This Land Acknowledgment statement was read at the beginning of our SEYM 2019 Annual Sessions, at the request of the Committee for Ministry on Racism. Let’s begin by acknowledging, with humility, that for many centuries, the land where we sit…
The 2019 Climate Change Theatre Action (CCTA) call for collaborators is now open! CCTA 2019 is a worldwide series of readings and performances of short climate change plays presented to coincide with the United Nations Santiago Climate Conference of Parties…
At SEYM Gathering next month, both youth and adults will focus on the topic of undoing racism. Monthly meetings can help prepare young people for those conversations, and deepen their impact, by focusing on racial justice in First Day School…
St. Pete Friends have been busy! Our goal is to host or participate in at least one outreach endeavor a month. We are pleased that we are beginning to see new attenders coming for Meeting for Worship who have met…
Field Secretary for Earthcare Beverly Ward presented a workshop at Sarasota Monthly Meeting on Sunday, February 24, after a potluck lunch. The workshop focused on the ways our environmentally conscious actions can expand from our efforts at home; within our…
This year’s Florida Interfaith Climate Actions Network (FL-iCAN) Assembly, held February 1-2 in the Callahan Neighborhood Center in Parramore, Orlando, expanded on the work and issues brought forward from the Fourth Assembly, specifically as related to climate justice. Last year’s…
AFSC Miami and the Reclaim Homestead Coalition held a major press conference on March 5 across the street from the Homestead Detention Center, where unaccompanied children are still being brought in to be warehoused while they wait to be reunited…
After a tour of the Homestead Detention Center, where over 1,500 immigrant children are being detained, Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (Congressional District 26) held a round table discussion with immigrant advocacy groups. Among those at the table were Lis-Marie Alvarado, an…
In keeping with the 2019 Gathering theme, “Taking off the Masks: Undoing Racism as Personal & Community Practice,” our Youth theme, “Looking In, Reaching Out” is intended to support youth of different ages in joining with SEYM as a whole…
The SEYM Peace and Social Concerns Committee is asking Monthly Meetings and Worship Groups to consider signing a letter endorsing the Wendy’s boycott, a key campaign and current focus of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) ciw-online.org/wendys. This boycott of…