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Yesterday morning, ICE agents shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. Our hearts are with her family, her loved ones, and the whole Minneapolis community working to stop ICE’s mass deportation agenda.

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Called Meeting for Worship In response to this week's unsettling violence, a Called Meeting for Worship will be held at 12 noon on Thursday, January 8 at Brooklyn Meeting and online.

In response to the violence that has unsettled many of us this week, NYC Quakers is holding a Called Meeting for Worship on Thurs., Jan. 8 at 12 pm at Brooklyn Meeting (110 Schermerhorn, Bklyn NY) and via Zoom. See nycquakers.org/events/calle...

Our fellow New Yorkers have done a great job annotating the ads so far, but a Quaker-specific graffiti here might be impactful. Something about finding a REAL Friend...?

Rev. Billy preaching in front of the Stop Shopping Choir. A white guy with gray hair wearing a white suit including white wing tip boots (ala a evangelical preacher) holding a microphone in front of benches full of people of a variety of races, ages and genders wearing brightly colored clothes.

Fifteenth Street Meeting has been hosting and organizing some activist-energizing events recently, with more to come. Last week I attended a performance of Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir that ended the SUN DAY of pro-clean-energy activation. It was ecstatic! Earthalujah!

This is a big win! New York Yearly Meeting is part of this lawsuit. The monthly meetings in NYYM, including all the meetings in NYC, are now protected from unwarranted ICE actions in or near their worship spaces due to this injunction.

Friends General Conference Joins over Two Dozen Religious Groups in New Immigration Lawsuit Opposing immigration enforcement in houses of worship, Friends General Conference (FGC) joined an interfaith lawsuit against the U.S. Department of…

Opposing immigration enforcement in houses of worship, Friends General Conference joined an interfaith lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and two of its enforcement agencies, the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Quaker groups file suit over the end of policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship The suit appears to be the first from a faith-based organization challenging the change in court.

Oh, per @nbcnews.com: Quaker groups file suit over the end of policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship.

Note: Quakers were some of the earliest supporters of Sanctuary, even putting out a booklet on the topic in 1984 (it's still available). www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

@nycquakers.org joined @nyclu.bsky.social for the #peoplesmarch in New York City today. We marched from Foley Square to Washington Square Park for #lgbtqrights #transrights #racialjustice #genderjustice #reproductiverights #protectourdemocracy #immigrantrights #freepalesti̇ne

Palliative activism, or Fighting for justice without hope The spirit within me wearies. I see each day pass another by, forever in want of change. I see the skies fall by a few inches each day. The latches holding it have ruptured under the weight of our…

“How do you live in a world that can never be repaired? How do you resist when you are too exhausted to dream of a future?”

It took a substantial effort, but @floralashes.bsky.social found a way: “If we are doomed to suffer, maybe we can ensure that there will be love among the suffering.”

EXPERIENCE | The James Turrell Skyspace at Friends

Friends Seminary, which shares a complex with 15th Street Meeting (and NY Quarterly Meeting) in NYC, hosts a James Turrell Skyspace on its roof. Tickets to visit in winter/spring 2025 have just become available - reserve soon: www.friendsskyspace.com/e-x-p-e-r-i-...

REVIEWED: Deep Hospitality: Reflections on Welcome to the Quaker Community In Deep Hospitality, Grant reflects on how Quaker communities can be more inclusive and radically welcoming, moving beyond tradition and embracing change.

"Does your Quaker meeting long to have new people attend and become active in the meeting?... how can we truly welcome people to our Quaker communities?" Diane Randall reviews my Pendle Hill Pamphlet, Deep Hospitality, for @friendsjournal.org

www.friendsjournal.org/book/deep-ho...

Check it out! @catsashimi.bsky.social has put together a Quaker starter pack. If you're looking for Friends online, it'll be a good place to start.

This is hilarious

NYC Quakers signing in to BlueSky! This is Sarah, a real Quaker person who missed the old Twitter. Nice to be here!