Aug 6, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, July-August-September, Meetings Taking Action, Number 3, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized, Volume 32
By Liz Robinson. THIS STORY STARTS with Hurricane Maria and our Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting’s decision to select Casa Pueblo as the beneficiary for our 12th month charitable giving. Because of its outstanding reputation, and its amazing hurricane-disaster...
Jan 1, 2019 | Environmental Justice, Pamphlets for Sharing, Racial Justice
“You can’t achieve peace unless it’s accompanied by a constant striving to address the issues of justice. This means that your work will never end. It will never end.” —John Mohawk, Seneca Nation This article is part of our Pamphlets for...
Nov 6, 2018 | Activism, Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, Fracking, Indigenous Peoples, Number 4, Uncategorized, Volume 31
By Daniel Kirkpatrick. THE THIRTY OF US STOOD in a quiet circle in the gravel on a sunny, cool morning. Wood smoke rose toward the sky from the adjacent lodge, and boreal forests surrounded the clearing. A First Nations elder, Lht’at’en, spoke in her Wet’suwet’en...
May 7, 2018 | BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, Individuals Taking Action, Meetings Taking Action, Number 2, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Volume 31
By Marian Dalke. SUNDAY MORNING’s soft light casts through deep wooden windows. The light shifts and picks up the soft cotton of milkweed seeds, sailing over the heads of those gathered for Quaker Meeting for Worship at Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Grace...
Feb 7, 2018 | BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Meetings Taking Action, Number 1, Uncategorized, Volume 31
By Beverly G. Ward MANY COMMUNITIES in South Florida experience “sunny day” flooding during periods of very high or “king” tides. During a new or full moon, when the sun and the moon are aligned with Earth in their orbits, the gravitational pull on the oceans is at...
