News about the DHS Lawsuit
- What To Do If ICE Shows Up at Your Quaker Meeting | PYM | Updated on March 19, 2026
on March 19, 2026Originally Published Feb 12, 2025 - Updated on March 19, 2026 We are a community rooted in worship and in peace and justice. It is important for Quaker Meetings to
- Press Release | Democracy Forward Takes Action to Stop Reported Holiday Raids on Houses of Worship
on November 25, 2025Coalition Files Notice After Reports Emerge of Renewed Threats of Immigration Raids Boston, MA – A coalition of faith-based organizations and houses of worship filed a notice with the U.S. District Court of
- Minute of Intent to Protect from West Chester Friends Meeting
on May 22, 2025West Chester Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) We invite you to read this statement, consider it prayerfully among your meeting or congregation, and take a similar
- Share Your Minutes!
on May 15, 2025Friends are sharing minutes that express solidarity with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) communities; reflect on the Department of Homeland Security lawsuit; address unjust incarceration; and
- Love Thy Neighbor Walk
on May 1, 2025Authorship attributed to Christie Duncan-Tessmer Because of our lawsuit, organizations that support immigrants in Philadelphia have reached out to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to be in relationship. One of the things
Minutes of Support from Meetings
- Millville Monthly Meeting Statement On PYM Lawsuit
on August 20, 2025Adopted 2025.8.10 in Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business Millville Meeting with this statement expresses its support for the separate lawsuits that our umbrella organizations, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and
- Minute of Approval from Deocrah Friends Meeting
on June 2, 2025At Business Session on 1 June 2025, Decorah Friends Meeting, Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) approved the following: Deocrah Friends Meeting minutes our approval for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting’s lawsuit against the
- Minute of Support for PYM from the Missoula Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
on May 22, 2025At our Meeting for Business on April 13, 2025, we recorded the following minute of support: The Missoula Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends is united in our support
- Minute of Support for PYM from Wilmington Monthly Meeting
on May 22, 2025Wilmington Monthly Meeting, Delaware, minutes its unity with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Baltimore, New England and New York Yearly Meetings, Adelphi and Richmond Monthly Meetings, and other affiliated groups in filing
- Inland Valley Friends Meeting Minute in Support of Quaker Meetings Suing the Department of Homeland Security
on May 22, 2025Inland Valley Friends Meeting Minute in Support of Quaker Meetings Suing the Department of Homeland Security over Immigration Enforcement and Religious Freedom Inland Valley Friends Meeting (IVFM) is in unity
For more information or additional questions, please contact Nikki Mosgrove, Presiding Clerk of PYM, at nmosgrove@pym.org, or Chris Mohr, General Secretary of PYM, at cmohr@pym.org.
