Peace & Social Concerns

Tallahassee YAQ Serving on FCNL Advocacy Corps

October 14, 2016

Aurelio Anderson (Tallahassee MM) is currently working as a member of the FCNL Advocacy Corps. After undergoing an intensive training over the summer, this group of 18 young adults from all over the country are employed by FCNL for one year to organize in their communities and lobby national legislators. This year…

Meetings Address Gun Violence

October 5, 2016

Update: Nine Meetings have now joined the Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence: Tampa, Miami, Palm Beach, Orlando, Jacksonville, Fort Myers, Clearwater, St. Petersburg, and Gainesville. 1/16/17

Colombian Peace Accords & Peacebuilding En Las Americas

September 2, 2016

Cece Yocum (Tampa), currently serving as clerk of Peacebuilding En Las Americas and our SEYM Representative on Friends Peace Teams, sends us news that the Colombian Peace Accords are opening many new needs and opportunities for their peace-building and reconciliation work. While the signing of the Peace Accords ends the…

Miami Friends Join FCNL’s Advocacy Team Network

August 28, 2016

This summer Miami Monthly Meeting has been focused on FCNL and its work in two key areas: climate change/sea level rise and mass incarceration/sentencing reform. In June, we had a visit from Emily Wirzba of FCNL, who gave us a workshop on climate change. Two Miami area Republican Congresspersons, Ileana…

Quaker Organizations

American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) promotes lasting peace with justice, as a practical expression of faith in action.
Acting in Faith connects Friends with the work of AFSC
AFSC-Miami: the American Friends Immigrant Service Program
Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) A Quaker Lobby in the Public Interest
Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) a Quaker presence at the United Nations, representing Friends’ concerns for global peace & justice.
Quaker House Counseling and support for military service members
Friends Peace Teams Peacebuilding, healing and reconciliation in Africa, Asia-West Pacific, Central and South America
Friends New Underground Railroad (FNUR) transports LGBTQ people out of danger of persecution
Peacebuilders Camp at Koinonia Farm, a summer camp for middle school youth

Organization Links

Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) grassroots program of volunteers dedicated to reducing violence in ourselves and in our lives — our homes, schools, prisons, and communities.
Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) a human rights organization based in the farmworker community.
Fair Food Program ensures humane conditions and fair wages for farmworkers. A project of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.
Fellowship of Reconciliation Peace and justice, nonviolent alternatives to conflict, and the rights of conscience
Florida Coalition for Peace & Justice (FCPJ) Peaceful means to social change.
Florida Impact mobilizing communities against hunger & poverty
SIPAZ: preventing socio-political violence in Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, and other communities in Mexico.
Sustainable Living Center of North Florida a project of FCPJ