Thanks to all who participated in the Columbia Friends Meeting’s annual Hiroshima Remembrance event on Wednesday, August 6, from 6:30-7:30 PM at Columbia Friends Meeting. This free community gathering commemorated…
Category: Peace and Social Concerns
AFSC Opportunities 2-10-25
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has a few opportunities to get involved or take action. They are accepting applications for their program: Emerging Leaders for Liberation, 8-month paid program…
Prayer for Peace in Gaza, Jan. 7th
Please join the Carolina Peace Resource Center, The Christian Action Council and Cease Fire Now, in a Peaceful Prayer Vigil. We will have Solidarity, Songs, and Silence. The vigil will…
Postcards for Peace
Peace Efforts in Afghanistan
A Conversation about Peace Efforts in Afghanistan July 17th at 8:00 pm Please join the South Carolina Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) AdvocacyTeam as we talk about peace efforts…
Sierra Club meeting Monday, March 27th
Please join the Midlands Group of the South Carolina Sierra Club in a discussion about actions we can take concerning the production of plutonium pits (key components for nuclear weapons)…
Nuclear safety at Oconee Nuclear Station
Nuclear safety at Oconee Nuclear Station near Seneca SC November 15th , 20228:00 pm ET The November Sierra Club Wild Activist Grassroots Team Call will be Tuesday,November 15 at 5:00pm PT, 6:00pm MT,…
FCNL Statement on Peace Testimony and the Ukraine
Quakers are a people who follow after peace, love and unity. Our peace testimony is ourwitness to the Truth as we experience it.Our testimony manifests as a cumulative set of…
Advocacy Opportunities with the FCNL
Vlad Salas Moreno, the Program Assistant for Nuclear Disarmament and Pentagon Spending FCNL, brings together Quakers and friends from around the country to lobby Congress on legislative priorities set by…
In response to multiple mass shootings in 2022
Our country continues to be devastated by mass shootings. The Gun Violence Archive showsthat the number of all gun violence deaths is rising with each passing year, with 692 individualskilled…