Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

of the Religious Society of Friends

Activism

Resistance To The Vietnam War

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Three members of Haddonfield Friends Meeting will reflect on their actions in opposition to the Vietnam War including tax resistance, conscientious objection, and help for draft resisters traveling to Canada.

While members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) believe in upholding the rule of law, there are times when they engage in nonviolent civil disobedience to bear witness to injustice – knowing that there may be deep personal or legal consequences for taking these actions.

This will be a hybrid event.  To receive a link for zoom, please pre-register at: https://www.southjerseyquakers.org/vietnam-resist/

Let’s Talk About Whiteness

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Thirty years ago, Toni Morrison told a newspaper interviewer, “In this country, American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.” For most of us, whiteness is still the default, the norm, in our communities – and that makes identifying and eradicating racism more difficult. Our Friend Prof. Janet Gray, currently editing a book of feminist writings on whiteness, joins us online to discuss the idea of whiteness, and how it affects us as individuals and in community. We all have much of value to contribute to the conversation – so Let’s Talk. All are welcome at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81587816369 on Thursday 15 December at 7:30pm for this conversation sponsored by Moorestown Friends Meeting’s Anti-Racism Committee.

Beyond Diversity 101

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An on-campus intensive with Niyonu Spann and Lisa Graustein

(Sunday at 4:30pm through Thursday at 1:00pm)

Beyond Diversity 101 intends healing transformation. We provide frameworks, offer practices, and hold a space for growing skills to de-structure systems of oppression and raise up liberation. Participants are offered pathways to move beyond the guilt-blame cycle toward radical truth-telling, co-responsibility, and activating joy & justice!

Participants will:

  • Recognize and remove blocks that hold you back as a facilitator, artist, leader, healer, teacher, or organizer;
  • Articulate and break patterns of domination/power-over/oppression;
  • Practice being a courageous and heart-centered transformer;
  • Increase the ability to discern, speak, and activate a vision of liberation;
  • Recognize how our spiritual lives relate to our social justice work;
  • Develop applications for continuing work at home.

Policy on Advocacy Explained

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Quaker practice invites Friends to listen deeply to the Inward Teacher and then to follow the leading that comes as a result. This is foundational to our faith, and individuals and meetings expect ourselves to be guided by Spirit in our daily decisions and with the direction of our lives. One way of responding to Spirit is through political action, including creating lasting and structural change through local, state, and federal legislation. Individuals may do this without limitation. When monthly, quarterly, and yearly meeting engagement is political, in addition to seeking unity in spiritual discernment we must also consider what is legally necessary for our non-profit organization. [Read more…] about Policy on Advocacy Explained

Approved Policy on Advocacy

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Administrative Council, after months of research and listening, approved a Policy on Advocacy in our yearly meeting which encourages Friends to follow their individual leadings and also articulates the limitations of a religion under the law. This story shares the policy and offers context and examples.
[Read more…] about Approved Policy on Advocacy

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