by WebPost | Feb 25, 2025 | Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Clerk’s Business, Current
February 24, 2025 Judge Theodore Chuang has blocked the Department of Homeland Security from conducting enforcement actions (raids, arrests) “in or near any place of worship” associated with our lawsuit. This is a temporary block and is specific to the...
by WebPost | Feb 11, 2025 | Current
by Sharlee DiMenichi, Friends Journal Opposing immigration enforcement in houses of worship, Friends General Conference (FGC) joined an interfaith lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and two of its enforcement agencies, the Customs and...
by WebPost | Feb 11, 2025 | Current, History - RFM, Minuted Decisions, Race & Racism ad hoc
Summary of Recommended Actions for Richmond Friends Meeting 2025 and 2026 Form a three-person Race and Racial Justice Team, whose members will serve two-year terms, under the care of the Clerk of Meeting. Reparations to Indigenous peoples – Form a short-term ad hoc...
by WebPost | Feb 8, 2025 | Current
Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, New England Yearly Meeting and two BYM monthly meetings- Adelphi and Richmond – filed a lawsuit on January 27, 2025 against the Department of Homeland Security. The lawsuit challenges the Department’s...
by WebPost | May 20, 2024 | Current, Gaza, Israel, Minuted Decisions, Peace and Social Concerns
We, the members of the Richmond (VA) Friends Meeting are heartbroken and stricken with horror and grief at the recent renewed eruption of violence in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank. We call for an immediate ceasefire by both Israel and Hamas, the prompt release...
by WebPost | Feb 21, 2024 | Current, Minuted Decisions
(Final version, revised 28 January 2024) As Friends, our belief that there is “that of God” in everyone grounds our practice of upholding the worth of each human being. Each person is guided by an Inward Teacher toward truth; each has the capacity to experience and be...
