by daisy | Sep 5, 2024 | Activism, Happenings, 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 | Activism, Happenings, 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 5, 2024 | Activism, Voting Rights
Election violence is not a theoretical possibility in the 2024 election cycle. It is here, and the question is how we respond. How do we prevent election violence from growing in magnitude? An overwhelming majority of people in our country do not want violence,...