A workshop on the theme of Quaker Gifts, Light, & Perspectives for the Climate Crisis will be offered at the St. Petersburg Meetinghouse on November 9th. Quaker Earthcare Witness (QEW) presenters Mary Jo Klingel (Charlotte (NC) Friends Meeting), Clerk of…
About 40 Friends gathered on October 3rd and 4th for Fall Interim Business meeting, held at the Tampa Friends meetinghouse. Tampa Friends provided a warm welcome and a delicious and ample lunch. While it's impossible to share all of what…
George Lakey, veteran activist and recently-retired Swarthmore professor, will visit five Florida cities in November, leading workshops based on his new book How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning. His sweep through Florida is also a tour…
All are welcome to attend the Clearwater Friends Meeting annual retreat, to be held 9am – 3pm on October 20th at the Dunedin Scottish Arts Foundation, 1134 Douglas Ave, Dunedin, FL 34698. The Retreat theme is Our Stories – Where…
Friday, 27 September 2019, 1:00-5:00PM (EDT) “Our house is on fire — let’s act like it. We demand climate justice for everyone.” If you’re looking for more action after participating in local Climate Strike events, or there are no events…
Elders Climate Action (ECA), has launched a Florida chapter! Elders Climate Action is a virtual community raising the voices of the elders and youth in community organizations and legislative bodies. The conveners are Sue Blythe and Maxine Lobel. (Friends may be…
Join us in Tampa the weekend of October 4-6 for our next youth and families event! Families with kids up to 18 years old are invited to pitch tents Friday and Saturday nights in a “family camping neighborhood” on the…
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to attend a conference of the Quaker Religious Education Collaborative. An annual event for the past five years, the conference was held this year at Powell House, a Quaker conference center in the…
A double rainbow welcomed SEYM families to Lake Louisa State Park last weekend for the end-of-summer Youth and Families Retreat. Staying in cabins overlooking a lake, 26 attenders from 8 families shared meals, games, activities, worship, free time, and lots…
At this year’s SEYM Gathering, Peter Ackerman and Panagioti Tsolkas led the workshop “Fighting Toxic Prisons: Organizing the Fighting Toxic Prisons Campaign from the Strategic Intersection Where Environmental Justice Crosses Prison Abolition”. The FTP Convergence, held June 14-17 in Gainesville,…