by daisy | Sep 28, 2024 | Happenings
Paula Christophersen recalls how, when she first walked into a Quaker meeting as a “spiritual but not religious” person just over half a decade ago, “It almost felt as if… this faith I was discovering fell cleanly through my head and into my...
by daisy | Sep 20, 2024 | Happenings
A group of more than 60 legislators introduced critical new legislation to restore U.S. funding for UNRWA – the U.N. agency that’s leading aid operations in Gaza. Despite the unprecedented humanitarian crisis facing Palestinians, Congress and the Biden administration...
by daisy | Sep 5, 2024 | Voting Rights
“I Am a Quaker” The Women’s Suffrage Movement & My Education in Quakerism By Dare Thompson “…Unlike the American Revolution, which began with the shot heard round the world,’ the rebellion at Seneca Falls – steeped in moral conviction and rooted in the...
by daisy | Sep 5, 2024 | Voting Rights
Quaker women were among the organizers of the first Women’s Rights Convention held in 1848 in Seneca Falls and Poughkeepsie Friend Dare Thompson would have been at home among them. A long-time committed activist for equal rights (Dare’s currently the president...
by daisy | Aug 13, 2024 | Happenings
This week, we mourned and honored the more than 100,000 people who were killed in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 79 years ago. As we reflected on this solemn anniversary, we joined partners and friends around the globe to recommit to the...
