Sep 18, 2014 | Peace and Social Concerns
Announcements from Peace & Social Concerns Committee A climate change summit is being held at the United Nations in New York City on Saturday and Sunday September 20-21. The organizers of a rally planned for Sunday are hoping to have massive, record-breaking...
Jul 29, 2014 | Adult Spiritual Education, Peace and Social Concerns
WHITE PRIVILEGE: UNPACKING THE INVISIBLE KNAPSACK by PEGGY McINTOSH (Introduced by Marilyn Gilmore) (Edited by Pat Schenck) Peggy McIntosh, a White feminist scholar, identified a long list of societal privileges that she received simply because she was White. She did...
Jun 4, 2014 | Peace and Social Concerns
On June 1, Sylvia Clute gave a talk at RFM on “Friends, Unitive Justice, Ending Mass Incarceration.” Below is a brief introduction to her talk and a description of unitive justice. Common phrases, like “the punishment must fit the crime,” “I want to...
Nov 4, 2011 | Minuted Decisions, Peace and Social Concerns
For a number of years, groups of mostly RFM members and attenders have spent one-week in the spring working at sites affected by natural disasters, including the gulf coast (Hurricane Katrina), Ider, Alabama (tornadoes), and Crisfield, Maryland (Hurricane Sandy). The...
Dec 18, 2008 | History - Quaker, Peace and Social Concerns, Testimonies, Writings - RFM
Friends affirm a Biblical basis for the peace testimony. A Prince of Peace was prophesied who would bring in a Peaceable Kingdom. “Thou shalt not kill” is one of the Ten Commandments. Jesus taught and lived peacemaking and love of enemy. George Fox similarly counseled...