Morningside Monthly Meeting (Quaker)

Morningside Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, formed in 1973, is a welcoming, diverse community of individuals living the Quaker testimonies of equality, integrity, simplicity, stewardship of the earth, and peace.

Join our in-person/remote meeting for worship on First Days at 11 am on the 12th floor of Manhattan's Riverside Church. All are welcome. Info: morningsidequakers.org

How much have US wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan cost? More than 20 years of US wars have directly killed an estimated 940,000 people and cost the US $5.8 trillion.

How much have US wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan cost? — A recent @al-jazeera-english.bsky.social‬ article cites a report from the @costsofwar.bsky.social‬ on U.S. aid to Israel.

Since the 2000s, national governments and militant groups have found ways to curtail conflict coverage through myriad means.

Read the research: watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...

The decision to bomb Iran disregards the human, political, and economic costs of the last 25 years of U.S. wars.

watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...

This is very similar to what Lawrence Wilkerson was saying last night to Chris Hayes, because correct.

Our faith compels us to advocate for compassionate policies that welcome and protect refugees. As global crises grow, so must our moral courage.

On #WorldRefugeeDay and always, we honor the dignity and humanity of people forced to flee their homes in search of safety.

Celebrating Juneteenth and Continuing the Work | Friends Committee On National Legislation Confronting racism and building a more just and equitable world is ongoing work that requires reckoning with our country’s past and transforming our future.

@bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social wrote about Juneteenth in 2023 and it's still true:

“Confronting racism and building a more just and equitable world is ongoing work that requires reckoning with our country’s past and transforming our future.”

I'd Lost A Few Things. 'No Kings Day' Helped Me Find Them Again Photo by Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com

“No Kings Day was a glorious reminder of how powerful joy, hope, diversity, and our individual and collective humanity are in resisting this Renaissance of hatred.”

U.S. Intel Says Iran Isn’t a Nuclear Threat. Israel Wants the U.S. to Bomb It Anyway. The U.S. is helping Israel wage war on Iran over its nuclear program. But U.S. intelligence says Iran is not building a bomb.

“Israel’s military capacity is dependent on the high levels of military aid it has received from the United States for the last five decades," says Costs of War's Stephanie Savell. “That aid has ramped up over the last year allowing Israel to wage this war.” theintercept.com/2025/06/17/i...

Tim Kaine Moves to Force War Powers Vote to Prevent Trump From Attacking Iran | Common Dreams "The American people have no interest in sending servicemembers to fight another forever war in the Middle East."

Sen. Kaine is right. "The American people have no interest in sending servicemembers to fight another forever war in the Middle East."

Congress must pass this this War Powers Resolution to prevent unauthorized U.S. involvement in a disastrous war with Iran. @kaine.senate.gov‬
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NEW: Senator @kaine.senate.gov has introduced a resolution directing President Trump to terminate the use of U.S. armed forces for hostilities against Iran, unless explicitly authorized by Congress.

It is privileged under the War Powers Resolution, meaning Kaine can (and will) force a vote on it.

"President Trump must end this war now before hundreds and thousands more innocent people are killed - and the U.S. is dragged into Netanyahu’s war of aggression." @niacouncil.org

#WarIsNOTTheAnswer

US senator moves to limit Trump's war powers on Iran, as Mideast conflict escalates A Democratic senator introduced legislation on Monday to prevent U.S. President Donald Trump from using military force against Iran without Congress's authorization, as an escalating battle between Israel and Iran raised fears of broader conflict.

Thank you @kaine.senate.gov for standing firm on Congress's Constitutional war powers—reminding us that only Congress can declare war.

We need de-escalation, not another illegal and disastrous conflict in the Middle East. #NoWarWithIran

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"GHF is led by military contractors, not humanitarian professionals. It operates with Israeli government oversight and without transparency, independence, or accountability."
-Hassan El-Tayyab, FCNL

Quakers Walk from New York City to Washington, D.C., to Share Flushing Remonstrance with Congress [Updated] - Friends Journal The walk advocating free speech and due process reached Washington on May 22.

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Washington’s $1 Trillion War Budget Leaves No Room for Peace It's time for a new path forward, one that prioritizes ending poverty, hunger, and inequality over more weapons.

Washington’s $1 Trillion War Budget Leaves No Room for Peace:

"Cuts to diplomacy, aid, and global health signal a dangerous shift toward permanent war — and away from long-term stability." @inkstickmedia.com

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What would you do with 1 Trillion Dollars? Bashir Elhassan and Mike Merryman-Lotze of @afsc-org.bsky.social wrote this article worth a read on US military spending and cuts to international peace keeping (link to full article on @inkstickmedia.com below)

While attendance at our First Day School has fluctuated over the years, we are always prepared to welcome children, and work together to find ways to introduce them to a life lived in the Light, in accordance with the Quaker testimonies of equality, simplicity, integrity, and peace.

Support committees for those among us who are facing personal difficulties – or are embarking on new personal, professional, or spiritual journeys – are regularly established by our Committee on Ministry and Counsel.

Morningside was one of the first meetings in North America to take a same-sex marriage under its care with the marriage of John Bohne and William McCann on May 30, 1987. Morningside was also the first to affirm the right of all couples to name their relationships as they choose.

Because we have no meetinghouse we have created a loving community by establishing spiritual nurture groups, conducting mid-week meetings in each others’ homes, holding periodic retreats, and forming discussion groups on a wide variety of topics.

We tend to focus on small organizations, for whom our modest contributions will make a noticeable difference, and on organizations that serve the local community, regardless of their religious affiliation.

Unencumbered by the need to attend to the upkeep of a physical home, we are free to devote our resources to outreach, and to concerns for peace and social justice. A significant portion of our annual budget is distributed, via our Peace and Social Concerns Committee.

In July of 2002, we moved from the Columbia campus to the tower of Riverside Church, and have been “permanently” at home on the twelfth floor since 2007. For most of our history, we have maintained a fairly constant number of members (55-60).

ABOUT US: From our origins as an informal worship group meeting on the campus of Columbia University in 1957, Morningside grew into a preparatory meeting under the care of New York Quarterly Meeting (1960), blossomed into a monthly meeting in 1973, and finally became self-supporting in 1990.