestown Friends Meeting
Doylestown Friends Meeting honors the Religious Society of Friends’ practice of gathering together to seek that of God in everyone, a practice rooted in the open doors of our meetinghouse inviting and...
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