Philadelphia Yearly Meeting staff attended the 189th Founders’ Day Celebration at Cheyney University, where they were welcomed in a spirit of partnership and mutual thriving. Founders’ Day honors Cheyney’s roots as the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU) in the United States and its enduring legacy of Black excellence. [Read more…] about Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Staff Attend Founders’ Day at Cheyney University
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Quakers of Color International Archive is Now Housed at Haverford College Library’s Quaker and Special Collections
The BlackQuaker Project is an organization that celebrates the lives and contributions of Quakers of Color worldwide, and documents and addresses their concerns. It is an outreach and inreach ministry of Wellesley Friends Meeting, guided by the Quaker testimonies of Truth, Peace, Equality, Community, and Justice.
Love as Actions Vigils with American Friends Service Committee
This weekend, Friends will gather at locations throughout the country, including Trenton Friends Meeting in New Jersey, for the American Friends Service Committee’s (AFSC) Love as Action vigils. They will practice silent worship to bear witness to rising authoritarianism while building connections among passionate and engaged Friends. Originally, these vigils were planned for a defined period of time, but due to a strong response, they have been extended through April.
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Love as Action Vigil | Trenton Friends Meeting
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is organizing with Friends “Love as Action” public worship as a witness against rising authoritarianism and oppression in the United States. Each one lasts an hour. AFSC helps coordinates as well as provides resources so the gatherings stay consistent. [Read more…] about Love as Action Vigil | Trenton Friends Meeting
Queries from the Addressing Racism Collaborative
The following is attributed to the Addressing Racism Collaborative of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Racism affects all of us. It is part of our society and all of our institutions. Without efforts to notice and change how issues of race and dominance work in our — in any — society, we continue to do harm. It becomes part of the way we do things, and so our ways need to be examined to rid them of systemic racism.
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A Historic House Museum Tells a Harder Truth About Its Past | This article originally appeared on NextCity.org.
This article, written by Pryce Jamison, originally appeared on NextCity.org.
This story was produced as part of Next City’s joint Equitable Cities Reporting Fellowship with Resolve Philly’s Germantown Info Hub.
Community Led Workshops at Annual Sessions
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (PYM) is bringing back community-led workshops at Annual Sessions. Friends can submit a proposal to lead a workshop that connects with this year’s theme, Members One of Another, or that supports Friends’ faith and commitment in the life of the yearly meeting.
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Quakers Playing Monopoly
I spoke with Diana Brose, member of Woodbury Monthly Meeting who shared a fun, family and Quaker community story about the game of Monopoly and Quakers involvement in its development. When Diana’s grandparents both taught at a Quaker school in Atlantic City, NJ they lived a low-income lifestyle. Their daughter was born in 1925 who was Diana’s mother. Since housing was so expensive, they spent their summers traveling in an old jalopy cross country visiting friends. Diana’s grandfather was a friend of Paul Cope, a Quaker who was co-owner of Hotel Morton, a Quaker owned family-oriented hotel.
PYM Friends and Affiliates Participating in Food Distribution | UPDATED 12.19.2025
UPDATED 12.19.2025
Different Quaker meetings, organizations, and affiliates in our region are gathering food pantry items this season.
If your meeting is collecting food or donations for a local pantry, please let PYM staff know so we can share your meeting’s work with the wider community. Friends can post this information on PYM Connect or email communications@pym.org.
At Haverford Meeting, a Friend Shares on Faith & Play and Multigenerational Learning
Erin Lehman serves on the planning committee for the Learning for Life – A Religious Education Thread Gathering. She is a member of Haverford Friends Meeting and is involved in religious education there, including Faith & Play.
“I want people to know the Thread Gathering is not just for families with kids,” Erin said. “It’s about all of us learning more about Quakerism.”
