Work Day at The Clearing

Clearing Buildings & Grounds invites all members and attenders to join us for a work day out at The Clearing on Saturday, November 5 from 9am -3pm. We would very much love to have other Friends join in on our work on a number of projects: Completing the interior...

Fund for Sufferings

Care and Counsel reminds everyone that the committee administers the Fund for Sufferings. This fund was born of long-standing Quaker tradition, originally to help those suffering economic hardship due to acts of conscience. Today, the Fund for Sufferings stands apart...

DACA, voting rights, policing

On Wednesday, a federal court ruled against the continuation of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). Since 2012, the program has provided protection from deportation to nearly 800,000 people who came to the U.S. as children. Read AFSC’s statement. Only...

Gun forum

Please join Peace and Social Concerns for a program on gun violence prevention and advocacy on Zoom, October 20. 7:30-8:30. The Buffalo and Uvalde mass shootings this summer led us to invite Lori Haas, formerly with the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence and now...

RFM Newsletter update

As summer gives way to fall, this seems like a good time for distributing an updated Directory. It’s attached. There have been a substantial number of revisions since the most recent distribution. The next printed version will be available next March after...