Sep 30, 2020 | Climate Change, Divestment, Environmental Justice, Meetings Taking Action
To Friends Everywhere: Quaker Earthcare Witness developed some challenges, which are recommendations for Friends’ Churches and Meetings throughout North America. We ask local Friends’ fellowships and Yearly Meetings to prayerfully examine these challenges...
Sep 24, 2020 | Divestment, Quaker Testimonies
Friends groups have a long and proud tradition of ethical investing. As Friends, we have consistently sought congruity of our principles when we consider what types of investments we should hold. We understand that how we use our money and what we choose to own is...
Aug 6, 2018 | Action-Oriented, Activism, Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Divestment, Individuals Taking Action, Number 3, Quaker-Specific, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized, Volume 31
By Bruce Birchard I WANT TO LIFT UP two sentences from Martin Luther King’s 1967 address to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference about the relationship between love and power: “What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive,...
Aug 6, 2018 | Activism, BeFriending Creation, Divestment, Meetings Taking Action, Number 3, Uncategorized, Volume 31
By Kent Walton. HONORING THE ANCIENT adage to “put your money where your mouth is,” Roanoke Friends in Virginia organized a meeting after worship to inform members about divesting from fossil fuel companies. Presented by the Meeting’s Peace and Social Justice...
Mar 7, 2017 | Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Divestment, Individuals Taking Action, Number 2, Uncategorized, Volume 30
By Jeff Kisling. IN INDIANAPOLIS we have been working on defunding the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) for several months. On November 15, 2016, a crowd of about 200 of us alongside Native Americans in traditional dress marched through downtown Indianapolis with our...
