Earth Quaker Action Team Marching for Green Jobs in PA
The Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT) will be staging a 100 mile walk through Philadelphia-area counties to challenge PECO to meet a goal of 20% solar energy sources by 2025. …
Read more“50 years after Birmingham: bigot released from crippling burden of hate” by Leonard Pitts
I would like to recommend reading Leonard Pitts’ recent column on the death of former KKK supporter Elwin Wilson, “50 years after Birmingham: bigot released from crippling burden of hate.”…
Read moreAlice Paul: Women’s Rights Activist and Quaker
Quaker activist Alice Stokes Paul is receiving new attention. Actress Taylor Williams recently portrayed her at Mt. Laurel Library’s A Portrayal of Alice Paul. “As the daughter of Hicksite Quaker…
Read moreFasting to protest mountaintop coal removal
Members of Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT) of Merion Meeting will be fasting in the meetinghouse today and tomorrow to protest mountaintop coal removal. They will be reading poetry and…
Read moreHoney vs. Vinegar
We all know about speaking truth to power by protesting injustices. We write letters, make phone calls, march in protests, participate in boycotts. But when was the last time you…
Read moreTar Sands Direct Action
The Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT) is joining the call by the Sierra Club and 350.org to converge on the White House and demand President Obama block the Keystone XL pipeline. They…
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