The Friends Center board of directors has started a search for our next executive director. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Please share with folks who have relevant experience.
Thanks to our equity partner @afsc-org.bsky.social
for supporting the search!
Full posting:
AP story on young adults showing up to Quaker worship at Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia!
We've seen this here, at Central Philadelphia Friends Meeting, and in other nearby meetings, too.
"Recent years have produced an unprecedented surge in the number of attendees at Sunday worship — from about 25 before the coronavirus pandemic to up to 100 today."
Good to see. Arch Street was where I was when I decided to become a Quaker member.
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The Friends Center board of directors has started a search for our next executive director. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Please share with folks who have relevant experience.
Thanks to our equity partner @afsc-org.bsky.social for help with the search! (2/2)
Full posting:
Our executive director since 2015, Chris Mohr, will leave Friends Center staff as of 10/31/2025, to become General Secretary of @quakerspym.bsky.social, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Quakers). (1/2)
Join Friends Center's 50th anniversary celebration w/ our next training on Sun. 11/23 2-5 pm, led by @eqat.bsky.social:
Building Skills for Spiritually Grounded Nonviolent Action
Deepen your understanding & sharpen your skills!
Quakers & non-Quakers welcome.
Refreshments & childcare provided.
The next training in our 50th anniversary series is "Skills for Spiritually Grounded Nonviolent Direct Action."
Join trainers from @eqat.bsky.social on Sunday, November 23, 2-5 pm, here at Friends Center!
Open to all, Quakers & non-Quakers alike!
Details & registration here:
Join Friends Center's 50th anniversary celebration w/ our next training on Sun. 11/23 2-5 pm, led by @eqat.bsky.social:
Building Skills for Spiritually Grounded Nonviolent Action
Deepen your understanding & sharpen your skills!
Quakers & non-Quakers welcome.
Refreshments & childcare provided.
Coming up Sunday 10/12/25, 3-5 pm: How faith communities can support immigrants.
Part of Friends Center's 50th anniversary series of trainings on nonviolent action.
Held here in Center City Philadelphia. Refreshments and child care provided.
For Quakers and non-Quakers alike!
Sign up here:
Registration is open for the next workshop in Friends Center's series to celebrate our 50th anniversary as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philly.
Here with @quakerspym.bsky.social next Sun. 10/12/25, 3-5 pm:
How Faith Communities Can Support Immigrants
World Quaker Day is this Sunday!
(Or, as earlier generations of Friends called it, and some still do today, this First Day.)
FCNL’s Stephen Donahoe reflects on finding hope, even in the worst places:
“I am taking this reminder to seek out and cultivate resilience. I am taking this reminder to continue planting seeds, even in the rockiest soil.”
You can register here for our October 12th workshop on how faith communities can support immigrants. Open to Quakers non-Quakers alike!
A white and green banner hangs on a black fence above a red brick wall. In the background are trees and the Race Street Quaker Meetinghouse. The banner says, Friends Center 50th. 50th anniversary 1975-2025. The Quaker hub for peace and justice in Philadelphia. Learn peacemaking with us." There is a web address and a QR code that go to the web page given in the post.
New banners just dropped!
2025 is Friends Center's 50th anniversary as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philadelphia.
We're celebrating with a series of workshops on nonviolent action!
You can register here for our October 12th workshop on how faith communities can support immigrants. Open to Quakers non-Quakers alike!
Our next workshop for our 50th anniversary is on October 12, with @quakerspym.bsky.social and New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia: How faith communities can support immigrants.
Flyer to share: friendscentercorp.org/wp-content/u...
A white and green banner hangs on a black fence above a red brick wall. In the background are trees and the Race Street Quaker Meetinghouse. The banner says, Friends Center 50th. 50th anniversary 1975-2025. The Quaker hub for peace and justice in Philadelphia. Learn peacemaking with us." There is a web address and a QR code that go to the web page given in the post.
New banners just dropped!
2025 is Friends Center's 50th anniversary as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philadelphia.
We're celebrating with a series of workshops on nonviolent action!
At Stenton Museum in Philly, 9/30/25:
"Wrestling with Justice" will challenge widespread assumptions about northern slavery & create an interpretive framework, programming, & exhibits to explore untold stories of enslaved & free people at Stenton, & evolving 18th-C. Quaker attitudes re enslavement.
Learn about our full series of trainings on nonviolent action to celebrate 50th anniversary as the Quaker hub for peace and justice in Philadelphia:
We continue our 50th anniversary training series Sun. 10/12/25, 3-5 pm, with @quakerspym.bsky.social & New Sanctuary Movement of Philly.
How faith communities can support immigrant justice, with updates on what’s happening on the ground & how to stand in solidarity.
Open to all. Register here:
This year's World Quaker Day (5 October) is themed 'Love Your Neighbour'.
Our QuakerSpeak video on the theme, published in preparation, has been viewed nearly ten thousand times!
You can watch it too, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylgi...
Registration to the next training is now open. Refreshments & child care will be provided.
This training is for Quakers and non-Quakers!
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Thanks to Lewis Webb of @afsc-org.bsky.social & Tonya McClary for leading our 1st training in Friends Center's series celebrating our 50th year as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philly.
Next: @quakerspym.bsky.social on how faith communities can support immigrants, here on 10/12/25, 3-5 pm.
"We believe that career development, spiritual and faith practice, and mental health are key to long-term peace and community empowerment," says Joyeuse Senga, co-founder and executive director of Friends Career Center, which serves the needs of young people in Rwanda and Canada.
Friends Center's 50th anniversary celebration as the Quaker hub for peace and justice in Philadelphia kicks off with @afsc-org.bsky.social's workshop here on Community Safety Beyond Policing.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-c...
Friends Center's 50th anniversary celebration as the Quaker hub for peace and justice in Philadelphia kicks off with @afsc-org.bsky.social's workshop here on Community Safety Beyond Policing.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-c...
Friends Center celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2025 with a series of trainings on nonviolent action. First up: Community Safety Beyond Policing, with @afsc-org.bsky.social.
Please share the flyer: friendscentercorp.org/wp-content/u...
How can we share knowledge and insight across generations within our communities?
Read and watch searching conversations on faith and action between young Quakers and older members of the Welsh Quaker community.
Read the full blog, and access our new film, here:
Countdown is on! Our PFAS webinar is just days away.
Learn how “forever chemicals” impact obesity, infertility, cancer, and more — and what we can do to protect public health.
Featuring Megan Wolff, PhD, MPH.
Reserve your spot today: buff.ly/wanQdyW
This thread features the Quaker & non-Quaker nonprofits that call Friends Center home.
If your organization needs office space in Center City Philadelphia, check us out. We have some space available for small groups whose missions align with Quaker values.