Please be aware: There is information below related to child sexual abuse that may be triggering for some people. The community of Southeastern Yearly Meeting (SEYM) of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) has received the news that one of…
Southeastern Yearly Meeting Epistle 2021 Greetings Friends, Our Yearly Meeting Gathering has come at a time when it is needed most. The enthusiasm for being together was evident; Friends found such joy in being together again, even if it was…
At Yearly Meeting Sessions, the Committee for Ministry on Racism (CMOR) brought forward a minute, which was approved: Southeastern Yearly Meeting supports the “Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy Act” (HR 8420) that was considered by the…
About 50 Friends attended the FCNL workshop "Friends Reckoning with Racism, Justice Reform, and Election Integrity" at the SEYM Gathering, sponsored by the SEYM Peace and Social Concerns Committee. FCNL Staff members presented the many ways the historical foundations of…
Discernment, a workshop presented by Jerry Knutson (Orlando Meeting), will be held online on Tuesday, March 9th, at 6:30-8:00 pm EST. Jerry authored the Pendle Hill Pamphlet #443, Individual Spiritual Discernment: Receiving, Testing and Implementing Leadings from a Higher Power, which…
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…