Vigil for the Vulnerable
We are continuing to meet weekly Saturdays at 10 am on the Point in front of Merion Friends Meeting for our Vigil for the Vulnerable, protesting silently for humane treatment…
Read moreLynching in America: Zacchariah Walker, August 13, 1911
In our studies of racial injustice and officially sanctioned violence in America, we learned that there had been a lynching in Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, quite close to Philadelphia. In…
Read moreEarth 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 moreA parable for today
Once there was a real estate developer who owned an apartment building. It required extensive renovations, so he set about having the wiring and plumbing updated, the floors refinished, and…
Read moreSterling Duns featured in the QuakerSpeaks video series
Merion Friends Meeting member Dwight Dunston, who writes and performs hip hop music/poetry under the name Sterling Duns, was featured today in two videos in the QuakerSpeaks series. The first…
Read moreEnding Mass Incarceration and the New Jim Crow: A Pendle Hill Conference
The Pendle Hill Quaker retreat and conference center will host the conference “Ending Mass Incarceration and the New Jim Crow” Apr 29 – May 3, 2015. Registration is full, but…
Read moreFutur Mama concert raises over $300 for Decarcerate PA
Thanks to everyone who came to the Futur Mama concert tonight at Merion Friends Meeting. There was lots of dancing, lots of energy, and we raised over $300 for Decarcerate…
Read moreBroken on All Sides tonight at Bryn Mawr Film Institute
Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church and Merion Friends Meeting invite you to a showing of the film Broken on All Sides, a film exploring problems in the US prison system presented…
Read moreAngus Love and Bonnie Kerness to lead first prison reform discussion forum
Merion Friends Meeting and Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church are jointly sponsoring a month of events to raise awareness of the problem of mass incarceration in the US. The lead off…
Read moreJobs and Internships at FCNL
“Washington lobbyist” carries very negative connotations, but all citizens can petition the government, and those who are organized can do it more effectively. The Friends Committee on National Legislation lobbies…
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