May 6, 2019 | 2019, Advocacy, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Economics, Meetings Taking Action, Number 2, Practical, Uncategorized, Volume 32
By Pamela Haines. THE ECO-JUSTICE Collaborative (EJC) of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting has endorsed an effort in Philadelphia to create a public bank. Similar to credit unions for individuals, a public bank would hold public funds in the city to be directed toward local...
May 6, 2019 | 2019, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Books We Love, Number 2, Volume 32
By Ruah Swennerfelt. I’VE JUST FINISHED reading Climate: A New Story by Charles Eisenstein and am so moved by the wisdom I found between the covers. Eisenstein critiques the climate movement, arguing that the reliance on numbers, such as 350, facts, and data will not...
May 6, 2019 | 2019, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Meetings Taking Action, Number 2, Uncategorized, Volume 32, Youth & Young Friends
By Robert McGahey. ARTHUR MORGAN SCHOOL and Celo Monthly Meeting recently hosted Southern Appalachian Young Friends (SAYF) for their annual retreat here. The Quaker Earthcare Witness Outreach Committee contacted the organizers to share about our work, leading an...
May 1, 2019 | 2019, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Indigenous Peoples, Meetings Taking Action, Number 2, Uncategorized, Volume 32
By Bonnie Peace Watkins AS THE TWIN CITIES Friends Meeting Fellowship Committee, we were excited about the Quaker Earthcare Witness Spring Steering Committee meeting here in mid-April. We have long felt that food and fellowship are vital parts of witnessing,...
May 1, 2019 | 2019, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Minutes on Earthcare, Number 2, Quaker-Specific, Spirituality, Theology, Uncategorized, Volume 32
By Shelley Tanenbaum. SOMETHING SPECIAL happened at the March 2019 Friends World Committee on Consultation Section of the Americas meeting. Friends from across the branches of the Religious Society of Friends came together to express our love for the land and our...
