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...
Aug 1, 2020 | 2020, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, July-August-September, Meetings Taking Action, Number 3, Uncategorized, United Nations, Volume 33
An Interview with Beverly G. Ward. “IT’S LIKE PEELING an onion: layer after layer of pandemics and it all makes you cry,” shares Beverly Ward. She’s referencing the built-in injustice of her home state of Florida, where she works as Field Secretary for Earthcare for...
Aug 1, 2020 | 2020, Action-Oriented, BeFriending Creation, July-August-September, Meetings Taking Action, Number 3, Quaker-Specific, Soil, Volume 33
By Keith Runyan and Rebekah Percy. WHEN the shelter-in-place order took effect throughout California earlier this year, a small group of Young Adult Friends from Pacific Yearly Meeting organized a mutual aid project with the goals of sharing resources and creating...
May 1, 2020 | 2020, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Meetings Taking Action, Number 2, Practical, Sustainability, Volume 33
By Bob McGahey. South Toe Mutual Aid is an organization of people in the South Toe/Celo, North Carolina area who are collaborating in a variety of activities with intent to strengthen our community’s capacity to meet our resource needs for overall well-being. As a hub...
Feb 1, 2020 | 2020, Action-Oriented, Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, January-February-March, Meetings Taking Action, Minutes on Earthcare, Number 1, Practical, Quaker-Specific, Volume 33
By Patricia Finley, Ruth Darlington, Liz Robinson, and the Eco-Justice Collaborative of PYM. MORE THAN 50 FRIENDS gathered on a snowy morning at Germantown Monthly Meeting on January 18 to learn, share, and discern how to effectively address environmental injustice...
Aug 6, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, Friendly Landscapes, July-August-September, Meetings Taking Action, Mini-Grants, Number 3, Soil, Uncategorized, Volume 32
Fayetteville Arkansas Quakers Create Native Plant Garden for Ozark Natural Science Center By Eric Fuselier. The Fayetteville Monthly Meeting recently planted a native plant garden at the Ozark Natural Science Center (ONSC) located south of Eureka Springs, Arkansas....
