Tag: Quakers

• Quakers v. Trump

  

  In First Suit of Its Kind, Quakers Ask Court to Halt Immigration Authorities from Enforcing in and Near Houses of Worship, Religious Gatherings. Suit alleges new policy violates the First Amendment and other bedrock federal protections

  01/31/2025

  NEYM, The Wider Quaker World

  history, ICE, immigrant rights, New England Yearly Meeting of Friends, Quaker, Quakers, Quakers v. Trump, religion

• Quakers In Support of Equity and Inclusion

  To the community of Putney, our Town, State and Federal elected officials and other Towns taking up the  work of understanding systemic racism.  In Jan 2016, the Putney Friends Meeting (Quakers) agreed to hang a Black Lives Matter sign in front of the  Meetinghouse. We also agreed that we wanted to  become a body that…

  09/21/2020

  Social Justice, Uncategorized

  Black Lives Matter, Equity and Inclusion, Putney, Quakers

• Supporting the work of Orlando Quakers

  Forwarded from the Clerk of NEYM: Friends, Orlando Quakers invite Friends across the country to have silent worship at a common time, 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14th 2016, whether in your homes or in your meetinghouses. Here are links for additional information about two local LGBTQ+ non-profit community organizations in Orlando that do amazing work: Zebra Foundation (http://zebrayouth.org)…

  06/14/2016

  The Wider Quaker World, Uncategorized

  Orlando, Quakers, The Center Orlando, Zebra Foundation