by daisy | Apr 13, 2023 | Earth Care, Happenings
A conversation with Clarence Edwards, Friends Committee for National Legislation’s (FCNL) Legislative Director for Sustainable Energy and Environment will be presented on Sunday, April 23, 1-2:00 p.m. at: Brooklyn Friends Meeting 110 Schermerhorn Street...
by daisy | Feb 27, 2023 | Happenings
Through story, photos and song with Pat Lamanna & Richard Mattocks presented “The Living Legacy Pilgrimage” on Sunday, April 2 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm in-person at: Oakwood Friends School (Main Building) 22 Spackenkill Road, Poughkeepsie, NY The Living...
by daisy | Jan 29, 2023 | Happenings
This week, the Doomsday Clock moved forward ten seconds, placing us just 90 seconds from midnight. The symbolic clock, set annually by experts at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, measures how close we are to the human-caused apocalypse. The war in Ukraine,...
by daisy | Jan 20, 2023 | Happenings
Yesterday, the United States hit the debt ceiling. The U.S. Treasury Department responded quickly, taking steps to avoid a default and buy Congress time to act. The debate surrounding it will likely continue into the summer. Raising the nation’s borrowing authority...
by daisy | Jan 13, 2023 | Happenings
For two decades, Toffiq al-Bihani has been imprisoned by the U.S. government at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. During his internment, he was tortured and held in solitary confinement. He has never been charged with a crime. Al-Bihani is just one of the...
by daisy | Jan 6, 2023 | Happenings
Two years ago today, a violent mob of election-denying white supremacists stormed the U.S. Capitol at the encouragement of former President Donald Trump. Members of Congress and staff alike were forced to take shelter as the insurrectionists roamed the hallways and...
