Photo by Asiama Junior on Pexels.com Columbia World Affairs Council is hosting the delegation’s visit, including an “AnniversaryBall.” https://www.columbiaworldaffairs.org/sister-cities.html A delegation from one of Columbia’s Sister Cities, Accra, Ghana, will be in town May 12th,2022. The world’s tallest peace pole is just outside Accra, on the campus of the KwameNkrumah University of Science and Technology in……
Category: Peace and Justice
Actions and Issues related to peace and justice.
Worship Sharing on the Peace Testimony
Photo by Mathias P.R. Reding on Pexels.com On the 16th, 85 Friends from states across the country gathered for a two-hour long meeting that saw many meaningful messages rise out of the silence. Both prior to and after that session, Wayne Finegar from Quaker House heard from people who had been unable to participate due……
Friends Advocacy: Stop Yemen War
Photo by asim alnamat on Pexels.com As many of you know, some of us in Friends Meeting along with others in South Carolina are active in the first Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) South Carolina Advocacy Team. The focus this year is on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. FCNL is asking that we withdraw military……
Vista Peace Pole
City of Columbia Dedicates the Vista Peace Pole: Eight languages proclaim the message “May Peace Prevail on Earth” Over one hundred people attended the dedication of the Vista Peace Pole on Tuesday, January 11, 2022, in the median of the 900 block of Senate Street, between the South Carolina Statehouse and the Columbia Metropolitan Convention……