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POSTPONED Seeking a Just Peace in Israel/Palestine

by WebPost | Dec 21, 2025 | Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Peace and Social Concerns

Watch for a new date for an event with Steve Chase from Friends Meeting of Washington (FMW), who will share his personal and several Meetings’ discernment journeys toward joining the Apartheid-Free Communities coalition and working for a truly just peace in...

Genocide in Gaza statement endorsed by RFM

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...

Fundraising Luncheon October 12, for the Friends Association for Children

by WebPost | Sep 30, 2025 | Peace and Social Concerns

Please join Peace & Social Concerns Committee for a fundraising luncheon on Sunday, October 12, at rise of meeting. The funds will benefit the Friends Association for Children, an organization co-founded by this meeting in 1871 with Lucy Goode Brooks, a formerly...

Some Committee Service Needs/Opportunities

by WebPost | Jul 24, 2025 | Announcement, Children and Religious Education, Nominating, Peace and Social Concerns

Please contact any member of Nominating Committee for information or interest in these positions: Margaret Edds, Anna Marie Bolin, Diane Bowden, Don Miller, Carolyn Moul, and Catherine Roseberry. Religious Education Needs Religious Education’s (RE) greatest need right...

The Healing Place Fundraising Luncheon, March 9

by WebPost | Feb 17, 2025 | Fundraiser, Peace and Social Concerns

Peace & Social Concerns Committee invites you to lunch on March 9, a fundraising event at rise of meeting to benefit … …The Healing Place, a long-term, peer-driven residential recovery program that helps individuals struggling with substance use...

Minute Against Violence in the Region of Gaza, Israel, and the West Bank

by WebPost | May 20, 2024 | Gaza, Israel, Minuted Decisions, Peace and Social Concerns

We, the members of the Richmond (VA) Friends Meeting are heartbroken and stricken with horror and grief at the recent renewed eruption of violence in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank.  We call for an immediate ceasefire by both Israel and Hamas, the prompt release...
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