Many Friends in SEYM and the wider Quaker world have started using the word 'Equity' in place of 'Equality' to better describe a testimony to anti-racism and to social and economic justice. Beverly Ward, member of Tampa Meeting and the…
At Winter Interim Business Meeting, the Youth Committee and Committee for Ministry on Racism brought forward this report on their joint efforts towards confronting White supremacy within SEYM. Their report is “An invitation to one way forward together, as Friends…
The SEYM Peace & Social Concerns Committee invites all Friends to join us online at 10 am Saturday, February 13th, for Our Quaker Voice, a 'hands-on' workshop on strengthening our advocacy skills and successfully sharing our witness through creating and…
Beverly Ward, SEYM Field Secretary for Earthcare, has created a short video on ‘SEYM Friendly Gardening.’ In this short tutorial, she talks about xeriscaping, pollinator habitats, rain gardens, and other features of eco-friendly landscaping, using examples from meetinghouses in SEYM…
Peacebuilding en las Americas, an initiative of Friends Peace Teams, is responding to the devastation in Central America caused by Hurricane Eta, soliciting donations and working with their partners to supply people with food and other basic needs in this…
Friends from 10 Monthly Meetings gathered for Fall Interim Business Meeting, held online Oct. 17th. As usual, there’s lots of news! The 2021 Michener Lecture will be held online. Petra Doan, Tallahassee Meeting, will present the lecture and one workshop…
At our Fall Interim Business Meeting, Friends minuted their recommendation that SEYM adopt Fort Myers Meeting’s ‘Statement on Police Violence and Accountability.’ Meetings and Worship Groups are encouraged to adopt this or similar statements as their own. The FIBM Clerk will send…
At our Fall Interim Business Meeting, Friends minuted their recommendation that SEYM adopt St. Petersburg Meeting’s 'Statement in Support of Black Lives Matter Movement.' They also encourage Meetings and Worship Groups to adopt this or similar statements as their own.…
Climate Week NYC, hosted in association with the United Nations and the City of New York, promises to be one of the few international climate events taking place in 2020. The Climate Week NYC official events program will comprise of…
Friends gathered at the SEYM Summer Executive Committee Meeting considered key developments arising from the need to adjust to an ongoing pandemic, heard reports, and considered new possibilities. 32 Friends from 12 Meetings and Worship Groups attended the meeting, held…