On Saturday, June 1, 8:00 AM join in at the Poughkeepsie Metro North Train Station, 41 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 to ride down to the annual Walk In Solidarity With Survivors across the Brooklyn Bridge for Wear Orange. This National Gun Violence Awareness...
“A Different Future is Possible: Quaker organizations share a vision for peace in Palestine and Israel” “A Different Future is Possible: Quaker organizations share a vision for peace in Palestine and Israel” is a statement released on...
The violence in Israel and Palestine has entered its third week. Israeli troops have begun conducting raids inside Gaza, and the threat of a ground invasion looms larger. More than 6,700 Gazans have been killed, and the lives of millions of...
Yesterday, Sept. 21, marked the International Day of Peace. It is a date designated by the United Nations as a time of nonviolence and universal cease-fire. Peace Day coincides each year with the meeting of world leaders at the United Nations General...
On Tuesday, the U.S. Census Bureau released new data showing what we had feared: a devastating rise in U.S. poverty. In 2022, 15 million more people lived in poverty in our country than in 2021. Shamefully, the number of children living in poverty more than...
September has begun, and lawmakers are back at work. President Joe Biden traveled today to New Delhi for the annual gathering of the Group of 20 nations. For its part, Congress has returned from its August recess to tackle a busy legislative calendar focused...
