Peace and Social Justice

This page has links to web sites on peace, social justice, and the environment. Many of these pages are produced by organizations over which BYM has no control. Many are Quaker-led organizations but many are not. Therefore, while we believe that most of these sites will be interesting to our visitors, we do not necessarily endorse everything they present.

Minutes

• Minute in Support of a Universal Living Wage Initiative (Chesapeake Quarter, 6/13/2004)

• Minute Against The Abuse and Torture of Prisoners Held By the US Military (Chesapeake Quarter, 6/13/2004)

• Minute in Support of Shirley Way (peace witness at the School of the Americas), July 2004

• Minute on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, July 2004

• Minute On Iraq, October 26, 2002, Interim Meeting

• Minute Reaffirming Peace Testimony, October 26, 2002, Interim Meeting

• Minute Reaffirming Peace Testimony, July 2003, Baltimore Yearly Meeting Annual Session

• Minute in Support of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting on War Tax Resistance, July 2003, Baltimore Yearly Meeting Annual Session

• Minute in Support of Three Dominican Sisters in their Peace Witness, July 2003 Baltimore Yearly Meeting Annual Session

Statements on the events of September 11, 2001

• Statement by the heads of American Friends Service Committee, Friends General Conference, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and Friends World Committee for Consultation
   
• Second statement by the heads of AFSC, FGC, PYM, and FWCC
   
• Statement by Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
   
• Statement by the General Secretary of Friends United Meeting
   
• Letter from Hong Kong
   

General

American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)

Peace

Alternative to Violence Project (AVP)
Center for Conscience and War (National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors)

Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors

Quaker House

GI Rights
Decade To Overcome Violence (World Council of Churches)
Friends Peace Teams
Help Increase the Peace Program (HIPP)

Social Justice

Working Group on Racism Among Friends Listening Project Report (PDF) (HTML)

Deep Roots (Native American concerns)
Fellowship of Friends of African Descent
Friends for Lesbian and Gay Concerns (FLGC)

Service

Washington Quaker Workcamps, Inc.

Environment

Friends Committee on Unity with Nature
Right Sharing of World Resources

Friends Wilderness Meditation Center

Please send suggestions on additional links to include on this page to the BYM Website Coordinator

Last revised 2/18/2004

Letter from Hong Kong

Dear Friends

I write informally on behalf of Hong Kong Friends to let you know our love and prayers have been with you and all Americans all this week and will continue to be.

We have not discussed a formal message to you but I am sure my sentiments are shared by all of us here in Hong Kong.

Today at Meeting for Worship [we are 12 hours ahead of you] we had a moving and centred Meeting which was focussed on the tragedies of 11-09-2001.

This week in Hong Kong all people have been affected, many of us know people who were there on 11-09-2001, some of whom did not survive.

We have shared prayer meetings and silent vigils. At home and in churches across Hong Kong candles have been lit.

I just wanted to let you know that you are not alone and you are very much in our minds and hearts.

These events affected us all where ever we are in the world. This is an informal message because we've been too shocked still to think of a formal one. I'm sure it will follow.

With much love from Hong Kong.

Julian Stargardt
Overseer