Quakerism
Alive and Active
Poughkeepsie Friends at Dutchess County Interfaith Council GALA
Pictured: Poughkeepsie Quaker Meeting Member Renelda Walker with DCIC Honoree Reverend Jesse Bottoms. Ten members of Poughkeepsie Friends attended...
Beekman Friends Cemetery
Eagle Scout Project Cleanup at Beekman Friends Cemetery Boy Scout Cooper Kasin from Troop 77 in Poughquag lives in Lagrangeville near the site of...
Washington Braces for Shutdown, Here’s What That Means
Inevitable. That’s the word lawmakers are using today to describe the likelihood of a government shutdown as the Sept. 30 end of the...
Alternative to Violence Project: At Work Inside & Outside Prison
Friends and attenders gathered on Sunday at the New Paltz Quaker Meetinghouse, 8 North Manheim Boulevard, for silent worship, warm fellowship, a...
A Military Solution Has Never Been and Never Will Be a Solution
The violence in Israel and Palestine has entered its third week. Israeli troops have begun conducting raids inside Gaza, and the...
Advocates Call for Peace as Leaders Meet at the UN
Yesterday, Sept. 21, marked the International Day of Peace. It is a date designated by the United Nations as a time of nonviolence and...
New Data Makes Clear Poverty is a Policy Choice
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...
Connecting Differently Abled Friends and Allies in Our Meetings
Differently Abled Friends and Allies is a working group, under the care of New York Yearly Meeting, where people with or without disabilities can...
The Golden Rule Sails to New York
Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 7:00 pm (doors open 6:30 pm) Fifteenth Street Meeting, 15 Rutherford Place, New York, NY Please join the NYC War Resisters...
Women’s Suffrage and the Quakers
by Dare Thompson “…Unlike the American Revolution, which began with the shot heard round the world,’ the rebellion at Seneca Falls – steeped in...