by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Nov 28, 2022 | 2022, BeFriending Creation, Indigenous Peoples, Meetings Taking Action, Number 4, October-November-December, Volume 35
The North Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends repudiates the Doctrines of Discovery: the religious basis for European colonization around the world. We acknowledge and regret Friends’ role in the ensuing genocide, land theft, and forced...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Nov 28, 2022 | 2022, BeFriending Creation, Indigenous Peoples, Number 4, October-November-December, Volume 35
by Allen McGrew. Convinced Friends may wonder why they should accept responsibility for the abuses of Quaker boarding schools that received native Americans over a century ago. If so, they might also ask whether they can claim the heritage of John Woolman, George Fox,...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Nov 28, 2022 | 2022, BeFriending Creation, Number 4, October-November-December, Population, Sustainability, Volume 35
by Susan F. Newcomer. Addressing population growth in human terms, not as the bugbear “overpopulation,” necessitates addressing sexuality and childbearing, two particularly sensitive topics. Over the years, Quakers have addressed “episodes of sexual activity” as...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Nov 28, 2022 | 2022, BeFriending Creation, Number 4, Population, Volume 35
by Stan Becker, Tom Cameron, Dick Grossman, Roy Treadway. As ecological disasters of all kinds threaten our planet-—disasters worsened by increasing population—the number of humans on the Earth reached 8 billion in November, according to the United Nations Population...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Nov 28, 2022 | 2022, BeFriending Creation, Individuals Taking Action, Number 4, October-November-December, Peace, Volume 35
Introducing the Friends Wilderness Center & the China Folk House Retreat by Kimberly Benson. About 300 million years ago, the Earth demonstrated that unity is physically possible. Laurasia and Gondwana merged, forming a world with one continent and one ocean. The...
