This Epistle was written by Friends who participated in the Quaker Trans Day of Visibility in Swarthmore, PA in intention that it be read aloud.
An Epistle from the Trans Day of Visibility Gathering at Swarthmore Friends Meeting and Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and online on March 29, 2026 [Read more…] about Epistle from Quaker Trans Day of Visibility Gathering
The following was and provided by the Indigenous Affairs Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting.
Where do you look for facts about Indigenous Americans?
Now a Native-led research team has made them available in one free document you can download, use, and distribute as needed.
Quick Facts About Indigenous Americans is a compendium of current information that provides an overview of life circumstances for many American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. While this population is too large and diverse to represent in any one document, common challenges can be outlined. Inequities are stark, and solutions are called for – including full funding of federal programs. At a time when the administration is drastically cutting funds and failing to honor established rights, Quick Facts provides evidence of the injustice of such arbitrary actions.
The data digest was prepared by Alexis Contreras (Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde) and sponsored and produced by the Indigenous Affairs Committee of a regional Quaker group, Baltimore Yearly Meeting. Quakers started the Committee in 1795 to protect Tribal rights and individual well-being; it continues as an advocacy and ally group.
Native leader Suzan Shown Harjo describes Quick Facts as baseline data “for those trying to share needs and concerns of Native Peoples… a free report, in digital, searchable format.”
The data digest is available at this link. It may be freely used without permission.
For further information or to provide feedback on this document, contact indigenousaffairs@bym-rsf.org or go to https://bit.ly/3Ks8b8x
In West Philadelphia, on Baltimore and 48th, there’s a building where Friends gather to meet. It is not a meetinghouse, but inside those walls, a small community keeps a meeting thriving.
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At 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 for the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends et al v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security et al.
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Wilmington 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 the lawsuit against the federal Department of Homeland Security on January 23, 2025. The suit seeks to deny the ability of federal immigration agents to enter our places of worship in order to take enforcement actions against any part of our community. [Read more…] about Minute of Support for PYM from Wilmington Monthly Meeting
Dear Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Baltimore Yearly Meeting, New England Yearly Meeting, Adelphi Friends Meeting & Richmond Friends Meeting,
We are from St. John’s Quaker Friends Worship Group, a meeting in Newfoundland & Labrador that was formed in the late 1970’s. Some of our members are from the United States, many of us have family and other ties there, and our convener, Liz Ohle, is a member of Mount Toby Monthly Meeting, which is part of New England Yearly Meeting.
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February 16, 2025 Minute of Support for PYM
London Grove Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends is in unity with the decision of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting et al. to join the lawsuit to block the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in its sudden policy shift. This shift would enable federal immigration agents to enter places of worship for their immigration enforcement actions.
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Princeton Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends acknowledges that every person brings the Holy Spirit to worship; the absence of even one person because of fear prevents us from fully practicing our faith. Therefore, we commend and support Philadelphia Yearly Meetings decision to bring suit against the Department of Homeland Security along with Baltimore Yearly Meeting New England Yearly Meeting, New York Yearly Meeting, several monthly meetings and other religious organizations to Richmond, New England, New York, and Adelphi Yearly Meetings in the Quaker Suit.
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Minute in support of Litigation filed against the Department of Homeland Security
February 2025
The Atlantic City Area Monthly Meeting offers support, gratitude, and Light to the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting for its lawsuit, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends et al. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Kristi Noem.
The Atlantic City Area Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends fully supports Philadelphia Yearly Meeting for the courage and conviction shown in joining other Monthly Meetings as plaintiffs ni bringing a lawsuit to block the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from its abrupt shift in policy that enables federal immigration enforcement officials to enter houses of worship for their immigration enforcement actions.
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