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…
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Come join us Sunday, February 26th at 12:00 noon in the Merion Friends Meetinghouse at 615 Montgomery Avenue in Merion Station. Christopher Densmore and Emma Lapsansky-Werner will speak on the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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“That’s right. Somebody called the cops on Jesus.”
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Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church and Merion Friends Meeting invite you to a showing of the filmĀ Broken on All Sides, a film exploring problems in the US prison system presented…
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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…
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“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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Merion Friends Meeting and Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church will be hosting a series of lectures in March, 2014 to discuss specific problems in the US prison system. Please save the…
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