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Category: Peace and Social Concerns

Palmetto Friends Gathering 2022

Published June 11, 2022
Categorized as Columbia, Community News, Events, Faith and Practice, Palmetto Friends, Palmetto Friends Gathering, Peace and Social Concerns, Peace and Social Concerns, Columbia

Worship Sharing on the Peace Testimony

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…

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Published March 25, 2022
Categorized as Faith and Practice, Peace and Justice, Peace and Social Concerns, War and Peace

Eliminate Nuclear Weapons

On March 6, 2022, Cassandra Fraxlix had a Letter to the Editor published in The State newspaper reflecting our Quaker values against war in response to Putin’s threat to use…

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Published March 6, 2022
Categorized as Peace and Social Concerns, Peace and Social Concerns, Columbia, War and Peace

Beyond Nuclear

Beyond Nuclear and Sierra Club won a BIG victory in Oconee on February 24th, 2022 – NRC Commissioners remanded Duke’s Subsequent License Renewal (SLR)  application for Oconee to NRC for…

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Published February 26, 2022
Categorized as Community News, Peace and Social Concerns, War and Peace

Friends Advocacy: Stop Yemen War

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…

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Published February 6, 2022
Categorized as Peace and Justice, Peace and Social Concerns, War and Peace

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…

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Published January 17, 2022
Categorized as Community News, Peace and Justice, Peace and Social Concerns

Carol’s Letter to Editor

I  know a lot of Americans are saddened by the recent tragedies in Afghanistan. Unfortunately we (the United States government) are responsible for much of the mess. One thing that…

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Published September 8, 2021
Categorized as Peace and Social Concerns, War and Peace

WESTINGHOUSE

No more than a 10 year license with strict conditions requiring good complianceTestify at the webinar August 26th (see instructions for participating here: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2122/ML21223A340.pdf) Email comments to: WEC_CFFF_EIS@nrc.gov before September…

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Published August 25, 2021
Categorized as Peace and Social Concerns, War and Peace

Rooftop Solar

Rooftop Solar Saved from the Brink in South Carolina We WON a good-old-fashioned organizing victory against Dominion Energy South Carolina, a powerful investor owned utility (IOU) serving 750,000 electric customers…

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Published May 6, 2021
Categorized as Community News, Peace and Social Concerns, Peace and Social Concerns, Columbia, War and Peace

SCELP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 21, 2021 Contact information for impacted organizations listed belowGroups Notify Biden Admin of Impending Lawsuit Over Nuclear Bomb Core PlansMulti-state coalition says DOE’s plans to massively expand…

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Published April 21, 2021
Categorized as Community News, Peace and Social Concerns, Peace and Social Concerns, Columbia, War and Peace

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120 Pisgah Church Road,
Columbia, SC 29203

Phone: 803 780-4197
Email: 120pisgah@gmail.com

Mailing Address: PO Box 1832,
Columbia, SC 29202

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