Meeting Minute

Swarthmore Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends fully supports Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (PYM) for the courage and conviction shown in joining New England Yearly Meeting, Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Adelphi and Richmond Monthly Meetings as plaintiffs in their lawsuit to block the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from its abrupt shift in policy that enables federal immigration enforcement officials to enter houses of worship for their immigration enforcement actions.

To answer the call of the inherent worth and dignity of all people, members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) stand firmly in support of the safety, rights, and religious freedoms of everyone, including immigrant communities.

The Goose Creek Religious Society of Friends Meeting is concerned for the physical safety and humanitarian needs of undocumented immigrants and refugees in this country, especially in light of changing political priorities.

Members and attenders of the Burlington Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) deeply mourn the loss of all lives, livelihoods, homes, hospitals, schools, cultural histories and we hold out hope for self-determination and healing for the people who are victims of the escalating violence and war in the Middle East. As Quakers, we believe that all life is sacred, and that there is that of the divine in each person.

As faith communities inspired by a common sense of divine standards in goodness and compassion, we join in publicly stating our intent to peacefully yet determinedly defend the defenseless and vulnerable in their need.

As faith communities inspired by a common sense of divine standards in goodness and compassion, we join in publicly stating our intent to peacefully yet determinedly defend the defenseless and vulnerable in their need.

Minneapolis Friends Meeting asks for peace in Israel and Palestine. Our Quaker gathering has pursued peace and alternatives to wars since our beginning in the 1850s. We believe in the sacred worth of each being.

Red Cedar Friends (Quakers) in Lansing, Michigan, oppose the immigration policy allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to enter houses of worship in search of undocumented folks for potential deportation.

New England Quakers have become aware of the hardships to the Cuban people of the Embargo of the United States on the Cuban economy. Cuban Quakers are sensitive to the impacts on all Cubans, Quaker and non-Quaker. Cuban Quakers attempt to soften the effects on the people in their local communities.

As members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) we stand firmly in support of the safety, rights, and religious freedoms of everyone, including the immigrant communities we know, belong to, and love. We must respond to the particular insult of allowing enforcement officials to enter critical, sacred, and public places of refuge.

As Quakers, members of Boulder Friends Meeting believe in the spark of the divine and inherent worth of every person, no matter where they were born. We believe everyone should be treated with dignity and respect. The current presidential administration’s raids and deportation of immigrants harms families and communities and violates the values that we, as a country, profess.

Friends of Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting ask the US to prohibit the transfer of more weapons and military assistance to Israel and use its leverage in restricting the use of the already supplies weapons.

As members and attenders of the Santa Cruz Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, we pledge to continue our efforts to understand the needs of Israelis and Palestinians as they evolve, and to take action at home that would enhance their peaceful resolution of conflicts

In response to the recent widening of armed conflict in the Middle East, Abington Friends affirm the call for the immediate cessation of violence.

Albuquerque Monthly Meeting (NM) reaffirm their Minuted commitments and calls for reconciliation among all people in this conflict.

Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) of the Religious Society of Friends Minute as to the ongoing U.S. military aid in the Israeli-Palestinian War

Eugene Friends Church stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people and supports their call for their equal rights

The Middle East conflict is escalating quickly and the United States needs to use the leverage we have to bring peace. We must win a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, Israel, and Lebanon while ensuring a broader regional war does not break out between Iran and Israel.

Members and attenders of the Boulder Colorado Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) deeply mourn the loss of all lives, homes, and communities of people who are victims of the current wars in the Middle East.

As members of Campus Friends Meeting in Wilmington, Ohio, we carry with us the legacy of generations of peace activists at Campus Meeting and Wilmington College. We hold up our belief that all people have the Inner Light, that of God and the universe in all living beings, and stand opposed to acts of state violence that undermine our shared humanity.