Peace & Justice

The PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE strives to serve Quakers’ 300-year-old Peace Testimony. PSJ brings peace issues and social concerns to the attention of the Meeting for individual and/or corporate action in support of our Quaker testimonies to reject war, violence, exploitation and repression, believing that of God dwells in every person.

We seek to serve, educate, spiritually enrich, and to practice peace-building.
We aim to stand against violence, work to remove its underlying causes, and to promote peace with justice, understanding and unity.
We act through public witness, direct service, awareness-promoting activities, and campaigns for fair, effective, and compassionate legislation.

Where we can, we network and act with other faiths and non-religious groups which share our non-violent values and methods. The committee is open to the participation of non-members.

Resources from P&SJ

Resources on Reproductive Justice December 2022

BYM Working Group on Reproductive Justice Statement August 2022

Oct-14-2022 No Nuclear War Rally Flier

Flyer on the Peace Testimony and the Ukraine War

PRIDE coloring pages from Homewood Friends Meeting

Another PRIDE coloring page, credit: Leiah M Jansen.

Happy Pride coloring page

You are enough coloring page

Love has no gender coloring page

BYM-PSC-2021 SPRING e-newsl BYM Peace and Social Justice Committee 2021 Spring newsletter

FOR THRESHING SESSION ON SEPT. 20, 2020:
Actions For Homewood Friends to take to Dismantle Systemic Racism
PSJ Racism Minute_rev
CALL FOR ACTION FROM BYM FRIENDS TO ALL OUR LOCAL MEETINGS
Threshing Session Explainer