Dec 14, 2023 | Activism, BeFriending Creation, BeFriending Creation 3604, Environmental Justice, Renewable Energy, United Nations
by Miche McCall On the second day of Rosh Hashana, the faith hub at the March to End Fossil Fuels was full of celebrations of Life on Earth. Last September, 75,000 people poured into the streets of New York City to call for our leaders to protect our communities and...
Mar 28, 2022 | Activism, Advocacy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Individuals Taking Action, United Nations, Youth & Young Friends
The video is available of the March 15th discussion with Kallan Benson (Fridays for Future USA Director and Friend from Annapolis, MD) and Lindsey Cook (QUNO Representative for Climate Change and Friend from Bonn, Germany). Both Kallan and Lindsey participated in COP...
Jun 1, 2021 | African Diaspora, United Nations
Quaker Earthcare Witness (QEW) has been a non-governmental organization (NGO) of the United Nations since 1999, holding four UN agency accreditations with the mission of bringing a spirit-led Quaker voice to UN deliberations on the environment. Our accreditations are:...
Dec 2, 2020 | African Diaspora, United Nations
United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent The United Nations (UN) commemorates international decades to focus world attention on a specific topic, and then mobilize resources to respond. In December 2013, the U.N. General Assembly...
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...
Feb 6, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, January-February-March, Number 1, Uncategorized, United Nations, Volume 32
By Philip Emmi. It is increasingly clear that we have gotten off on the wrong foot when addressing climate change. It can not be primarily a matter of nation-state cooperation on international policy, as once thought. Rather, addressing climate change requires a...
