North Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

3311 NW Polk Avenue

Corvallis, OR 97330

Jane Snyder, Presiding Clerk

August 6, 2002

Dear Friends.

On July 27, 2002, at our Annual Session North Pacific Yearly Meeting approved the following minute:

No to war in Iraq

The North Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), opposes the current bombing and planned invasion of Iraq by the United States of America. We urge our government to work with the international community to seek diplomatic solutions to conflicts with Iraq.

We are sending this minute to our elected representatives in Congress, to President Bush and to Secretary of State Colin Powell, and also to AFSC and FCNL.

We encourage you to publicize and otherwise make use of this minute and the accompanying information as you are led.

In peace,

Jane Snyder, Clerk