by WebPost | Aug 19, 2026 | Activity, AFSC, Current, Earthcare, Quaker Earthcare Witness
Quaker Earthcare Witness (QEW) Global Day of Action: Saturday, September 19, 9 to 11 am Worship made visible: head, heart, hands & voices Join the collaboration of QEW, Sierra Club Falls of the James Group & American Friends Service Committee Love as Action...
by WebPost | Jul 23, 2026 | Activity, AFSC, Immigration, Racial Justice Team, Social justice
Diane Bowden, RFM’s liaison to the American Friends Service Committee, will inform the community on recent actions of the AFSC during a program at 9:30 am on August 16 in the community room. Among the questions to be addressed: What is AFSC doing regarding the...
by WebPost | Jun 23, 2026 | Activity, AFSC, Gaza, Israel, Peace and Social Concerns, Social justice
With thanks to Steve Chase for his May 3 presentation on AFSC’s position on apartheid in Israel/Palestine, the Peace & Social Concerns Committee recommends that Meeting consider endorsing the Apartheid-Free Pledge below. However, since this merits more...
by WebPost | May 19, 2026 | Activity, AFSC, Social justice
Please join us for “Love as Action—Richmond.” This one-hour silent witness will be held on Sunday, June 14, at 1 pm in the median of Monument Ave between Commonwealth Ave and Westmoreland St. The action is publicly posted on the AFSC website and RFM social media, and...
by WebPost | Apr 7, 2026 | Activity, AFSC, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Peace and Social Concerns, Social justice
Don’t miss the rescheduled May 3 discernment workshop on joining the Apartheid-Free Communities Coalition, to be held at Richmond Friends Meeting, in person and online. An ice storm bumped our guest speaker from the February schedule, but now, fresh back from...
by WebPost | Nov 11, 2025 | AFSC, Business Meeting, Gaza, Minuted Decisions, Peace and Social Concerns
Richmond Friends Meeting endorsed the statement on genocide in Gaza at Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business on November 16, 2025. The statement available at this link — Quaker organizations discern genocide is occurring in Gaza and urge courageous...
