Friends Center, Philadelphia

Coming up Sunday 10/12/25, 3-5 pm: How faith communities can support immigrants.

Part of Friends Center's 50th anniversary series of trainings on nonviolent action.

Held here in Center City Philadelphia. Refreshments and child care provided.

For Quakers and non-Quakers alike!

Sign up here:

Registration is open for the next workshop in Friends Center's series to celebrate our 50th anniversary as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philly.

Here with @quakerspym.bsky.social next Sun. 10/12/25, 3-5 pm:

How Faith Communities Can Support Immigrants

World Quaker Day is this Sunday!

(Or, as earlier generations of Friends called it, and some still do today, this First Day.)

Finding resilience, even in the worst places | Friends Committee On National Legislation Recently I was traveling in Berlin for a long weekend with friends; I woke up in the morning of my last day convinced that I needed to visit Sachsenhausen, a nearby concentration camp. Throughout an o...

FCNL’s Stephen Donahoe reflects on finding hope, even in the worst places:

“I am taking this reminder to seek out and cultivate resilience. I am taking this reminder to continue planting seeds, even in the rockiest soil.”

You can register here for our October 12th workshop on how faith communities can support immigrants. Open to Quakers non-Quakers alike!

A white and green banner hangs on a black fence above a red brick wall. In the background are trees and the Race Street Quaker Meetinghouse. The banner says, Friends Center 50th. 50th anniversary 1975-2025. The Quaker hub for peace and justice in Philadelphia. Learn peacemaking with us." There is a web address and a QR code that go to the web page given in the post.

New banners just dropped!

2025 is Friends Center's 50th anniversary as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philadelphia.

We're celebrating with a series of workshops on nonviolent action!

You can register here for our October 12th workshop on how faith communities can support immigrants. Open to Quakers non-Quakers alike!

Our next workshop for our 50th anniversary is on October 12, with @quakerspym.bsky.social and New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia: How faith communities can support immigrants.

Flyer to share: friendscentercorp.org/wp-content/u...

A white and green banner hangs on a black fence above a red brick wall. In the background are trees and the Race Street Quaker Meetinghouse. The banner says, Friends Center 50th. 50th anniversary 1975-2025. The Quaker hub for peace and justice in Philadelphia. Learn peacemaking with us." There is a web address and a QR code that go to the web page given in the post.

New banners just dropped!

2025 is Friends Center's 50th anniversary as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philadelphia.

We're celebrating with a series of workshops on nonviolent action!

Wrestling With Justice - Taking It To The Streets WRESTLING WITH JUSTICE will challenge widespread assumptions about northern slavery and create an interpretive framework, programming, and exhibits to explore untold stories of enslaved and free peopl...

At Stenton Museum in Philly, 9/30/25:
"Wrestling with Justice" will challenge widespread assumptions about northern slavery & create an interpretive framework, programming, & exhibits to explore untold stories of enslaved & free people at Stenton, & evolving 18th-C. Quaker attitudes re enslavement.

Learn about our full series of trainings on nonviolent action to celebrate 50th anniversary as the Quaker hub for peace and justice in Philadelphia:

We continue our 50th anniversary training series Sun. 10/12/25, 3-5 pm, with @quakerspym.bsky.social & New Sanctuary Movement of Philly.

How faith communities can support immigrant justice, with updates on what’s happening on the ground & how to stand in solidarity.

Open to all. Register here:

YouTube video by QuakerSpeak The Quaker Approach to the Bible

This year's World Quaker Day (5 October) is themed 'Love Your Neighbour'.

Our QuakerSpeak video on the theme, published in preparation, has been viewed nearly ten thousand times!

You can watch it too, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylgi...

Registration to the next training is now open. Refreshments & child care will be provided.

This training is for Quakers and non-Quakers!

www.eventbrite.com/e/how-faith-...

Thanks to Lewis Webb of @afsc-org.bsky.social & Tonya McClary for leading our 1st training in Friends Center's series celebrating our 50th year as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philly.

Next: @quakerspym.bsky.social on how faith communities can support immigrants, here on 10/12/25, 3-5 pm.

Empowering East African Youth to Build a Better Future An interview with Joyeuse Senga of Friends Career Center.

"We believe that career development, spiritual and faith practice, and mental health are key to long-term peace and community empowerment," says Joyeuse Senga, co-founder and executive director of Friends Career Center, which serves the needs of young people in Rwanda and Canada.

Friends Center's 50th anniversary celebration as the Quaker hub for peace and justice in Philadelphia kicks off with @afsc-org.bsky.social's workshop here on Community Safety Beyond Policing.

Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-c...

Friends Center's 50th anniversary celebration as the Quaker hub for peace and justice in Philadelphia kicks off with @afsc-org.bsky.social's workshop here on Community Safety Beyond Policing.

Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-c...

Friends Center celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2025 with a series of trainings on nonviolent action. First up: Community Safety Beyond Policing, with @afsc-org.bsky.social.

Please share the flyer: friendscentercorp.org/wp-content/u...

You can always ask me: intergenerational conversations about faith Extract of an intergenerational conversation about Quaker faith

How can we share knowledge and insight across generations within our communities?

Read and watch searching conversations on faith and action between young Quakers and older members of the Welsh Quaker community.

Read the full blog, and access our new film, here:

Countdown is on! Our PFAS webinar is just days away.
Learn how “forever chemicals” impact obesity, infertility, cancer, and more — and what we can do to protect public health.
Featuring Megan Wolff, PhD, MPH.
Reserve your spot today: buff.ly/wanQdyW

This thread features the Quaker & non-Quaker nonprofits that call Friends Center home.

If your organization needs office space in Center City Philadelphia, check us out. We have some space available for small groups whose missions align with Quaker values.

Stronger With Immigrants

Learn more about @afsc-org.bsky.social's Stronger with Immigrants campaign here. 2/2

afsc.org/stronger

We have new @afsc-org.bsky.social banners to share with you all:

"Quaker Communities
are stronger with immigrants"

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The Flushing Remonstrance was a 1657 petition by Dutch colonists in protest of religious intolerance in the New Netherland colony that targeted religious minorities and including Quakers. None of the signers were Friends but they resisted their government in pursuit of religious tolerance. (1/2)

And just like that, the @afsc-org.bsky.social historical marker is back and looking better than ever.

It notes AFSC as co-recipient of 1947 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Quakers.

Thank you, Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission!

Friends Center's office building opened in 1975--50 years ago!

This fall, we'll celebrate our 50th year as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philadelphia with a series of in-person trainings on nonviolent action.

Some details remain to be worked out. Here's the overview.

Why are Quakers always at protests? From campaigns for climate justice to protests against war, Rhiannon Grant takes a look at why it's not uncommon to see Quakers marching with a banner.

Why are Quakers always at protests? 🪧

From campaigns for climate justice to protests against war, Rhiannon Grant takes a look at why it's quite common to see Quakers marching with a banner.

www.quaker.org.uk/blog/why-are...

Clerking is back at Pendle Hill this fall!
Join this popular on-campus workshop with Steve Mohlke and ,O for a deep-dive on liberatory clerking skills and principles. If you're thinking of joining, this program typically fills with a waitlist, so don't wait too long!
pendlehill.org/calendar/fri...

Friends Center's office building opened in 1975--50 years ago!

This fall, we'll celebrate our 50th year as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philadelphia with a series of in-person trainings on nonviolent action.

Some details remain to be worked out. Here's the overview.