The Harriet Tubman Journey to Freedom & the Lest We Forget Slavery Museum Traveling Exhibitions come to Burlington as part of #FreedomWalk2026
The Burlington Quaker Meeting House to Present “Faith, Friendship & Freedom” Honoring the Underground Railroad.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting received this press release on May 13 from a Friend in the body regarding the 40X40WalkForReparations, which will take place on May 14.
ON THE 41ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOVE BOMBING, PASTOR AND REPARATIONS ACTIVIST REV. DR. ROBERT TURNER LAUNCHES 40-MILE WALK ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA AND CALLS FOR STATEWIDE REPARATIONS
March from Columbia to Harrisburg Connects the Birthplace of the Underground Railroad to the Capitol Steps — and Demands Pennsylvania Finally Repair Its Wounds.
The Annual Sessions Planner contains information to help prepare you for the events and activities during our time together as a yearly meeting. Theses sections provide details for joining online, commuting, or staying on campus at Cheyney University. [Read more…] about The Annual Sessions Planner
Joey Szpilczak served on the Quaker Aging Resources Support Group which provided insight to the Friends Foundation for the Aging funded project to Reimagine Quaker Aging Resources. The group helped her celebrate her 17th birthday!
My name is Joey Szpilczak, and I am a current junior at Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. My junior project began with a hope to give back to my community by working with different organizations and individuals, including Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and an art therapist in UPenn’s Radiation Oncology Department, as well as through an independent project creating creative kits for a rehabilitation hospital and memory center.
[Read more…] about A Junior Project on Aging and Intergenerational Relationships | Quaker Aging Resources
Throughout this year, meetings, worship groups, and other yearly meetings have been sharing minutes that arise from meeting for business. [Read more…] about Share Your Group’s Minutes
On Saturday, April 11, the three councils that support Philadelphia Yearly Meeting—Quaker Life Council, Administrative Council, and Nominating Council—held their meeting in the joint format. In this structure, all three councils meet together as one Joint Council to worship, discern, and conduct business collaboratively. Their practice is to share the minutes in a news story with the PYM community in the weeks following the meeting.
Each month, the council selects one item from its agenda or conversation to lift up. This month, the council is lifting up the new yearly meeting collaborative, the Quakers Ending Mass Incarceration Collaborative.
Since the beginning of 2026, The weekly newsletter Philadelphia Yearly Meeting sends each Thursday afternoon includes an “Outreach Tip of the Week.” The tip is a short note Friends can use right away or hold in discernment. The tip is also meant to be one practical idea for welcoming seekers into meeting life, pulled from tips, sample wording, and submissions from Friends through an online form. [Read more…] about Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Outreach Tips of The Week: January through April
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Friends can apply for the Post-Secondary Education Grant until June 1.
Apply for the Grant [Read more…] about Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Post-Secondary Education Grant
On Saturday, April 11, Ujima Friends Peace Center hosted an open house at Unity Monthly Meeting, where the Peace Center is housed.
The meetinghouse of Unity Monthly Meeting had not held regular meetings for worship for some time. Last December the meeting resumed worship, beginning a new chapter in the life of the meeting. Worship now takes place each Sunday at its location on Waln Street in North Philadelphia. [Read more…] about Open House for Ujima Friends Peace Center at Unity Monthly Meeting
In the United States, people who were assigned male at birth and are ages 18 to 25, will be automatically registered for the U.S. military draft by December 2026. This change is intended to streamline the current self-registration process, according to the agency that oversees the system. Many people have questions about this mandated change, as well as conscientious objection.
[Read more…] about Information and Resources Around Conscientious Objection to War
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