Last week, the Mott Memo was shared as a recap of sessions activities, providing Friends with a understanding of what took place during the gathering. This week, the official minutes from Spring Continuing Sessions are being shared. [Read more…] about Spring Continuing Sessions Minutes | 2026
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Wilmington Yearly Meeting Shares Two Minutes
Friends from Wilmington Yearly Meeting (WYM), which has meetings in Southwest Ohio and East Tennessee, recently shared two minutes with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. These minutes were approved by WYM at their Spring Gathering on March 14.
They are sharing these with the wider Quaker community to reach Friends who have taken, or are considering, similar positions. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting is asked to share this, and to pass it along more broadly.
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Apply for a Buildings and Programs Grant
Application for the Buildings and Programs Grant are due on April 2. Don’t miss your chance to apply! [Read more…] about Apply for a Buildings and Programs Grant
Announcing the new Quakers Ending Mass Incarceration Collaborative
We are pleased to announce the formation of the Quakers Ending Mass Incarceration Collaborative (QEMIC).
In this Collaborative (our webpage will hopefully be live very soon), we will seek to reduce mass incarceration, reduce its effects on people who are incarcerated and their families, and assist those recently released from incarceration in their transition back into society. We will engage in the education of Friends and community members regarding how the current carceral system operates, both systemically and at the individual level. [Read more…] about Announcing the new Quakers Ending Mass Incarceration Collaborative
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Staff Attend Founders’ Day at Cheyney University
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
Opportunities for Young Adults with Quaker Organizations
The American Friends Service Committee’s (AFSC) Emerging Leaders for Liberation Program and the Friends Committee on National Legislation’s (FCNL) Advocacy Corps program are taking applications from young adults who are interested in community organizing or federal policy work.
FCNL’s Advocacy Corps pays young adults ages 19 to 30 to organize their communities around federal legislation over ten months; the upcoming cohort will focus on health care access and nutrition assistance. Applications are open until March 2.
Follow this link to learn more about FCNL’s Advocacy Corps: https://www.fcnl.org/act/young-adult-advocates/advocacy-corps
AFSC’s Emerging Leaders for Liberation program accepts applicants ages 18 to 22 who have a connection to an AFSC program, a Quaker meeting, a Quaker organization, or a Quaker college; participants attend two in-person gathering and also join monthly virtual meetings, The application deadline is March 8.
Follow this link to learn more about AFSC’s Emerging Leaders for Liberation Programs: https://afsc.org/programs/emerging-leaders-liberation
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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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Why DOES Palestine Matter? | 2026
The following is attributed to the Middle East Collaborative of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.
Why DOES Palestine matter? An invitation to a 6 session course with members of the Middle East Collaborative – Members of the Middle East Collaborative work with friends from Christian Jewish Allies for a Just Peace in Palestine and Israel to present the 6 session course of Why Palestine Matters beginning today, February 12. See the PYM calendar to register. To download the book, click here Why Palestine Matters – scroll down to “Free Digital Version”.
With One Voice Interfaith Leaders United to End Gun Violence | Weekly brief from Billy Penn
Friends who are part of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and Friends Ending Gun Violence Collaborative of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, have signed this statement calling for changes to Pennsylvania gun laws. It comes as about 1,600 Pennsylvanians are killed by gun violence each year and about 3,000 more are injured.
